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Issue 68 seP 2014
KSA’S Big10!
Makeup No-NoS
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Princess Reema bint Bandar –
Investing in the Future
Stone Town: Rijal Alma
BUGSY: PUSHING BOUNDARIES
WITH HIP-HOP
Wafaa Abbar, the Brains Behind Rubaiyat
Wearing Chocolate on the Runway
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September, the month of glossy covers, catwalks and fashion weeks. As always, the Destination team has caught the fashion craze beforehand so that we can bring you an edition that’s all about your sartorial sensibilities.
We get right down to business with Princess Reema bint Bandar, CEO of Harvey Nichols, and if that’s not enough, we turn the spotlight to Wafaa Abbar, shareholder and president of Rubaiyat modern luxury. We invite you to go through the pages and read the wonderful story of the girl behind Fyunka, Alaa Balkhy. Unleash your inner fashionista with our relatable articles on building your dream closet, hijabi style essentials, thobes and more.
In all honesty, the DJ team is a diverse bunch. We’re not Louboutin strutting, Birkin waving types; at least not in the office. Some of us party in sneakers, spend everyday in plain tees, while others know when the latest Chanel catalog is out. It’s probably our differences that help us put together a magazine that has something for everyone.
Whatever your style is, you can be sure that there’s something within our pages that’s just right for you.
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Healthy LivingUpcoming Cosmetic TrendsLife After Massive weight Loss
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Explore KSARijal Alma: The valleys of Asir
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SpiritualityProductive wardrobe Hacks
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Arts & EntertainmentLazy ShoppingBugsy: Bushing BoundriesRun Junxion Release PartyThe Eye Behind the Camera
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Fashion & Shoppingkhaleeji Thobe EssentialsAnne Fontaine5 ways to Tie a ScarfFashion Blunders: The Big no-no's
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Special FeatureskSA's Fashion 10Forever young for your Dream Closet
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Businesswafaa Abbar: Rubaiyat President and Shareholder Princess Reema bint Bandar: Investing in the Future of FashionAlaa Balkhy: The Face Behind Fyunka
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During recent inspection rounds, it was found that many unlicensed street vendors have been selling expired food in large quantities in the markets of Al Balad. These boxed up goods were expired and kept in the sun, making them unsuitable for human consumption. Some products were sold without an expiry date, which made it even more difficult for people to recognize potential health hazards. Thankfully these stalls were closed down and the owners were taken for legal charges.
NEw TRAINS LINkING RIyADh AND DAmmAmSaudi Railways Organization president confirmed that the Riyadh-Al-Kharj rail service consists of four new trains that link Riyadh and Dammam. The first of these four trains will arrive by the end of November, withthe remaining three following a month later. The trains are beingproduced in CAF, a leading global rolling stock manufacturer in Spain. These new trains will be an improved version of the previously used ones and will have an increased passenger capacity and luggage facility. They will also be able to run up to 180 kmph under extreme weather conditions.
THUMBS UP TO ENSURING SmOOTh TRAffIC IN mAkkAh
The large development projects that have been taking place at theGrand Mosque in Makkah have been causing plenty of traffic congestion. In order to fix this problem and lessen its effects, the Makkah traffic department has deployed officers and motorbikeriders to make certain that the traffic is smoother. In addition, the department also found a strategy to prevent trucks from going into Makkah during peak hours and built large parking lots to reduce the number of cars on the road. The presence of allocatedundercover police in unmarked cars will also help give out heavy penalties for drivers who break the law.
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Jaguar Launches new DigitaL experience Luxury automotive manufacturer Jaguar MENA has unveiled its new website www.jaguar-me.com, designed to enhance the Jaguar digital brand for customers and fans across the MENA region. Tailored for today’s consumers, the website is designed for multiple screens, allowing customers access to Jaguar whether it be on smart phone, tablet, PC or other mobile device.
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aIr arabIa offers Direct fLights to antaLya Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s low-cost carrier, will start non-stop services to Antalya in southwest Turkey. Air Arabia offers three weekly flights to Antalya, making it a holiday destination for passengers traveling from the UAE. Today, the low-cost pioneer operates over five weekly non-stop services between Istanbul and Casablanca.
EncHanTéE EScada unveiLeD at paris gaLLery Diamonds drip glamour onto Escada’s latest revelation this season. Cultured with a symphony of 384 diamonds, the Ivory timepiece is a crochet of chic that vaults a purity of 1.55 carats. Piercing features with eloquence so refined, this Swiss-made timepiece dresses to impress no one but herself. She is a stunning rendition of “Moulin Rouge does Parisian high tea.”
LumIa 930 avaiLabLe in sauDi arabia Microsoft Devices announced the availability of the Lumia 930 with Windows Phone 8.1 in Saudi Arabia, a device that integrates Microsoft and Lumia to deliver video and imaging experiences on a smartphone. The Lumia 930 is now available in Saudi Arabia at a retail price of SR 2,199 in a range of colors including bright orange, bright green, black and white.
rOmE InSPIrES MontbLanc JeweLeD pen A unique 1/1 Montblanc pen is currently being showcased by Montblanc in two of its boutiques in the UAE. Inspired by one of the Seven Hills of Rome, the extraordinarily luxurious Montblanc Monte Celio is the result of 800 Montblanc craftsmen whose combined talent has turned this pen into a work of art.
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maSEraTI ExcEEdS 2013 saLes in first haLf of 2014Italian luxury car manufacturer Maserati continues its global expansion strategy and reports that sales in the Middle East and Africa region have increased by 152 percent in the first half of 2014 compared to last year’s result of the same period. The result of the first six months of 2014 exceeds the sales of 2013 overall.
Omar baSaad Debuts ‘2 Love’Music producer Omar Basaad debuted his latest hit single “2 Love” on top music stations with over 5 million views already through its streaming broadcast. The vocals with Alicia Madison add a magical overtune on progressive house beats to create an incredible summer anthem.
tag heuer makES HISTOry aT LE manSTAG Heuer and Dempsey Racing signed a long-term partnership this weekend during the 24 Hours of Le Mans. More than 40 years after Steve McQueen starred in the race classic “Le Mans” with a Monaco chronograph on his wrist, the asphalt once again belongs to TAG Heuer and Hollywood.
Lufthansa vOTEd EurOPE’S LEadIng aIrLInE For the fourth consecutive time Lufthansa Airlines has been voted “Europe’s leading Airline” at the World Travel Awards – an award for the best of Europe’s travel industry following a voting process involving 230,000 travel tourism and hospitality professionals worldwide. Lufthansa was selected as winner from a shortlist of 11 top European airline brands in Athens, Greece.
nagHI mOTOrS shows 13% saLes increase for bMw anD Mini Mohamed Yousuf Nagi Motors has reported a sales increase of 13 percent for the first half of 2014, signaling a great result for the BMW Group importer in Saudi Arabia. Driving the strong results were a number of new vehicle launches: the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupé, M235i as well as the all-new MINI Hatch.
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03warEd LOgISTIcS InvESTS In kaEcAs part of its expansion plans, Wared Logistics, a joint venture between Zahid Group Holding and Saudi Binladin Group, has signed a contract to buy 75,000 square meters of land in the Industrial Valley Phase 2 of King Abdullah Economic City to provide exclusive logistic services for KAEC companies, employees and residents.
01LIndE ag, kJc SIgn agrEEmEnT TO ESTabLISH HEaLTHcarE cOmPany CEO of Linde AG, and Sheikh Khaled Juffali, chairman of KJC, signed a shareholders agreement at the Linde Group’s head office to set up a healthcare joint venture in Saudi Arabia. The joint venture will operate through a limited liability company, provide innovative care programs for long-term ventilated patients, homecare services for chronically ill patients and other healthcare related services.
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SEPT. 1chris Tucker comedy Show!Leading international hollywood actor and comedian chris tucker will be headlining a comedy tour across the gcc.
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SEPT. 2Profit from facebook adsa session by Dr. husam Darweesh exploring how people profit from advertising on facebook. call to ask about reservations and ticket prices.
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SEPT. 9 — 13fifth Pediatric review course and OScE.Specialties: pediatric Department.
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SEPT. 10rediscover what you already know! (by mekkanism)a presentation for people who would like continued improvement in their performance.
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Wafaa abbarrubaiyat President and shareholder
b u S I n E S SI N T H E S P O T L I G H T
By Bassma Al ToaimiPhotography by Saleem Al Homsi
Wafaa Abbar established the building blocks that created Rubaiyat, the fashion empire we know today. In an inspiring conversation with Destination, Abbar outlined her retail philosophy.
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WHAT WAS yOur fIrST JOb?I started in Abbar Company managing client accounts— in terms of controlling purchase and performing the collection on timely manner — as well as following up on dead debt collection.
WHAT IS THE bEST cArEEr ADvIcE yOu HAvE EvEr rEcEIvED?Patience is a virtue. With all the studies, the planning and the research, one must have the patience to wait for the right opportunity. Rushing might cause moreloss than gain.
