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Birding the Greater Jeddah Area
When I first moved to Saudi Arabia, I'd often heard the expression "Jeddah ghair" (Jeddah is different), owing to the perception of the...
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Saudi Arabia's First October Big Day of Birding
In celebration of Global Bird Weekend and World Migratory Bird Day, on Saturday, October 9th, birdwatchers in Saudi Arabia took part in...
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A Late Summer Visit to Makkah Province (August 2020)
After getting back from our week-long birding adventure in the southwest of the Kingdom, Michelle and I were looking at two more weeks of...
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An Interview with Dr. Duha Al Hashimi, The First Female Birdwatcher in Saudi Arabia*
While I can’t speak to the verity of the appellation in the title—”the first female birdwatcher” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—which a...
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Capturing Beauty in the Saudi Wilds: An Interview with Abdullah Hatim
In the time Saudi Arabia opened to international tourism and the pandemic so abruptly shut it all down again, Instagram started to get...
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