The valley of Taif in Western Saudi Arabia near Jeddah is famous the world over for its rose attar and water. |
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Jeddah led them off into one of the side mazes of the market, a less crowded area. |
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The approach to Jeddah is filled with dangerous reefs, and over the years several ships have been wrecked. |
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The hajis were going directly to Medina, and not to Jeddah this year. |
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So, if a resident of Jeddah offers the pilgrimage, he or she should do the tawaf of farewell at the end of their pilgrimage, like all pilgrims who come from outside Makkah. |
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According to reports, Amiri was detained at the airport in Jeddah and rigorously questioned by Saudi security. |
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The party had been arranged in honour of Tim Hayter, a New Zealand specialist diver who had been working on salvage operations in the Straits of Jeddah. |
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Once they begin, they could snowball and reach the major cities of the Hejaz, including Jeddah, Mecca, Taif, and Medina. |
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After the hajj in either 1328 or 1330, he made his way to the port of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast. |
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Sri Lankan expatriates came together to celebrate their 67th Independence Day at the Sri Lankan Consulate in Jeddah on Wednesday. |
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A number of charity boxes put outside mosques and at shopping malls in Jeddah have been turned into trash cans. |
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Jeddah Municipality is constructing 29 underpasses and overpasses to address traffic congestion in the city. |
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Al-Dosari said there were only three dams in Jeddah in the past with a total capacity of 18 million cubic meters. |
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As territories of the Mamluk Sultanate, the Hijaz, including Jeddah and the holy city of Mecca, passed into Ottoman possession. |
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The Ottomans rebuilt the weak walls of Jeddah in 1525 following their victory over the Lopo Soares de Albergaria's Armada in the Red Sea. |
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Two people aboard a gyrocopter were killed Sunday when the small aircraft crashed in Jeddah, aviation authorities said. |
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The Turks also built The Qishla of Jeddah, a small castle for the city soldiers. |
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Rainfall in Jeddah is generally sparse, and usually occurs in small amounts in November and December. |
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Many goods passing through Jeddah could not even be found in the city or even in Arabia. |
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According to eastern folk belief, the tomb of Eve, considered the grandmother of humanity, is located in Jeddah. |
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In his book, Revolt in the Desert, Jeddah is spelled three different ways on the first page alone. |
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Tahaliyah Street is an important fashion and shopping street in central Jeddah. |
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It is also the most luxurious street in Jeddah as it has super cars such as lambos, ferrari, and mclarens. |
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This merge with pilgrims has a major impact on the society, religion, and economy of Jeddah. |
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As in other Saudi cities, the Nejdi dish Kabsa is popular among the people of Jeddah, often made with chicken instead of lamb meat. |
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The famous Yemen food Ma'soub, fahsa and egg beans are also popular in Jeddah. |
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Grilled meat dishes such as shawarma, kofta and kebab have a good market in Jeddah. |
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The city of Jeddah was an important port during Nabataeans frankincense trade. |
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There are about a dozen museums or collections in Jeddah, with varied educational aims and professionalism. |
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Internet blogs specifically informative of locality are abundant in Jeddah, catering mostly to the widespread expatriate population. |
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Even before being designated the port city for Mecca, Jeddah was a trading hub for the region. |
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The ministry has been using the services of a spare parts testing lab in Jeddah. |
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The fountain was donated to the City of Jeddah by the late King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, after whom it was named. |
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Is a new stadium launched in 2014, located north of Jeddah, is used mostly for football, reaching a full capacity of 62,241 spectators. |
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It is the largest stadium in Jeddah, and the second largest in Saudi Arabia. |
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Highway 40, which begins in Jeddah, connects the city to Mecca, Riyadh and Dammam on the east coast. |
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Jeddah does not have any rapid transit system, but a rail system connecting the city to Riyadh is now under construction. |
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No historic records mentions important events have taken place in Jeddah during this period of history. |
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However, Jeddah has remained as key civilian harbor, serving fishermen and sea travelling pilgrims to Hajj. |
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Hussein Halabi, rheumatology consultant at the King Faisal Hospital in Jeddah. |
