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Ramadan Beggars
During Ramadan lots of beggars can be seen on the streets begging for money at traffic lights. Many of them are children or mothers carrying babies. They're trying to appeal to Muslims to give more...
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Villa For Sale
Sometimes when newly built houses go for sale they have an open doors policy and anyone can enter to view the villas. There will just be a guard outside the door and visitors can explore the house...
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Night Prayers
During Ramadan many Muslims attend Taraweeh prayers conducted in most of the larger mosques. These voluntary evening prayers start after the last obligatory prayer Ishaa, lasting around one hour. The...
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Escape The Heat
The Wadi Hanifa which runs through the old town of Diriyah is just a short drive outside Riyadh. Many locals come here in the summer to escape the city heat in the peaceful valley. The area has nice...
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Tahina Fountain
It's not a chocolate fountain, this is tahina, a paste made from sesame seeds. Saudis enjoy eating dates dipped in this paste and during Ramadan tahina fountains can be found at many iftar buffets.
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Glamorous Gold
Ramadan is a busy time at the gold souqs. Many Saudis want to get new jewellery for the Eid Al Fitr celebrations that follow Ramadan. Some of the jewelry sets found in gold souqs are very lavish and...
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Fabulous Fabrics
A fabric shop selling the most colorful and sparkly fabrics one can imagine. Saudi women like to go all out for special occasions like Eid when everyone will be dressed in their best. In female only...
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Grandma Bedu
This Saudi lady was selling old Bedouin jewelry and lots of other traditional Saudi items at a women's souq. Tough business woman!
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Empty Quarter Camp
The base camp at the border of the Empty Quarters, Rub Al Khali. This is where visitors stay and take excursions out into the endless desert.
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Striking Beauty
The Blue-Spotted Ribbontail ray is one of the most common stingrays that can be found off the Red Sea coast of Saudi-Arabia. This beautiful ray is small in size and often found hiding under corals or...
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Bisht Tailors
Saudi tailors sewing the gold trimmings by hand onto "bisht", the black cloaks worn by men on top of thobes. Usually these are worn by older men of high status, or to special occasions like weddings by...
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Arabic Graffiti
A beautiful wall in an old mud village south of Riyadh has been ruined by graffiti.This photo also appears in Skywatch Friday.
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Midnight Snack
A small "kiosk" in the middle of the desert where passers by can stop to buy some snacks, firewood and footballs! All you need in the desert.
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Riyadh Back In The Day
Riyadh back in the day. Some things have changed a lot, others, not so much. These photos have been taken from a Riyadh souq in 1930's and can be found inside Musmak fort museum.
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Only For Ladies
Blumarine store has been elegantly closed off from view because this store is ladies only: Unveiled Saudi women are working inside and there are dressing rooms available.
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This Is My Palace
Poverty in Saudi-Arabia is real. In contrast to the lavish palaces of the cities, there are Saudis who live in straw huts similar to the miniature seen here sold by a man on the roadside.
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