WHAT DO yOu cONSIDEr THE mOST SIGNIfIcANT mILESTONE IN yOur cArEEr?Joining the Rubaiyat business as Ladies and Children manager.
WHEN yOu HIrE AN EmPLOyEE, WHAT IS THE SINGLE mOST ImPOrTANT cHArAcTErISTIc yOu LOOk fOr?It is normally a group of characteristics that go together. The weight and the importance of each depends on the position we are hiring for. Attitude and pride in work is at the top. I would also consider honesty a major component of an employee — it is what we call in our culture “fear of God” in every step you take and every task you make. This sums doing your job as should be with no monitoring or supervision because you know God is watching and he only holds you accountable.
WHAT IS THE ONE PIEcE Of ADvIcE yOu cAN GIvE TO uP AND cOmING fASHION DESIGNErS?Design can only be a business if it is paired with good business management. Marketing yourself is good for the short run, management is for the continuity.
Usually designers are creative and artistic people who take pride in what they do and they are extremely sensitive about their design. They will need to find the balance between that and the world of business that is based on reality and mathematical equations. For design to be successful, there needs to be a combination of “right brain and left brain people.”
THE NEW STOrE PrOvIDES ExISTING rubAIyAT cuSTOmErS WITH A NEW SHOPPING ExPErIENcE IN TErmS Of THE ENvIrONmENT, PrODucTS AND SErvIcES. WHAT IS THAT NEW ExPErIENcE AND WHAT WAS yOur mOTIvATION bEHIND IT?Rubaiyat has always been a leader in giving an existing business that little twist to make it stand out in leading the fashion retail in Saudi.
We have a history of being “First Of” steps in men, ladies and kids fashion. Rubaiyat department store is the new step we took in the same direction and the same road map. The experience was a painful pleasure in executing. I hope the clients will enjoy the second part of it, “the
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pleasure,” which is what is intended for them. The pain comes from all the hard work invested in designing, sourcing, producing, importing in addition to all other restrains from various directions. All in all, it was a great experience.
WHAT INSPIrED yOu TO OPEN THIS NEW DEPArTmENT STOrE SINcE yOu ALrEADy HAD muLTI-brAND rubAIyAT STOrES?As you and I have said, innovation and novelty that we see that our clients deserve and an opportunity to provide something we felt was missing that we could do well.
WHO DESIGNS yOur WINDOW DISPLAyS AND WHAT GuIDELINES DO yOu OffEr THE DESIGNEr?Rubaiyat department store windows were designed and manufactured in the UK. They were installed by the same company. This is with the close direction of Rubaiyat visual team.
WILL yOu bE fOcuSING ON OPENING STAND-ALONE bOuTIquES Or mOrE DEPArTmENT STOrES?We will always do our best to give the market and our valued customers what is needed within our capability. There is a need for both stand alone boutiques and department stores as they provide different shopping experiences; they complement one another. The direction is the element of surprise that I would like to keep in “Mary Poppins bag.”
THE NEW DEPArTmENT STOrE ONLy OffErS PrODucTS fOr WOmEN. ArE mEN AND cHILDrEN ANyWHErE IN THE fuTurE PLANS?In Saudi Arabia, women shop in a different way to men, particularly when they shop for themselves, hence the birth of Rubaiyat department store. As and when we notice a change in the trend of shopping in men and kids, we will for sure step in.
THE POP-uP yOu HAD DurING rAmADAN WAS A SuccESS AND PrOvIDED NEW LOcAL TALENTS WITH AN OPPOrTuNITy TO SHOWcASE THEIr PrODucTS. ArE yOu PLANNING mOrE POP-uPS?Pop-up Store is a tool to enable us to host guests locally and internationally. The idea behind it is to be able to have novelty on a regular basis and create movement at all times.
WHAT DID yOu LOOk fOr IN DESIGNErS fOr THE POP-uP cONcEPT?The designers were picked carefully based on their reputation, popularity and creativity. We tried to have a wide and diverse variety. I am sure we missed many designers due to Ramadan but we will plan well ahead of time for 2015. We can be contacted by interested companies/designers at pop-up@rubaiyat.com.
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WHAT ArE SOmE Of THE bIGGEST cHALLENGES yOu fAcE AS THE OWNEr Of ONE Of THE LEADING Luxury DEPArTmENT STOrES IN TOWN?Recruitment of Saudi ladies is the biggest challenge as working in luxury sales is still new for nationals, particularly ladies. We are working nonstop on training programs in terms of service skills and product knowledge. We are confident we will deliver results and any ladies interested in a career in Luxury Fashion is welcome to contact us at m.saidi@rubaiyat.com.
WOmEN WOrkING AT rubAIyAT STAND OuT DuE TO THEIr PrOfESSIONALISm IN DEALING WITH cuSTOmErS. cAN yOu TELL uS AbOuT THE TrAINING PrOGrAm yOu OffEr fOr WOmEN AND HOW IT ALLOWS THEm TO rEAcH THIS LEvEL Of PrOfESSIONALISm? We train out staff internally and they are mentored by experienced team members,
How do you feel about Saudization? How SucceSSful are you implementing tHe ScHeme at rubaiyat?
I prefer to call it Nationalization. It is a must in each and every country. The problem we have is, we are just at the beginning and it is known that that is the most difficult part of every change. It is pain we should bare until we start harvesting the result.
As rubaiyat is a leading company in fashion retail, competitors headhunt our employees. Despite that fact, we are maintaining excellent levels of Nationalization and we are seeking to recruit more nationals.
many we have for a very long time. However, for the department store, we had to seek a trustworthy and reputable training company. We have selected Wisaal to assist us in training for over 50 ladies.
WE HEArD yOu HAD ExcLuSIvE DESIGNS by cErTAIN DESIGNErS ONLy fOr rubAIyAT fOr THE NEW DEPArTmENT STOrE LAuNcH. IS IT TruE? AND WHAT DESIGNS DO yOur DESIGNErS OffEr THAT cuSTOmErS cAN’T GET ELSEWHErE?Some brands created items/color exclusively for the launch occasion.Charlotte Olympia dedicated an exclusive color for one pump shoes -FK- Fragrance Kitchen- by Majed Alsabah created a couple of fragrances exclusively for Saudi Arabia that was launched in the event. Also Pink Camel created two flavors especially for Rubaiyat.
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noteworthy arab businessesBy Farah Idrees
al ShayaCEO/President: Mohammed Abdulaziz AlshayaDate Founded: 1890Headquarters: KuwaitProducts: - fashion and footwear- food- health & beauty- pharmacy- optics- home furnishings- Leisure and entertainment
rubaiyatCEO/President: Wafaa AbbarProducts:- perfumes- sunglasses- scarves- hair/beauty care products- sweets- Luggage- hand bags- shoes- accessories- clothing brands- swimwear - nightwear
al hokairCEO/President: Fawaz Al HokairDate Founded: 1989Brands include:- wallis- bershka- Jennyfer- suite blanco- nine west- stradivarius- Miss selfridge- Zara- aldo
JamJoom CEO/President: Kamal Osman JamjoomDate Founded: 1987Brands include:- nayomi- Mikyajy- the body shop- early Learning centre (eLc)- Mihyar- neal’s yard remedies- nayomi beauty salon- soiree- Jamjoom Decoration- nayomi abaya
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Investing in the Future of FashionAn interview with
princess rEEmA bINT bANDAr By Hibatalla El Shafie In her role as CEO of Alfa and Harvey Nichols Riyadh, Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud is instigating change with her creative and, on occasion, bold decisions. In an industry where glamour and image are key, Princess Reema balances her leadership with a commitment to social responsibility and an ongoing program that aims to give back to the community. Pioneering female integration in the retail workforce, Princess Reema is championing change and investing in a bright further for Saudi fashion.
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cAN yOu TELL uS A bIT AbOuT yOurSELf? WHAT mADE yOu DEcIDE TO GET INTO HIGH fASHION rETAIL?
I am the mother of two wonderful children and I am the CEO of ALFA international (Harvey Nichols Riyadh) and the founder of Baraboux.
The decision to go into retail was a natural one based on my family’s history of introducing Donna Karan in Saudi Arabia 18 years ago and being shareholders in Harvey Nichols Riyadh. My personal interest in retail evolved from observing behavior patterns to
seeing how we can improve the customer journey. THE LOcAL fASHION cOmmuNITy IS GrOWING AND A LOT Of THE DESIGNErS SHArE A DESIrE TO brING THEIr brANDS ON THE INTErNATIONAL PLATfOrm. WHAT ADvIcE WOuLD yOu GIvE THEm IN OrDEr TO mAkE THIS HAPPEN?
