STOCKING UP DURING RAMADAN

MANY SPECIAL FOODS ARE TRADITIONALLY EATEN DURING RAMADAN, SO THERE ARE HUGE DISPLAYS IN SUPERMARKETS FOR POPULAR ITEMS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A DISPLAY LIKE THIS IN A SUPERMARKET BEFORE

MEAT PIES CALLED SAMBUSEK ARE WRAPPED IN A SPECIAL DOUGH IN THE SHAPE OF A TRIANGLE AND THEN FRIED - A VERY POPULAR ITEM EATEN DURING RAMADAN.  ABOVE IS THE DOUGH.  BELOW IS SAMBUSEK, READY TO EAT!

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TUESDAY'S TREASURES

OUR WORLD TUESDAY

MY CORNER OF THE WORLD

PICTORIAL TUESDAY

 

READY FOR RAMADAN AT THE MALL

LINKING TO - SOUVENIRS

ALL SEASONS

 

SAUDI ARABIA'S NEED FOR PRIVACY

PRIVACY EXTENSIONS ARE NOTICEABLE ALL OVER JEDDAH.

HUGE SCREENS ARE ATTACHED ATOP ALREADY TALL WALLS FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY.  THE REASON FOR THIS IS TO AFFORD THE WOMEN OF THE RESIDENCE THE LUXURY OF BEING OUTSIDE WITHOUT THEIR HAIR AND BODIES BEING PROPERLY COVERED ACCORDING TO THIS CULTURE.  THE UNSIGHTLY SCREENS ARE SUPPOSED TO SHIELD ANY PRYING EYES FROM NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS FROM GAZING UPON WOMEN WHO ARE NOT RELATED TO THEM.  

LINKING TO - MOSAIC MONDAYS

 

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS

ARABIC BUSINESS SIGN

A TYPICAL SAUDI MALL SCENE

TRADITIONAL SAUDI MENSWEAR

LINKING TO - WEEKEND REFLECTIONS

 

WEEKEND ROUNDUP - LETTER "O"

"OVER" THE HEAD ABAYA - VERY CONSERVATIVE STYLE

STARTS WITH "O" - ORANGE BED & BATH SHOP

A FAVORITE - "ORANGES" ONE OF MY FAVORITE FRUITS

LINKING TO - THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

FRIDAY BLISS

JEDDAH ARCHITECTURE & SKIES

JEDDAH'S FLOATING MOSQUE ON THE RED SEA

A MODERN SLEEK BLUE GLASS HOTEL IN JEDDAH

STALKS OF WHEAT SCULPTURE BY SALAH ABDULKARIM;

A RELIGIOUS SCULPTURE WHOSE BASE SAYS - 

"THE LIKENESS OF THOSE WHO EXPEND THEIR WEALTH IN THE WAY OF GOD IS AS THE LIKENESS OF A NEW GRAIN OF CORN WHICH SPROUTS SEVEN EARS."

(HOLY KORAN 2:261)

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TIMELESS THURSDAYS

THANKFUL THURSDAY

 

GRAPHIC SIGNS AROUND JEDDAH

CROWN PRINCE ON HUGE LED SCREEN AT MALL

CROWN PRINCE & KING ON BUSINESS ENTRANCE

ANOTHER PRINCE ON A HUGE LED SCREEN ON A HOTEL

LINKING TO -  SIGNS