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Jeddah= Future and life style. | View of the Red Sea Jeddah |
Jeddah is one of the most ancient cities in Arabia going back as far as Adam & Eve.
Jeddah is the second largest city of Saudi Arabia.
It is also an important economical and portal location in the Middle East.
The main characteristic of this great town it is built by its own people.
Jeddah well known to have successful business people in many fields.
Jeddah remained a fortified, walled town for centuries of
Ottoman influence and was not released from Turkish rule until 1915.
Further evidence of Turkish influence can be seen in Jeddah's architecture.
The buildings of old Jeddah were tall and graceful, constructed of
coral limestone and decorated with intricately beautiful wooden
facades, known as rawasheen(singular roshan in Turkish means "light").
These were designed not only to break up the sun's glare, but also to
take advantage of the cooling sea breezes when the inner windows were opened.
The city was surrounded with a wall since 1506 to save
the city from the Portuguese attacks, built by Hussain Kurdi at first.
Then removed in 1947. |
| The Hanafi Mosque in Old Jeddah |
|  | Jeddah= Heritage of Aladdin. Spots to visit in Jeddah
Defiantly Old Jeddah!
This magical spots make you think of Sindbad & Aladdin legend
The old quarter of Jeddah is divided
into many sections or as we locals call it (harah).
1- Harat Al Mazlom
In English (The oppressed section).
The story behind the name goes at
the Ottoman Emperor when a
person called Abdul-Kareem Barzanji was oppressed and got
killed by the Ottomans.
This section contains some historical houses and mosques
such as the House of Ba Eshin
house, Qabil house, Al Shafiei mosque and Al Jamee mosque.
2- Harat al Sham
In English it means the northern Arab which are (Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon) are called the people of Sham.
It is located by the direction of Sham
because that it is called the Sham section or harat al Sham.
It contained the historical houses of
Zahid, Surati, Ba Najah and Al Sharif.
3- Harat Al Yaman
In English would be The Yemeni
Section.
It is located by the direction of Yemen that’s why it is called the Yemen section.
It contains old houses of Nasif and
Jamjoom.
4- Harat Al Bahar
In English it would be the Sea section.
It is located by the sea this is why it
is called the Sea section.
It contained the building of Karantena (Sadly enough not been
taken care of) |
Jeddah= innocent Entertainment. Jeddah Historical
mosques:
Al Shafiei mosque
As I said it is located at al mazloom
section. The mosque minaret built
from the 13th century.
The mosque of Caliph Othman
bin Affan
Located at al Mazloom Section
Another name of the mosque is the
Abanos mosque because it has
very big minaret.
It was built in the 15th century.
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| Pros: | "Open minded people; understand other cultures, good prices." | | Cons: | "The historic quarter need some attention, mad Taxi drivers." | | In A Nutshell: | "Simply Jeddah is the mermaid of the Red Sea" |
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oceanbeach Sat Sep 13, 2008 20:43 UTC
What a wonderful picture. How sad that what belongs, really to all mankind, is hidden from us, by a group of bullies. I pray one day that the Saud's will let go of some of their iron control and relax. | john2perth Sat Aug 25, 2007 16:36 UTC
very helpfull pages, looking at working in Jeddah | nada1712 Wed Apr 18, 2007 20:54 UTC
I wish I could go! Best wishes Nada | Nisharab Thu Jan 25, 2007 14:11 UTC
awwwsome pic..is that areal pic???..its sooooooooooooooooooooooo out of this world..its just beautifulllllllllllllllllllll |
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