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If you double-click on this photo, take a look at the bird on top of the sign. That's no robin or cardinal. Get out the bird book please!
First Full Day in Saudi

February 5th 2009
Ba ba ba, ba ba Dhahan - Beach Boys The Aramco compound, in Dhahran is about 30 in-land from Al Khobar. This evening I took the bus with another consultant to Al Khobar because two of the consultants are staying there (because of a shortage of apartments here). Al Khobar is a much larger town than Dhahran. It was great to get into the "real" Saudi Arabia, but it's disconcerting to s ... read more
Middle East » Saudi Arabia » Dhahran

Saudi or Saudi Arabian Flag In 1902, ABD AL-AZIZ bin Abd al-Rahman Al Saud captured Riyadh and set out on a 30-year campaign to unify the Arabian Peninsula. A son of ABD AL-AZIZ rules the country today, and the country's Basic Law stipulates that the throne shall remain in the ... ... read more
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