Success in fashion requires focus on excellent craftsmanship and staying true to one’s aesthetic. The location of the design is irrelevant. What stands out is quality. yOu’vE bEEN cOmmENDED fOr yOur ExEcuTIvE DEcISIONS TO HIrE SAuDI WOmEN IN THE rETAIL INDuSTry. PEOPLE HAvE cOmmENTED THAT SucH EffOrTS HAvE HAD SErIOuS rEvENuE cONSEquENcES TO rETAILErS. If IT’S TruE, WHAT mEASurES HAvE yOu DONE TO bALANcE THE rISkS Of
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SOcIAL cHANGE AND STILL AcHIEvE HArvEy NIcHOLS’ bOTTOm LINE?
Successfully integrating women into our workforce is not a simple matter, but the results are well worth the challenges. The store made various accommodations to comply with the government’s rules including separate break rooms, specified ratios of women to men in any given space and inserting dividing barriers in certain areas. Harvey Nichols Riyadh was the first department store to have an onsite daycare facility for the children of its employees. We are very proud of what has been accomplished and choose to view the financial impact as an investment in our countrywomen not as a loss.
ArE THErE ANy PrOJEcTS THAT yOu ArE currENTLy SPEArHEADING Or fEEL STrONGLy AbOuT?
Our marketing calendar at Harvey is always full but next year will be very special as it marks our 15th anniversary. I’m also looking forward to the Zahra Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation’s projects for breast cancer awareness month in October.
WHAT’S yOur vIEW ON ETHIcAL fASHION AND SOcIAL ENTrEPrENEurSHIP? IN WHAT WAyS cAN fASHION INDuSTry PLAyErS AND rETAILErS ImPAcT Or GIvE bAck TO THE cOmmuNITy?
Business and ethics can go hand in hand and there are many ways fashion retailers can give back to their communities. One of the
more memorable initiatives at Harvey Nichols Riyadh was the 2011 Drop & Shop campaign in conjunction with Sawa’ed Atheeb. Annually, we team up with Zahra Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation on a program called: you are beautiful where a licensed dermatologist consults on the products in our store that would suit a chemotherapy/radiation patient. We donate both the products and the time of our make up artists to teach these women how to embrace their beauty. As a retailer we wish to respond to the community we are in so we support young designers, artists as well as like-minded people who need the umbrella of a larger institution to help them give back. WHAT’S yOur fASHION ESSENTIAL?
Any of the essentials range from Baraboux, as these small bags are stylish and perfectly sized to be transferred between all your other, larger bags, saving the hassle unpacking keys, wallet, phone, makeup…
IN yOur OPINION, WHAT GAPS NEED TO bE fILLED IN OrDEr fOr rETAILErS IN kSA TO rEmAIN cOmPETITIvE IN THE rEGION?
It’s an exciting time for retail in Saudi Arabia, as our service industry is not yet as developed as that in Europe or the US. This means that there are opportunities just starting to open up now for training and careers that will raise the standard of retail service throughout the Kingdom to an international level. WOuLD yOu SAy THAT THE TrANSITIONING TO A mOrE LOcAL TALENT POOL HAS ALrEADy bEEN AcHIEvED? If NOT, WHAT DO yOu THINk NEEDS TO bE DONE fOr THE rETAIL fASHION INDuSTry TO HAvE mOrE TrAINED SAuDIS IN THE INDuSTry?
Transitioning to a local talent pool is a lengthy process in any country and Saudi is no different. More investment is needed by all companies to ensure that Saudis and frankly all employees receive training
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The luxury fashion segmenT is predicTed To remain a sTrong markeT in The middle easT. however, There is speculaTion ThaT saudizaTion, conservaTive business pracTices, and lack of Trained/experienced human resources in The reTail indusTry would enTail ThaT ksa may fall behind dubai and QaTar:
These factors would have a negative impact on an industry anywhere, and countries throughout the region face versions of these issues. Saudi Arabia must continue to address such points to ensure that the luxury fashion sector continues to grow, and have something to offer both those who wish to work in it, as well as those who love to follow fashion and want a world-class shopping experience in the Kingdom.
If you want companies to provide jobs you have to recognize their need for flexibility to grow. Flexibility does not equal a disregard for regulations but it creates a space for creativity to thrive.
on an ongoing basis and can flourish in their chosen careers. You cannot operate a successful business if you segregate your staff into silos, creative industries function best with cohesion. emerging TalenTs in The counTry have menTioned ThaT producTion is one of The issues ThaT hinder Their success. whaT can be done To resolve This?
Manufacturing is another area deserving of investment. The investment is not only in setting up the actual manufacturing plant but the full eco-system of a fashion district, as you would find in any capital city. We need fabric shops, pattern makers, seamstress, etc., all in accessible areas where they can create a supply chain.
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By Ahmed Almansouri In a society that wasn’t equipped for new emerging brands, Alaa Balkhy was one of the pioneers of this new fashion era in KSA. She is the face behind Fyunka, a brand that is influenced by pop culture with a fashionable aim to spread happiness through its unique customer.
Fyunka is a designer who tussled her way through social stigma and achieved great success from her brand. She graduated from Dar Al Hekma in Jeddah majoring in graphic design. Her love for fashion, illustration and marketing took her to New York City, where she is currently studying for a Design Management Master’s degree at Pratt Institute.
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Name: alaa balkhyBorN: feb. 14, 1989Place of Birth: Jeddah, saudi arabiahoroscoPe sigN: aquariusfavorite color: Tealfears: birds, running out of battery on her phonemotto: everything happens for a reasonmusic: mashrou’ laila, yasmine hamdanmovie: caramel, wes anderson movies
the story of alaa Balkhy The face behind fyunka
can you Tell me a biT abouT your background? I grew up in Canada and was there till I was 9 years old before moving to Jeddah. It was a culture shock. I went into graphic design by mistake. It was a happy mistake. I started working my second year of college until I graduated. I had two jobs. I was a graphic designer at a design agency and an assistant at a local fashion brand. in The process of creaTing and promoTing your brand fyunka, did you Think iT was possible To achieve This kind of success?I never promoted, because I never had a business plan. There was no “OK, I am going to start a brand, this is what I want to do.” I wanted to design bags and wanted to see
how it goes. It went very well. I still have pieces that I made 10 from each design that was three years ago. Now I do like a 100-150.
whaT would you say was The biggesT challenge for you ThroughouT The whole process?Honestly, that there was no support. Now it is changing, but when I first started there were local brands, but they were old brands. No one was doing photo shoots for their collections. No one was making ready-to-wear clothing. There was no support from a society point of view. The perception of a local brand was along the lines of “Who is Alaa? She is making
bags in her house? Why is it so expensive?” They didn’t realize that there is a lot that goes into it. Then I tried my best to change it. I wasn’t going to back down. These are the prices, because this is the work I am putting into it. I am not selling the material, I am selling the idea. The ideas are worth something. So why
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We kinda have the same values when it comes to family.
Tell me abouT your family.I have three younger brothers and one older sister. My dad is a plastic surgeon and my mom owns a business. She does Hijazi baked goods, its called “Sufra Hijaziyah.” My grandfather is half Malaysian. My great-grandmother was Russian. My grandmother is
would I buy a leather jacket from a designer brand where it costs $3,000 because you are buying the brand, not the material? I worked so hard to create the brand.
so you said ThaT supporT was lacking from a social poinT of view, was There supporT lacking from a financial poinT of view?No, but there was the problem of production. We are not like other countries where people are used to people starting their own business. There are no production houses. I can’t go somewhere and tell them that I want this kind of bag with this color and this amount. I had to figure out a way from scratch, to get this from here and this from here. Get a tailor and train him. Do this, and if it doesn’t work try something else. I never took a course in bag design, but my shapes are so simple. There were no factories accessible to us. Some factories would produce 10,000 bags for you but I didn’t want that.
puTTing your brand aside, who would you say is your biggesT inspiraTion? I don’t know. I guess … it’s so hard. Obviously you depend mostly on yourself. The reason I created Fyunka is not to depend on anyone. So it is a bit ironic. There are a lot of people I depend on. There is Nada Hakeem, a co-founder of the Loft; we kind of started together. People that started their own brands inspire me. Like for example Razan Azzouni (Saudi fashion designer) inspires me. The girls behind Sotra inspire me. There is a lot and most of them are local. Definitely I am also inspired by Kate Spade. She couldn’t find a bag so she created one. is There any counTry ThaT you wish To Travel To?Japan. I like how organized they are. I am actually doing a collaboration with Casio and it’s amazing how organized and prompt the people I’m dealing with are. It is fascinating. It is exciting how they are so into their culture.
