by Dahlia Rahaimy · Oct 22, 2020 · Saudi Arabia Through Dahlia’s Lens
First of all, not all Saudis belong to tribes. For example, people in the Western Province, the Hejaz, from where I come, are mostly not tribal because we descend from people who made the pilgrimage to Makkah and Madinah and settled here, called “Hajj Left Overs” by...
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Apr 23, 2020 · Saudi Arabia Through Dahlia’s Lens
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, this year Ramadan in the Saudi Arabia and the entire Muslim world will not be the same. On 10 April, the government in Saudi Arabia announced it what it considers the last in a series of restrictions which it has imposed on the nation to...
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Mar 29, 2020 · Saudi Arabia Through Dahlia’s Lens
At first, I could not grasp the depression that overcame me with the gradual lockdown. I tried to reason with myself, but still continued feeling trapped. Like many other cities in the world, Dubai went into lockdown. The closure happened gradually, making it easier...
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Nov 18, 2019 · Saudi Arabia Through Dahlia’s Lens
Siege Of Makkah in 1979 (Contd. from Part 1) Where it all came from In the siege of Makkah in 1979, many of Juhayman’s followers were theology students at the Islamic University of Medinah. There, Juhayman had joined a fundamentalist Salafi group that was headed by...
by Dahlia Rahaimy · Nov 17, 2019 · Saudi Arabia Through Dahlia’s Lens
On 20 November 1979, about 300 heavily armed men assaulted the Grand Mosque of Makkah, the Masjid Al Haram. Within minutes, they had transformed the holiest place in Islam into a fortress and taken thousands of worshippers hostage. The siege shocked Saudi Arabia to...
by Dahlia Rahaimy · May 10, 2019 · Saudi Arabia Through Dahlia’s Lens
JAC (Jeddah Autism Center) celebrated its 25 years anniversary on April, 2nd 2019. At that time there was little awareness and acceptance of autism in society. Today, it is a different picture. In 2009 I visited the JAC at its first location. The center was located...
