Saudi Arabia's very men and women

Author: Qi Feixue
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: A Chinese woman married to an Egyptian-American lives in Saudi Arabia, veils herself, and embraces a typical Saudi woman's life. Scenes like the Hajj to Mecca, a home in the desert, and Eid al-Adha banquets are as captivating as Sanmao in the Sahara. Black robes, veils, vast deserts, solemn religious sanctuaries—Saudi Arabia, a kingdom with unique lifestyles you've never heard of. This book lifts the corner of her mysterious veil, inviting you to explore the vast and enchanting cultural landscape, like a starry night sky, that quietly flows along the Nile, with the endless yellow sands beneath the pyramids. Beneath that scorching land lives a nation with tanned skin and blue eyes, creators of an incomparably brilliant and glorious civilization, who stand out with their independent spirit. Have you ever come so close to their daily lives? From Hong Kong, Riyadh, London, New York to Cairo, a woman traveling alone shares her heartwarming stories of life in a foreign land.