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A Short Drive Through Saudi Arabia
May 28th 2010 Instead of flying to Abu Dhabi Angela and I decided to drive. The logistics were fairly straightforward: we would set off from our apartment in Qatar and arrive in the capital of the United Arab Emirates about eight hours later. But there was one small snag in the plan - Saudi Arabia. Any overland journey between Qatar and the UAE meant crossing through the Kingdom. However, with newly minted Saud
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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 COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