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from Hadramoot (an area in Yemen) and the rest of my family are from Jeddah.
i wanT To backTrack To fyunka, how did you come up wiTh The designs? how did iT all sTarT?It was baby steps. The first design I made was from confusion. It was making fun of ourselves. “Baba, I want a Birkin” (Birkin is a handbag by Hermès and costs $9,000) I just came back from Dubai and everyone had it and I was just like it is so amazing that we think we deserve these things. I was just wondering if anyone worked hard for their bag. It was making fun of ourselves. It caught on because it was so true. Everything starts with “Baba, I want…” I was 21, especially at that age. It was not even material things, it was like “Baba I want to go out. Baba I want to travel.” It was making fun of a social issue in a non-direct way.
are you porTraying yourself in The designs?Yes, the “Fyunka Girl” is me. It is me, because at the beginning when I started I didn’t want people to know that it was me, so I created this character. I was so afraid of what people would think or say. I wasn’t ready for criticism. I wanted Fyunka to be anonymous, that’s why I created this character.
why did you choose The name “fyunka” for your brand?I wanted an Arabic name that was very general and was very Hijazi slang. We say Fyunka a lot (Fyunka means bow in
Jeddah slang). I didn’t want it to be bag or something, because I knew it was going to be more than bags later on. I wanted something general. whaT are your nexT sTeps in life?I want to graduate from Pratt Institute. I am doing a Master’s in design management. I want to do another Masters in illustration. That is definitely what I want to do. I want to have my own studio.
whaT Three words would you use To describe yourself? Optimistic, calm… (long pause). I can’t think of the word it’s hard to explain it. I have a poker face. I don’t know how you can say that. Or you can say optimistic, calm and quiet.
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KSA'S FASHION By Bassma Al Toaimi and Jou Pabalate
10HALA SABBAGHFashion Designer
WHAT’S YOUR BRAND AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR DESIGNS? The name Lychee comes from an exotic fruit, which I find fascinating from its mix of taste to its shape, very versatile just like my brand. My designs are created for that fashion forward savvy woman who isn’t afraid to experiment with bright colors and shapes, just like the fruit.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE ESSENTIAL PIECES IN EVERY SAUDI'S CLOSET?Women: A statement dress, printed pants, an item with see-through details and a pair of Zara heels.Men: Well that’s a tough one, but I guess a cool shirt and the right shoes will do just fine.
Instagram: @lycheebyhalasabbagh
HALA AL HARITHY Image consultant/Stylist
CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF?I’m a mother of two amazing boys. I've studied and lived most of my life abroad in the US. I've been interested in fashion from a very young age and learned most of what I know from my beloved and super stylish mother may she rest in peace. I've been styling and shopping for my friends and family for years then decided to take it seriously about a year ago where I finished a course at the Sterling Style Academy based in New York. And ever since then styling has been my life, after my family, of course!
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE ESSENTIAL PIECES IN EVERY SAUDI'S CLOSET?A great pair of jeans, a nice white top, nude or black heels that work with everything, and statement pieces (accessories or bags).
Instagram: @hala_alharithy
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mAZIN AL mAImANIFashion Editor
CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF?I’m a full-time graphic designer, but since I was 11 I’ve been shopping for myself. With time, I started loving how you can have your own style yet keep experimenting and updating it. Also, working with the magazine I got a chance to experience working as a fashion editor and in the past I’ve enjoyed styling a few photo shoots.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE ESSENTIAL PIECES IN EVERY SAUDI'S CLOSET?Men: Denim (that fits perfectly), slip on shoes and sunglasses. Women: I can say things that should not be there, and if they are should stay in the closet while in Saudi, no boots please (it’s almost summer all year long!). No leather pants or tops (again, it’s almost summer all year long!) and please throw away all of your Crocs – it’s 2014.
Instagram: @mazin
mISHAeL AL RAJHIFashion Designer
WHAT’S YOUR BRAND AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR DESIGNS? I’m the head designer for couture fashion line Mishael Al Rajhi. It’s bespoke evening luxury wear for women. I’m also the founder of MICCI & MISHI.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE ESSENTIAL PIECES IN EVERY SAUDI'S CLOSET?White shirt, black dress and jeans. Also a jacket or blazer to add some layer to their style.
WHO’S YOUR FASHION ICON?Rihanna, Audrey Hepburn, Cara Delevigne, Kristen Stewart and Olivia Palermo.
WHAT’S YOUR FASHION PET PEEVE?When people wears things that don’t fit them right.
Instagram: @mishaelrajhimA
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DALAL ALHASAN Fashion Designer
WHAT’S YOUR BRAND AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR DESIGNS? DALAL ALHASAN comes from a fantasyland based in the purple zone. This world was built by my emotions, actions and inspirations over the years. My designs take you to a journey parallel to the stars. This journey shares my thoughts and imagination that are translated in my seasonal collections of contemporary, innovative and fun ready to wear.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE ESSENTIAL PIECES IN EVERY SAUDI'S CLOSET?Accessories, a precious piece whether it is a family heritage or a travel founding.
Instagram: @dalalhasanofficial
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WHAT’S YOUR BRAND AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR DESIGNS?I am currently working on two very distinct fashion labels. The first one is YOYO, which is a young avant-garde and innovative ready to wear line. I also have a luxury haute couture line under my name HAIFA FAHAD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE ESSENTIAL PIECES IN EVERY SAUDI'S CLOSET?Black dress.
WHO’S YOUR FASHION ICON?I love avant-garde designers, people who make me think about how a piece was made. I love designers with creations that are intricate yet elegant, fashion game changers; like Lacroix, Galliano, Stephane Rolland and Rick Owens.
Instagram: @haifafahad
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Reem ABBARFASHION ENTREPRENEUR/DESIGNER
WHAT’S YOUR BRAND AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR DESIGNS? Amina Atelier is a unisex casual wear brand made in Jeddah combining a mix of ethnic inspiration with contemporary fashion. I do one collection a year that is launched during the holly month of Ramadan. For each collection I offer a collectable charity item that reflects the story of the collection and proceeds are donated to a chosen local organization in line with the theme of the product. The brand is dedicated to Dada Amina, a family member who passed away a long time ago. She was a hard working and charitable woman who loved to sew during her free time. Growing up my cousins and I would visit her in her room for some tea on occasional afternoons. I recall it was packed with knickknacks that she had collected over the years, along with pillows and tissue box covers that she had sewn. We’d tiptoe inside her colorful room with amusement admiring her collection while she warned us of some of her missing sewing needles. She had lots of character, warmth and kindness and was an influential figure in my childhood may her soul rest in peace.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE ESSENTIAL PIECES IN EVERY SAUDI'S CLOSET?Abayas, thobes, sandals and sunglasses.UPCOMING TREND YOU’RE EXCITED ABOUT?Post-Apocalyptic Gypsy
WHO’S YOUR FASHION ICON?I don't have a particular fashion icon, I muse over a lot of creatives that I find inspiring.
WHAT’S YOUR FASHION PET PEEVE?When the mass majority goes crazy over a trend, disregarding their individuality and resembling a flock of sheep. Also pointless trends like the “Mustache” print, accessories and homeware.
Instagram: @aminaatelier
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ALAA ALGHUFAILIACCESSORIES DESIGNER
WHAT’S YOUR BRAND AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR DESIGNS? I always loved unique and unusual things, throughout my research over local market items that are designed by local designers. Most of what I have found were machine-based and unnatural and have no cultural background accessories and fashion pieces, as an architect and Saudi-oriented person, that frustrates me, here the idea of “Aghuph” has come by, a hand-made, culture-based, more feminine and elegant and classy from the prospective of the Saudi culture.WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON RIGHT NOW? I’m working on clutch bags and some other cool stuff that are inspired from the Islamic geometric, so stay tuned. UPCOMING TREND YOU’RE EXCITED ABOUT?Urban fashion trend that cocooned the body and added attitude at the same time.
WHAT’S YOUR FASHION PET PEEVE?Showing off top brands patterns from head to toe.
Instagram: @a_ghuph
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Tee SAUdIFASHION DESIGNERS
WHAT’S YOUR BRAND AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR DESIGNS? We're three cousins, Ayya, Talal and Lubna, who decided to start a t-shirt project to encourage local art. Our brand, Tee, focuses on printing art designed by local young artists on high-quality t-shirts. Our designs are youthful, fun, and a lot of them are related to our Arabic culture.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE ESSENTIAL PIECES IN EVERY SAUDI'S CLOSET?Abaya and thobe. A nice Tee shirt won't hurt either ;)
WHAT’S YOUR FASHION PET PEEVE? Socks and sandals. Birkenstocks especially. Please make it stop.
Instagram: @tee_saudi
dAReeN ALYAwARIMAGE CONSULTANT/FASHION STYLIST
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE ESSENTIAL PIECES IN EVERY SAUDI'S CLOSET? As a Saudi woman you need a good classic black abaya, trendy abaya, white shirt and a pair of right fitting jeans. As a Saudi man you need a classic thobe with a fine cut plus you need good shoes that go perfectly with any thobe, good jeans that fit very well and white tee for our summery days.
UPCOMING TREND YOU’RE EXCITED ABOUT?I actually can’t wait for the new trendy stripes that will kill the market. The futuristic techno-color flowers, the knee length shorts, the Boho chic look and Cruise 2015 is going to kill it.
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FOREVERYOUNG With Your Dream ClosetBy Yara BanaEvery girl dreams of the day she’ll be old enough to have her very own glamorous closet just like in the movies. However, as this little girl blossoms into a grown woman she realizes that the picture-perfect closet she dreamed of is the hardest thing to maintain and is quite farfetched.