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The attack underscores the ongoing vulnerabilities of Westerners to threats and terrorist actions in Jeddah and environs. |
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The cornerstone of the fourth and fifth stages of Jeddah Corniche's northern beachfront project was laid on Tuesday. |
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However, it is not historically confirmed that Jeddah it self was attacked by Qarmatians too. |
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It was formed five years ago by Ahmed Asiri, an administrator of Al-Andalus High School in Jeddah. |
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From 1928 to 1932, the new Khuzam Palace was built as the new residence of King Abdul Aziz in Jeddah. |
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Around 120 young men took part in the Jeddah Festival 36 roller skating competition which covered about three kilometers. |
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Arab and Gujarati merchants ferried spices from Indian ports like Calicut, across the Arabian Sea and into the Red Sea ports like Jeddah. |
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Adnan Mandora, general secretary of the Chamber of Trade and Industry in Jeddah, said the forum will come up with ideal solutions. |
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Ramboll has acted as Environmental Consultant on the Jeddah Environmental Impact Assessment as well as the Jeddah Environmental Social Masterplan. |
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In 1990, a Jeddah Historical Area Preservation Department was founded. |
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From the 1990s, signs of discontent continued and included, in 2003 and 2004, a series of bombings and armed violence in Riyadh, Jeddah, Yanbu and Khobar. |
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Economically, Jeddah is focusing on further developing capital investment in scientific and engineering leadership within Saudi Arabia, and the Middle East. |
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In AD 703 Jeddah was briefly occupied by pirates from the Kingdom of Axum. |
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Jeddah has been established as the main city of the historic Hijaz province and a historic port for pilgrims arriving by sea to perform their Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. |
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Jeddah was still unfortified and without walls at this point of time. |
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In the 969 AD, the Fatimids from Algeria took control in Egypt from the Ikhshidid dynasty and expanded their empire to the surrounding regions, including The Hijaz and Jeddah. |
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Jeddah was soon fortified with a stone wall, using forced labor, as a harbor of refuge from the Portuguese, allowing Arabia and the Red Sea to be protected. |
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In 1802, Nejdi forces conquered both Mecca and Jeddah from the Ottomans. |
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All of the capitals of the Middle East and North Africa are within two hours flying distance of Jeddah, making it the second commercial center of the Middle East after Dubai. |
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King Abdullah Street is one of the most important streets in Jeddah and runs from King Fahd Road by the waterfront in the west of Jeddah to the eastern end of the city. |
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The most popular local fast food chain, begun in 1974, is Al Baik, with branches in Jeddah and the neighbouring cities of Makkah, Madinah and Yanbu. |
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Jeddah represents the largest radio and television market in Saudi Arabia. |
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Historical Jeddah is situated on the eastern shore of the Red Sea. |
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Air pollution is a problem for Jeddah, particularly on hot summer days. |
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Today, Jeddah has lost its historical role in peninsular politics after Jeddah fell within the new province of Makkah, whose provincial capital is the city of Mecca. |
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On 26 August 2012, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry announced that terrorists were arrested in Jeddah who had been preparing explosives for attacks within the kingdom. |
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Yazici said new trade routes would be through Ro-Ro vessel shuttle between Turkey's southern ports and Egypt's Alexandria, Jordan's Akaba and Saudi Arabia's Jeddah. |
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Expanding demand for cargo and increasing port activities have raised concern about an electrical overload on the existing systems at the important Jeddah sea port. |
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However, many residents living in rundown neighborhoods in Jeddah are desperately awaiting the inclusion of their neighborhoods in the development process. |
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The opening of the Multicolor Centre in the Obhur district, north of Jeddah, marks Jotun's plans to further strengthen and expand its regional reach and distribution. |
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This new garbage dump is considered to be one of the environmental safety projects in Jeddah, rated to be among the highly polluted cities of the world. |
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The Civil Defense plans to remove 2,500 petrol stations from various Jeddah neighborhoods because residents complain they are fire and health hazards. |
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He is now the owner and chairman of Al-Shamrani Factory Drawbar Trailers in Jeddah Industrial City, with major customers in the Kingdom and abroad. |
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He commended the services rendered by Pranav Ganesh, the outgoing consul for consular affairs at the Indian Consulate in Jeddah, during the past four years. |
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