ME and I where away for several weeks in the end of March, beginning of April. We returned to KSA to find everything in our villa coated with sand both inside and out. Several days before we arrived a freak…
The Maintenance Guys
We live on a very well maintained compound. I refer to it sometimes as a bird sanctuary. It is very green with nice lawns, high hedges, many types of palm trees and flowering shrubs. We have many birds living here…
PRI’s The World – ISIS
Link to PRI’s The World Just what is a ‘caliphate’ scroll down about a third of the page and click on the recording. I want to share this link with you. I listened to this program this morning, the article…
Villa #2
I decided to do an interview with the manager of Sunrise, Shadi Ghazal, to get a history on the compound. Shadi is from Syria, he came to Al Khobar as a kids when his parents moved here to live. He…
Sunrise Compound
We live in Sunrise Compound, the official name is Sunrise Beach Gardens. We’re one of hundreds of compounds or communities in the Eastern Provence. Most foreigners coming to KSA chose to live in compounds which are very similar to small…