1. Before starting any organizing process the first thing to do is to get rid of any unwanted clothes or clothes that are no longer your size. Many women feel the need to keep their things because of their value later. The best thing to do in this case is to put all the pieces you’re keeping but not currently using into air compressed bags.
2. Now that you’ve emptied your closet and got rid of all the unwanted items, you can start working out how you want your layout. Some women prefer a lot of hangers, while others have more items that need boxes instead of hangers. That’s why a good plan can only be
identified by you since your personal things are different than everyone else’s. Try to estimate the number of dividers and the right sizes for your closet, then run out to the nearest store and buy some.
3. Now start fitting everything based on its category into a place where it fits best. The best piece of advice is to keep the things used most often at the front and the least at the back. For a final touch, hang some scented fragrance enhancers into your closet for fresh clothing at all times.
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You want to re-style your sunglasses instead of buying ridiculously expensive new ones? Here are some ideas!
add a biT of floralYou will need:• Mod podge or super glue• Toothpick• Plastic or fabric flowers bead The sidesYou will need:• Any type of permanent glue• Small beads
add painT or gliTTerYou will need:• Spray paint, nail polish, glitter glue, etc.• Tape• Popsicle stick• Nail filer
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This is for all the young girls inside every one of us that yearns for a flawless closet full of couture dresses and stilettos. No matter how much space or organizing experience you’re lacking, this is going to make you understand the simplest tricks for getting the organized wardrobe of your heart’s desire.
4. As for the outer appearance of your dressing room, try making it seem like it’s specially dedicated to your inner fashionista.Add decorations using some old fashion items like lipsticks or perfume bottles or even hang some fashion magazine covers in some old picture frames making it appear like the ultimate dress-up room.
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No dress-up experience is complete
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Invest in a good set of speakers for your dressing room. It has
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confident with music playing.
For small spaces, using organizing cubes or bags are the best way to get the most
usage out of a small area. Use all the space that could possibly be used! Add organizer bags to the inner part of the closet door. Or maybe even try double
shelving for more storage space.
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Your vanity is also a part of your closet.
So whatever mentioned here
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don'T: Use your high limit credit card. This is overused information but I figure the hassle of canceling the charges and theft is worth issuing the warning again.
DO: Use a verified payment website like Paypal or Escrow and a low limit credit card, especially when buying from an unknown website or seller. It’s easy as pie to make an account (easy as eating pie, mind you. Making pies a whole other story).
don'T: Stick to one website. Yes, Amazon or Overstock
LAZY SHOPPINGTips for navigating the odd and wonderful world of
By Johara Al MogbelOnce upon a not very long time ago, the Internet was invented. And since humans have
loved money since the creation of currency, they immediately looked for a way to profit off it. One of these ingenious (and occasionally odd) ways, as we all know now, was to make
it so people could sell off things like cornflakes shaped in Ronald Reagan’s image and all in a digital transaction.
It was an instant hit as people generally like buying things and are lazy about it. However, as is the case with all wonderful creations, online shopping came
with its own pitfalls and dangers. Here are a few do’s and don’ts I’ve learned over the years (and a few dozen of packages after).
might have everything under the sun but that’s the best thing about shopping on the interwebs, you have so many choices open.
DO: Compare prices between websites. Sometimes a dress you like on Bloomingdale’s will be on sale in Neiman Marcus or Nordstrom or Saks Fifth Avenue. Check prices between the sellers themselves on a marketplace website like Etsy or Amazon’s marketplace too, or between the same store specified for two different regions (like US Amazon or UK Amazon, for example). Speaking of which …
don'T: Always stick to shipping to Saudi Arabia, even if the store offers it. Some websites (like Neiman Marcus) immediately add an unexplainable SR 200 surplus to the prices when you switch to the KSA-oriented website. Sometimes it’s just cheaper to ship to a post office box. Yes, I know. Shipping is the devil’s spawn. We’ll get two-day shipping … someday.
DO: Find websites that offer free shipping to Saudi Arabia, like bookdepository.co.uk or Asos. Yes, I know. There’s still magic in the world. It’ll
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help you save a bit, if you don’t consider that extra bookshelf you have to put in now that free book shipping to KSA is a real thing. Also, do register your house for an official address at the Saudi Post. For a yearly subscription, they’ll deliver your packages straight at your door as soon as a package filters through. Less hassle, less mashaweer, and you get a mailman! With a mail truck! You’re welcome.
don'T: Be afraid to wander into the world of Chinese resellers. Most of the new Saudi Instagram clothing home businesses are buying directly from China at low prices then doubling and quadrupling the price.
DO: Be careful. Again, make sure the online marketplace you’re using, like Aliexpress for example, insists on escrow or PayPal being used in your transaction.
don'T: Bid on auction items if there’s a few days left till its end. That just drives the bid up you’ll almost always be outbid (probably by me if it was that 12-pound Praktika Nova. Sorry, I’m not sorry).
DO: Wait until the last possible minute, and then bid. Make sure your browser isn’t freezing up, or your Internet connection hiccupping because this will be a fight to the death, mark my words. (I’m looking straight at you, Wi-Fi, that lost me the perfectly priced Judith Leiber. Argh).
By Zareen MuzaffarLet’s check out some of the most popular fashion blogs
and bloggers around:bag snobVisit Bag Snob and check out the recommendations by Tina Craig and Kelley Cook. snobessentials.com
man repellerTwenty-four-year-old Leandra Medine is the brain behind this popular fashion blog. manrepeller.com
cupcakes and cashmereEmily Schuman’s blog is not just about fashion, it features
FASHION nerds Who Know BetterTHAN YOU
INTERESTING FashionApps
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POSE – Pose provides us with personalized styling ideas.
WALK IN MY CLOSET – Also allows us to sell items we don’t want anymore.
THE FIND – One of the best!
FASHION KALEIDOSCOPE – Street-style fashion app.
WINK N POUT – Get your own personal stylist.
ideas on DIY, food, decor, beauty and more. cupcakesandcashmere.com
aimee song, song of sTyleAimee Song is known for creating bold but laid back looks and her site garners 4 million monthly views. songofstyle.com
wendy’s lookbookCheck out some of the trendiest outfits, shoes, stylish advice and color schemes on Wendy’s Lookbook. wendyslookbook.com
fashion ToasTA traveler and a fashion blogger, great combination isn’t it?fashiontoast.com
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Most of us are familiar with the hip-hop culture, which is built on four elements (DJing, MCng, graffiti and break dancing). Rap music (MCing) has hit the Middle East on a more conscious and commercially acceptable level that does not degrade us, but tries to elevate the minds of people in our community. This is carried out through content relating to our everyday lives. The Jeddah music scene is growing and the quality of music and visuals being produced are raising the bar day by day as well as receiving recognition from both the Middle East and the West. We caught up with one of the most impactful and ambitious music producers, Bugsy, in Jeddah to discuss how it all started, the music scene’s current state and its future.
WHO IS BUGSY? Bugsy is Ahmad Salim Bugshan. I am a music producer and composer in the mixed culture music scene here in Saudi Arabia, as well as internationally. I am also a creative director, handling services such as conceptualizing and solutions for a group called Csketches, which is under the umbrella of SOBTC.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST START MAKING MUSIC AND WHAT LED YOU TO DOING SO?
When MTV was introduced in the Middle East by the late ’80s/early ’90s, people around me, as well as myself, found Western music (especially hip-hop) intriguing and our interest towards it grew due to the similarity in the street life we shared at the time. The motive of fooling around had us recording loops and samples on cassette tapes but falling in love with music came shortly after 1995.As I was going through my father’s old pile of junk, an old guitar case caught my attention and as I opened it, I saw the most beautiful thing, an old rusted guitar. Ever since then, I never stopped playing music.
AS A PRODUCER, WHAT SOUND DO YOU WORK ON BRINGING TO THE PEOPLE?
Having the ability to be diverse, thank God, gives me the freedom to experiment with different sounds as well as different ways of producing. Like people I worked with always tell me, “what’s good about you is that you play and mix in a different way every time. We can hardly tell it’s all coming from the same producer.” Although I enjoy doing that and it drifts me away from where I first started, it’s always original and comes from authentic place in me, regardless. Sampling oldies and bringing them back to life in the freshest way possible is what I never change.
WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS AS A HUMAN AND AS AN ARTIST?
I would say that they meet halfway to go hand in hand. As a human, I am willing to give all that it takes to deliver my knowledge in this music field through sharing, collaborating and of course teaching. Whereas as an artist, I thrive to do that through my music.
IN A PLACE WHERE MUSIC, ESPECIALLY RAP MUSIC, IS NOT ACCEPTED AS OPENLY, WHERE DO YOU CHANNEL YOUR DRIVE AND WHAT KEEPS YOU PERSISTENT?
