Until 2019 and with the introduction of the Saudi Tourist eVisa, I never saw women traveling alone in Saudi Arabia. Today, thankfully, I still don't see them much.   It’s not that they are...

In the UK, my boys saw many dogs, but feel very wary in their presence. This is because they were raised in Saudi Arabia. Here, people don’t normally have any contact with dogs at all, except when...

Our readers often comment that getting Saudi nationality is a near impossibility. I thought so, too. However, I discovered that in reality, the Saudi government awards citizenship by royal decree to...

As I read the Holy Quran, I notice that Allah (SWT) often mentions the name of the city of Mecca, (Makkah) in a number of verses (Ayats). Even before Islam began more than 1,400 years ago, the city...

We all know about the two Eid holidays in Islam; Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha. Sadly, we know far less about the important differences between the two. Sure, both holidays are a time for...

As you’d expect, I never once saw a pig in Saudi Arabia. However, it does exist, but only in children’s comic books and cartoons. The breeding, raising, carrying, selling, buying, cooking, and...