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Jeddah= Future and life style.
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.
Jeddah= Heritage of Aladdin.
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.
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.
Pros and Cons
- 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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Comments (124)
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.
very helpfull pages, looking at working in Jeddah
I wish I could go! Best wishes Nada
awwwsome pic..is that areal pic???..its sooooooooooooooooooooooo out of this world..its just beautifulllllllllllllllllllll
Ramadan Kareem
Marahaba Majid, I am wondering however, why you do not mention that there is in fact no tourism allowed in this country? The only way one can visit is as a foreign worker. One can visit Mecca of course, on Haj, but only Medina and Mecca. Is that not so?
majid i salute you , you are showing us the real jeddah. THANK YOU.
Jeddah sounds like a great destination to explore. Your tips are well written and gave me a good virtual tour of this city. Thanks for your tips!
nice pictures. Unfortunately I couldn't take any pics in Saudi- was told it's not allowed. Husband returned yesterday and says security makes it impossible to photograph anywhere in the Kingdom now. Pity
I love that globe it´s so butifaul I drove past it everytime I was going to the airport. Inga
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