In my opinion, some Western arts and cultures have been accepted and practiced. But by 2006, the first hip-hop album was registered at the Ministry of Arts and Culture under Jeddah Legends Production where Qusai was the rapper, Murad was the singer and I was the producer. Both the ministry and the community accepted the project. We also have personalities such as Big Hass who supports local through the Mix FM radio outlet by playing local music as well as interviewing the artists. There are also certain groups and talents helping the movement expand by sharing, performing and streaming their music. So honestly, I consider hip-hop as part of our culture. I never felt demotivated because the love for the art form is genuine alongside having a number of outlets.
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WE HEARD THAT YOU ARE SIGNING THREE ARTISTS FROM THE JEDDAH MUSIC SCENE. WHAT LED YOU TO TAKING THAT INITIATIVE AND TO ALSO CARRY IT ALL OUT WITH PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS TERMS?
First, let me say that I have worked and will continue to work with anyone in the field that shares the same understanding and beliefs. Second, there are many talents I have witnessed that were not nurtured as they should have been leading to their energy wasted. Most of those talents were people I have worked with or are close friends. Now that I see fresh new talents, I do not want the same thing happening to them. So yeah, I am in the establishment process of actually singing not three, but five artists under my management and development to get out to be the next generation of artists.
Regarding the professional terms, it just sets terms that are agreed and signed to which gives the artist some sort of trust in what he is getting into as well as establishing other terms that would avoid conflict.
TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS LABEL/COLLECTIVE IN TERMS OF YOUR MISSION AND LONG-TERM GOALS.
The mission is to show out the next generation of talent as well as the diversity and also quality of their art through the new age of digital streaming and communication.
DESCRIBE HOW YOU FEEL YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO START BUILDING SUCH AN EMPIRE AND RUN IT ACCORDINGLY.
The time I spent away from the music scene over the last three years was invested into taking courses regarding
different aspects in this music field. I’ve been going through one-on-one courses on vocal recording technology, music business, music production, artist management and development and most importantly, copy rights. I have done all of this with different professors from different music colleges and universities in the world such as Dr. John Kellogg from Berkeley College of Music in California. All the professors have of course shared their knowledge and experiences in over 10 fields the music industry. So you tell me if you think I got what it takes to build this empire.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OFFER YOUR ARTISTS INCLUDING WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO TO HAVE THEM BEING ABLE TO PERFORM LEGALLY?
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Like I said, it is a goal that these artists achieve their full potential. To help them in doing so, I take the load off my artists in a sense of I would carry out tasks that are in my power to perform in order to allow them more time to focus on improving themselves as artists. This, of course, requires knowing your artist, studying him carefully as well having knowledge regarding what he needs and wants to get them advancing to a higher level.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE MUSIC SCENE IN JEDDAH?
What I see unfold in front of my eyes is that the scene is growing by number but not in quality. There are various reasons for that. There aren’t enough colleges/institutes that focus on this specific field intensively. Talents are not adopted and developed, which leads to misleading therefore taking its toll on the quality.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE FOR THE MUSIC SCENE IN JEDDAH TO BE ACCEPTED OPENLY IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD?
The music has been getting accepted, it is just a day-to-day process on how to widen the doors. Eventually it will be as big as we see it in other parts of the world giving back to the artists for everything they have worked for and built.
MAKING MUSIC IN JEDDAH, HOW HAS IT AFFECTED YOUR SOCIAL AND PERSONAL LIFE, BOTH NEGATIVELY AND POSITIVELY?
Most people see this music as our hobby, others decide to look down on us because of it and others also recognize and respect our movement. At the end of the day, hip-hop is a lifestyle to us as well as a long-term process. I am doing what I love and I am in love with what I am doing, which is why I have invested time, money and energy into educating myself in 10 different areas of music and strategizing how to carry everything I plan out accordingly. With that being said, I do not get fed up with any negatives being thrown around my way and I always thank God for the positive, I just advise people to follow their dreams with a right plan.
Everything that tries to stop you, just use it as fuel and know that this is timeless.
IF YOU COULD TELL ALL MUSICIANS IN JEDDAH ONE THING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
“Know your rights so that you know your worth. Continue your path through actions and not words.”
WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND YOU?
You can find me on Instagram/Twitter/Soundcloud: asbugsy or contact me through ahmad@bugshan.biz
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The night started off with Big Hass warming up the guests by taking them through the history of Hip-Hop, following Qusai who talked about how the group, Run Junxion, was formed and their impact in the Middle East Hip-Hop scene and how he views them as “The Middle East Wu-Tang.”Lots of good vibes in just one place, Anas Arabi (writer, rapper and producer in the group) decided to take the wheel and introduce the album to the people and kicked it off with playing the track list, they displayed the ‘Monstarz’ video and also an unreleased video with breathtaking acting by the members themselves as well as genius directing by the one and only Sajeer Talha.
The feedback received from the crowd was very positive and uplifting, the Shock N’ Awe album was really rich in sound, it is truly a breath of fresh air in the Jeddah music scene, the instrumentals are undoubtedly of international standard and they were filled up with strong and impactful presence by each member of the Run Junxion group which is also unarguably competent toe to toe with probably your favorite MC’s internationally.
After the event we caught up with a few of the Run Junxion members, Anas Arabi mostly, and interviewed them.
Jeddah MusiC sCene KiCKed in the WoMb and eleCtrified With RUN JUNxIONBy Abdulaziz Salah
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What a big night for hip-hop in Saudi arabia, Jeddah to be exact!The Run Junxion, “Shock n’ Awe” album release party, sponsored by G-Shock, Red Bull and Ektimal, brought together hip-hop artists and hip-hop heads under one roof to celebrate a big night for a super group, a powerhouse of lyrical, conscious and relevant artists under one umbrella, a family by the name of “Run Junxion.” The night was hosted by both Big Hass (Founder of Saudi Arabia’s first FM Hip-Hop radio show) and Qusai (The ambassador of Hip-Hop in Saudi Arabia).
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!llmind, Chino XL, Sullee J, Nino Bless just to name a few. We always approached people and they would always come back and give us props for the work we put out letting us know that they support us. This of course makes us believe in ourselves more and drives us to just keep pushing our music further and elevate.
SO, WHY SHOCK N’ AWE?Run Junxion is like a group of reporters, we report to the Middle East. Shock N’ Awe is the operation that George Bush called while attacking Iraq, we took that and turned into a hip-hop angle.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MUSIC SCENE IS LACKING AT THIS POINT?It’s lacking shows and support from the people here online. Those are the two main major things that are definitely needed.
RUN JUNxION AT TIMES TEND TO DELIVER VERY AGGRESSIVE/POLITICAL CONTENT. TALK ABOUT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.We wouldn’t say aggressive, we are just trying to provide a wider variety of sounds in the music scene and really Hip-Hop in general. People that really listen and pay attention to the underground music scene here appreciate and relate to our content because it is raw and real and not the type of commercial music that you cannot really relate to. They appreciate hearing something new and different content wise and that is what we are giving to the people.
WHO IS RUN JUNxION?Run Junxion consists of 10 members, 7 rappers and 3 producers, who are gathered from all over the world and united as a family then formed a rap group in Saudi Arabia.
WHAT DIFFERENTIATES YOU FROM OTHER RAP GROUPS?Anas Arabi: I believe we are the Middle East Wu Tang, the difference is we are from different cultures and we are from different places from around the world and we met in Saudi Arabia conveying the same message and speaking about the same thing.
WE HAVE NOTICED A COUPLE OF COSIGNS FROM MAJOR MUSIC PERSONALITIES IN THE WEST. TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.We have dealt with people like
ANY PLANS OF SIGNING TO A MAJOR LABEL OR LANDING ANY SORT OF DEAL.Show us the deals so we can at least consider them haha. We would definitely consider signing a deal.
WHAT DOES RUN JUNxION ASPIRE TO ACHIEVE THROUGH ITS MUSIC AND ITS IMAGE BEING PORTRAYED TO THE PEOPLE?Balance. We aspire to restore balance in music. People are becoming less aware on what they should really be concentrating on and that there is more to the world than what some or most artists touch on. Moh Flow for example does this in a very nice way. He keeps it real and has that raw sound that still is commercially accepted. Do not abuse just one content just because it sells, you have to balance.
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMPANIES (G-SHOCK, RED BULL, EKTIMAL) THAT SPONSORED THIS EVENT?It is very important because without them we couldn’t have had such an event like this. We cannot really always be paying from our pockets because we have a life and families to support, so them coming in doing all of this is very helpful as well as they earn other artist’s respect seeing that they support us this way.
Follow Run Junxion:Twitter: @RunJunxionInstagram: @RunJunxionFacebook: facebook/RunJunxionYoutube: youtube.com/RunJunctionJCTSoundcloud: soundcloud.com/RunJunxion
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THE EYE BEHIND
By Bassma Al ToaimiThere’s more to a fashion photographer than just owning
a camera, dressing up some models and taking shots. Fashion photography is an art that is only mastered by lensmen (and women!) constantly learning new styles, poses and technology. Here are some of our favorites.
