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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is KSA's 2nd largest city and is located on its west coast, right on the Red Sea. I moved here in 2007 with my Saudi hubby and teenage son. This journal reflects the things that I see here, life through my eyes, my lens.
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Tag Archives: market
Incense at Storefront
You can see huge incense burners like these outside many stores and shops in Jeddah. Usually there are smaller incense burners on top of ones like these where the incense is burned. People like to stop by and wave the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Buildings, Culture, Life, Middle East, Odd or Unusual, Photo, Saudi Arabia, Shopping
Tagged Arabic, Architecture, business, incense, Jeddah, living, mall, market, modern, shop, signs
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Sleep High
This is a chain of mattress outlets here in Jeddah. The business name is … interesting!
Posted in Architecture, Buildings, Photo, Saudi Arabia, Shopping
Tagged Arabic, Architecture, business, Jeddah, market, shop, signs
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Neighborhood Vegetable Market
Sidewalk neighborhood vegetable markets are set up just about anywhere here in Jeddah. They are convenient and inexpensive. Many of these little stands are mobile and can be moved easily from one place to another. While prices for fresh produce … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Food, Life, Photo, Saudi Arabia, Shopping
Tagged fresh produce, market, vendor
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Hanging Purses
This is a very typical example of many of the small shops here in Saudi Arabia. The shop space is oftentimes so small and crammed with merchandise that many shops cannot even be entered by browsing customers and you have … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, Culture, Life, Middle East, Photo, Saudi Arabia, Shopping
Tagged Arabic, business, mall, market, shop, signs
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Detailed Home Decor
I love the elaborately painted details on this small table and the footstool next to it, as well as the carved out design on both of them. Seems to be more Moroccan design than Middle Eastern.
Posted in Art, Middle East, Photo, Saudi Arabia, Shopping
Tagged business, decor, home, Jeddah, market
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Grand Opening
Panda and Hyper Panda makes up a large chain of supermarkets in Saudi Arabia, along the lines of Super Target. In the past couple of years, the company has also gobbled up other big stores that were its competition. This … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Buildings, Photo, Saudi Arabia, Shopping
Tagged Arabic, Architecture, business, Jeddah, market, modern, shop
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Mall Mural: Merchant
This painting is of an obviously wealthy Middle Eastern merchant. It is part of a group of lovely wall murals. The man depicted in the painting wears a turban, which many men in Saudi Arabia do, however the most common … Continue reading
Market Sign
Much of the signage here in Saudi Arabia is written in both Arabic as well as English. I’m guessing that all signage here is made by foreign workers who are not native speakers of either English or Arabic. I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Buildings, Photo, Saudi Arabia
Tagged Arabic, business, labor, market, shop, signs, workers
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Al-Balad Textiles
Al-Balad is what the oldest section of Jeddah is called. It is home to the old souks (markets) of the city and is a very popular place to shop because merchandise is very reasonably priced here. This shop sells textiles … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, Culture, Life, Photo, Saudi Arabia, Shopping
Tagged Arabic, Architecture, business, Jeddah, market, prayer rug, shop, souk
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CDP Theme Day: Open Air Market
This is the oldest open air market in Jeddah – it’s called Bab Makkah, which means Gateway to Mecca. City Daily Photo is an online group of photo bloggers who post photos of their cities so we can all be … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, Culture, Life, Photo, Saudi Arabia, Shopping
Tagged business, Jeddah, market
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