In Saudi Arabia, non-Muslim expats often say to me, ‘You get treated better here because you are Muslim.’ The fact that they are not, leads them to believe that in general Saudi people behave...
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The Complete (Insider’s) Guide To Obtaining Saudi Citizenship
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...
I know several Saudi women married to foreign (non-Saudi) men. Now, they have children and live happily together here in Saudi Arabia. Such marriages are not commonplace, but they do...
New GACA Passenger Safety Rules (Post Lockdown) In Saudi Airports & Flights
I am so glad that flights have returned to normal out of Saudi Arabia's 28 national airports. It is somewhat of a relief to all of us that following weeks of Coronavirus flight lockdown, the...
For nearly twenty years, I witnessed the Saudi religious police, (CPVPV) in action. These teams of steely-faced moral guardians would present themselves in Malls, shops, and busy public places...
What’s It Like For Expat Children To Be Born In Saudi Arabia?
Of course, no one can truthfully answer it since he/she won't remember being born in Saudi Arabia. However, all my children were born in the kingdom. They are not Saudi nationals and having spent...