Keep these pages handy for your next photo shoot!
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MOHAMMED AL DEGHAISHIMWith Al Deghaishim it started out as a hobby in 2009, then in 2012 he quit his career in HR to become a full-time photographer.
Mob: +966 - 565956669Email: Md@exposuresa.comInstagram: its_mdWeb: exposuresa.com
“Fashion
photography these days should be
relatable, designers and retailers are learning this.
Saudis now look at an image and want to see
their reflection.”-Mohammed Al Deghaishim
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“Fashion. Turn to the
left.” -Fahad Ayyad
FAHAD AYYADA creative photographer known for his artistic and unique vision behind the lens.
Mob: +966 - 558333339Web: fahadayyad.comInstagram: fahadayyadphoto
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"Fashion photography is
not achieved with a few clicks, it's a long
creative process that is summed up in few images.
Each photo shoot brings life to the fashion line; it gives it a character
and a spirit." -The Loft
THE LOFTThe Loft take care of models, styling, makeup, art direction and every detail involved when it comes to a proper photo shoot.
Tel: +966 - 12 - 6629080Email: info@theloftme.comWeb: theloftme.comInstagram: theloftme
Nasiba Hafiz Vintage Collection
Samah Abayas
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REEM AL RIFAIEAn up and coming photographer with a distinctive style.
Mob: +966 -549039993Email: reemalrifaie@gmail.comInstagram: reem_alrifaie_studio
MOKHTAR CHAHINEMokhtar is one of the best photographers in town not only because of his ability to capture beautiful photos, but also for his friendly and approachable personality.
Email: info@MokhtarChahine.comWeb: mchahine.comInstagram: mokophotography
“My aim with fashion
photography is to allow the viewer
to feel the fabric through
the picture.” -Reem AlRifaie
Ytrend Abaya by Yasmin Mulla
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alEXandEr WangAt just 30, California-born Alexander Wang has reached new heights in the fashion industry, more than any at his age.
The originally Taiwanese designer was still a sophomore at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City, when he launched his eponymous label in 2005.
He was quickly recognized for his model-off-duty, urban-cool, chic and insouciant designs, yet with sleek and sharp bodycon tailoring.
In 2009, the designer (also known as the “T-shirt master”) launched T By Alexander Wang; his diffusion line was born as a representative of the core elements and everyday basics that his costumer needed.
Whether it was his first or second line, with every collection, Wang always reinvents and pushes forward his basic design elements such as sportswear. Every piece in his recent collections was in his first ready to wear collection, except in a different form or shape.
This was applied to his debut collection for Balenciaga. On Nov. 30, 2012. Women’s Wear Daily announced that Alexander Wang was named the new creative director at Balenciaga, succeeding Nicolas Ghesquière.
All eyes were on the young designer; fashion critics were waiting to see if he would live up to their expectations, and indeed he did.
currently alexander Wang and t by alexander Wang are available exclusively at rubaiyat.
“ i think everyone ShareS a fear of failure–that you're only aS good aS your moSt recent collection. that'S definitely a fear, but it'S a fear that fuelS me, that makeS me Want to Work harder, that makeS me take on more challengeS.”
“I'm going back to the roots, identifying the codes of the house, and translating them into a functioning, full wardrobe,” Wang said.
After digging through the old archives of the French fashion house, the designer delivered a modern take on the signature silhouettes of Balenciaga.
“Each piece is up for interpretation, it’s up for everyone to make their own. That’s what I love, and that is what I enjoy,” he said.
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if you're unfamiliar with raw denim, it's the type of denim that feels rough like a stone. that is because all basic denim has been treated, especially the very faded ones (different washing techniques, chemicals, etc). as much as raw denim feels uncomftable the first few wears, later it'll develop it's fit according to your movement and your body shape. you can find raw denim easily, but our own personally tried favorites are by: apc, acne studios and nudie jeans.
somE interesting diy Washing EffEct tEchniquEs:1 let the denim get dirty, and we mean really really dirty (for as long as you can), when you've given up give it a first wash (dry clean prefered), followed by another wash in which you will finally soak the jeans for an in hour in water mixed with woolite black — a denim washing detergent — or you can search for anything similar- rinse it, roll it in a towel and hang it up to dry.
2 there's another technique, which has not been tried personally yet. this also requires for you to wear your denim the maximum time possible, but instead of a wash, put your denim on and go swimming in the sea (yes, this is not a joke!) rub your jeans in some dry sand. repeat until the desired fade/wash has been achieved.
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Prices vary from SR 150 to SR 345
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if you're an artist ignore what we're about to say. if you're like all other normal people, instead of ripping your jeans we'd suggest buy one that has been ripped and aged perfectly! guys selection is from topman, girls selection is from topshop. yes, highstreet fashion does look good!
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Khaleeji Thobe e s s e n t i a l s
By Mohammed Al SaadounThe thobe (Arabic: ALA-LC: thawb) Even though I’m a local and have worn the thobe as a uniform to school most of my life, I never realized the vast range of thobe cuts among neighboring countries.
Collarless:- UAE: The doorbell thobe. It’s
collarless with a long loose tassel at the front covering the buttons and no shirt pocket. Many locals also wear their headdress as a bandana.
- Oman: The most notable difference is in their headdress; instead of a shemagh, they wear an embroided cap known as a kummah. Their thobe is collarless with a short loose tassel above the chest and to the side with no shirt pocket.
Two Tassel iqal:- Qatar: The most notable
difference is in their headdress; their iqal has two draping tassels that I like to call tea bag halo. Their collar is buttonless.
No Shirt Pocket:- Kuwait: Their thobe displays
a one button shallow collar and the norm is no shirt pocket.
the Differences of gCC thobes- Bahrain:No comment…I’m kidding; their thobe usually displaysa shirt collar.
- Saudi Arabia:Cuff links are known as a dominant feature and a 2-button collar with a shirt pocket included.
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- The Sabha or Islamic Prayer Beads
Now available in the form of a digital ring, the traditional beads are what the fashion industry calls a capsule item. At weddings and festivities, men have mastered the art of dancing with it, similar to people dancing to modern day Tango with a rose.
- The Infamous SunglassesStay alert jet-setters, as this phenomenon mostly takes place at airports! Whenever you notice a Khaleeji with sunglasses indoors at the waiting lounge, be sure he is wearing them to check out some eye candy incognito. Hypothetically, Superman was worse with x-ray vision.
- The Saudi SandalsWe are known for our ne’aal (also called madas in other provinces) due to its distinctive style. They are very popular in summer seasons. Though today’s youth have taken the simple game of sliding in the rain to extreme sandal skating, which could easily develop to become our new national sport.
• indispensible Add-Ons What all thobes have in common are these Three elements: a shemagh, an iqal and a white cap (taqiyah). For Saudis, I will add a fourth on — Starch. These indispensible add-ons are necessary to complete the formal look.
The headdress comes in two colors; a patterned red-white combination or plain white. Little do people know that the plain white headdress indicates that the gentleman is married, while the red-white patterned one shows that the suitor is still single and ready to mingle. Fact or fiction you might ask, well that is a small fib I like to play on newcomers to Saudi Arabia.
However, the true story behind the red-white patterned shemagh is that the Ashraf wanted to differentiate themselves from the rest of the tribes as a ruling dynasty of Al-Hijaz, so they designed the red-white combination replacing the original black-white combination disused locally but still used widely across Palestine and Iraq.
Even more so, the ghutrah (plain white headdress) comes in two forms; patterned and plain. There are two patterns across both the ghutrah and shemagh in which it represents the region. The waves represent our natural landscape’s sand dunes, while the connected dots are actually influenced by the British houndstooth monogram.
Key takeaways: - Oman and UAE are the
only collarless thobes- Qatar’s iqal has two tassels
hanging from it- Kuwait thobes usually have
no shirt pocket.
We recommend:
• lomar, siraj sanad, yahya al bishri and toby by hatem al akeel for tailored thobes.
• open-ended sleeves to have cool air circulate inside your
thobe while driving.
Youtube: search for sandal skating http://youtu.be/thkJ5Uhggfw
• Modern Day Adaptations of Classic essentialsThe iqal AKA The Black HaloIt was originally designed to hold the headdress in place and was a symbol of luxury and aristocracy. As it comes in different sizes, flexibility and material, it has been adapted creatively for other uses.
1. My aunt uses them to tie gift items wrapped in Yemeni headdresses.2. Some parents used them for spanking.3. Others might have used them as boomerangs to retrieve dates (just saying).
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1. Fold the scarf in half diagonally to create a triangle, and rest 1/3 of the scarf over one shoulder.
