Saudi Arabia's ancient culture

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laresWed 17/08/11 18:47

"For years, the country has been erasing any evidence of its polytheistic, desert-dwelling past. But now, slowly, the tide may be starting to turn"

"Tell people in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, that you are on your way to al-Qassem province and they raise their eyebrows. Al-Qassem is, even in this deeply conservative country, deeply conservative. It is a two- to three-hour drive west along the main highway, and smack in the middle of the arid interior. Over recent decades several cities in al-Qassem have seen revolts against the Saudi royal family's authority, led by clerics who have denounced their rulers as dangerous reformers and moderates. There are few tourists in Saudi Arabia and even fewer out in al-Qassem."

"the local authorities have built a museum dedicated to the days gone by. It occupies the corner of one of the modern shopping centres that, along with mosques, are the focus of most public life in Saudi Arabia. It is not very large. One room is dedicated to a reconstruction of a rural home, complete with well and ingenious mud-piping that allowed farmers to shower. Another is full of rifles and swords. A third is crammed with looms and textiles.

The biggest space is a reproduction coffee-house with rugs on the floor and painted shutters where Suleiman Mohammed al'Dubayan, 56, is usually to be found. A retired soldier, he is employed by the municipality to wear traditional clothes and make coffee, in the traditional manner, for visitors.

Al'Dubayan sees up to 100 people a day, he says, mainly "young men who come here searching. They need to know about how it was before. They ask me about making coffee, about the old days. So I tell them.""

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maguaWed 17/08/11 19:16

Hey i had a thread about this some where...

they're turning mecca into gotham city...

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01915/mecca-clock-tower_1915496i.jpg

too ghastly for words.

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