2. Loop the longer end around the front of your neck.
3. Drape the rest over your other shoulder and adjust as needed!
The Basic Loop
3. Wear the bow centered down the front or swung over to the side!
Bow-Tie Cutesy Timeless
1. Take the same long piece and drape around the back of your neck.
2. With the ends at the front simply tie a loose bow, adjusting so that the knot is tight and the loops are full.
5WAYS TO TIEA SCARFBy Dona Paranayil
HIJABI Must-Haves
By Yasmine Abu HalawaI love shopping, but as a Hijabi, it can
sometimes drive me insane. I learned how to narrow the basics down so that I look
stylish every time!
HERE ARE MY TOP HIJABI’S MUST-HAVES, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TOO.
1. Scarves / 2. Turbans3. Bold Prints / 4. Accessories
5. Maxi Skirts & Dresses6. Blazers & Cardigans
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The Faux Knot
Loop Knot
Rectangle Knot
1. Create the long, thin shape from Step 2 of the Loop Knot.
2. Drape it around your neck towards the front, with one end slightly longer than the other. Take the longer end and tie a loose knot halfway up.
3. Tie the remaining ends in a loose knot. Leave the knot exposed just below the loop or tuck it up underneath so only the ends show.
3. Take the shorter end from your other shoulder and slide it through the loose knot. Tighten the knot and adjust as needed.
3. Take the ends and tie them in one loose knot, swing the knot around to one shoulder. Easy!
1. Fold the scarf in half, creating a rectangle.
2. Drape the scarf across the back of your neck and bring the ends to the front.
1. Fold the scarf into a triangle.
2. Loop the scarf around your neck entirely, with the ends coming back to the front on each of your shoulders.
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Anne Fontaine is a French-Brazilian fashion designer, philanthropist and entrepreneur. Fontaine designed her first collection in 1993 and is known as “the queen of the white shirt” because she made the white shirt a key piece in every wardrobe. Her fashion empire is globally known for its unique items, and is sought after by fashionistas. Luckily for us, Layla Alidrissi, a Saudi fan of Anne Fontaine, brought the brand to Jeddah.
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Location: Stars Avenue Mall, Second FloorTel: +966-12-2754354Web: www.annefontaine.comFacebook: vannefontaine.
“The Queen of the White Shirt”Anne Fontaine was raised in Rio de Janeiro, where she grew fond of nature and the beauty of the Amazon rainforest. She’s had a special bond with the environment and took part in many environmental initiatives since her childhood. Fontaine even lived with a Brazilian tribe who shared with her the secrets of nature.
In 1993, at the age of 18, Fontaine moved to France to continue her studies, met Ari Zlotkin, her future husband, and that was the turning point in her life. Ari’s family owned a shirt factory in the early 1990s, and Anne’s mother-in-law had an attic filled with just white shirts. What Anne saw in her mother-in-law’s attic inspired her to daringly jump into the world of fashion. That’s when Anne designed her first collection.
She is known as “the queen of the white shirt” because of her collections of basic white shirts essential to every closet. The basic white shirt was Fontaine’s inspiration and her designs are meant to be a symbol of today’s modern woman; independent, elegant, active and determined. Her shirts were designed in a unique way to ensure it can be worn for all occasions, day or night. She also chose white because it is the color of happiness in her homeland, Brazil.
Anne Fontaine Fashion and the Environment InfusedEven with her fast-paced life as a fashion designer, Fontaine remained fond of the environment, nature and the rainforest. This led her to combine fashion and the environment together and create the Anne Fontaine Foundation in 2011. The goal of the foundation is to plant and protect one million trees over a five-year time frame and to always raise public awareness regarding the need to preserve rainforests.
“I’ve been working in fashion for nearly 20 years. The environment is my passion; now it is my time to give back. I want my children to live in a greener world.” – Anne Fontaine
Anne Fontaine in the Middle EastLayla Alidrissi has been an Anne Fontaine customer for over 15 years now. Alidrissi promised herself that one day she would introduce this brand to Jeddah, and in December 2013, she did it. She proudly states that she got the first branch of Anne Fontaine in the Middle East, right here in Jeddah at Stars Avenue Mall.
“Fontaine remained fond of the environment, nature and the rainforest.”
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Fashion BlundersTHE DON’TS OF FASHION
BAD FIT:Don’t plan for the future with your clothes. Buy only what fits you in the present. If you don’t have fit you don’t have style! Wearing a tight piece of clothing is going to make it very difficult for you to breathe, while ill fitting dress is highly unflattering. One-size fits all is never going to create your personality. Customize you dress according to your fit.
OVER-ACCESSORIZE:A woman is wearing a classy gown with beautiful and intense embroidery at the top and the bottom, while she is killing the elegance of the dress with her heavy necklace and long earrings. It’s a disappointment. Don’t be a jewelry shop ladies! When you are wearing a heavy dress, go for lighter jewelry.
JEANS OVER JEANS:Jeans are nothing new, but there is always a style to it if properly worn. There are some who commit a blunder by wearing a denim shirt with denim jeans looking highly unflattering.
DIRTY SHOES:Hairstyle, done! Makeup, done! Dress, done! Shoes, done? Whether man or woman, they take proper time to get ready from head to toe. Everything needs to be in perfect order, but when it comes to shoes – yes they match with the dress, but are they clean? Too many people overlook this area of wearing clean shoes or sandals for that matter. Stylish people always keep their footwear clean and free of scratch and dirt!
EXCESSIVELY BUTTONED UP:Most of the times in official business meetings, gatherings, and seminars men are often confused about their jacket or coat buttons. They either fasten every button, finding it hard to sit in a comfortable posture, or leave them open and feel rough and casual while standing. The key is to close only the top button or top and middle buttons while leaving the third one open. It’s a tradition going on for a long time that gives a smart look.
By Nisma RafiqBack in the day when guys wore suits and ties as casual
wear and women never thought of leaving the house without a hat and gloves, there were fashion rules to live by. Today,
we have Madonna to thank for underwear as outerwear, Cyndi Lauper for wearing every color in the rainbow at the
same time and Ryan Gosling for torn, dirty t-shirts as some kind of fashion statement.
Fashion keeps changing, but there are some fashion’s timeless classics that remain constant and if you fail
to follow them, then Oops! You are committing a fashion blunder.
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Designed by Martijn Deurloo, the device’s digitized pattern is modeled after the graphics that television stations used to run at the end of their broadcasts. The face of this clock features a retro test screen graphic from back in the day. The clock has a white plastic case with matching hands and a glass front.Measures 8-inch diameter.
This umbrella pen is a quality choice for penmanship and also a great additional twist to the design of your work desk or even home counter. There isn’t a place this can’t be put that it won’t be appreciated and enjoyed, after all who doesn’t love an umbrella?
Test Screen Clock SR 64.99
Umbrella Pen SR 34,99
On-Time LED WatchSR 44,99
In big, bold colors, this fun button-free watch displays the time, date and seconds when you push its face. Flashy and flexible polyurethane flows across the entire piece for an uninterrupted look and the material bends beautifully around the wrist for a comfortable fit.
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Retro Calculator SR 59,99
Back in the day, calculators took up a lot more space on a desktop. With a design that harks back to the early calculators, the Retro Calculator features an electronic digital display, number memory storage and solar power technology that uses the suns energy for power.
Universal stand with push/auto opening function. Due to the durable sticky mat you can put your phone in any direction and the included touch pen will help you to easily navigate.
Push Stand With Touch PenSR 49.99
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No’Pad is made of durable, smooth ceramic so you can write on and wipe off without ever turning a page. So why use paper if you don’t need to? No’Pad sits on your counter or hangs on the wall, and the includes low-odor marking pen stores right in the “spiral binding.” Packed in a protective full-color giftbox.
No’Pad Ceramic Notepad SR 89.99
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Taher Sindi,The First Saudi Caramel Artisian Who Brought Papabubble to Jeddah
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Papabubble is a Spanish candy brand that specializes in handmade sweets and is known for their endless flavors and delicious taste. It is the largest candy chain in the world Taher Sindi, a Saudi entrepreneur, brought Papabubble to Jeddah in October 2013. At Red Sea Mall, Papabubble has become a popular destination.
Do you see Papabubble expanding to other cities within KSA?
Definitely! There have already been requests from our #Papabubble customers to open more branches within the city and in other cities. Papabubble will bsoon be in Riyadh and Al Khobar within four months.
Can guests see candy being made at the store?
Yes! That is what makes Papabubble candy so special. our artisans create delicious candy on the spot every single day. We have four live shows per day. It truly is a real treat for the whole family.
What made you think a candy store would be popular in Jeddah?
Well, who doesn’t love candy? I love to bring unique business ideas to the Saudi market. Candy is not only a treat for children, but for grownups and people of all ages as well. The candy we sell is remarkably delicious and like no other. Guests can customize their candies and even create their own with the colors, patterns and flavors they like.
Why Red Sea Mall?
It’s the classiest mall in Jeddah and many families and friends come to spend their free time there, also making it the most popular mall in the city. Red Sea Mall is also known for their vast store selections, and Papabubble is the first of its kind in the Kingdom so Red Sea Mall seemed like the perfect location.
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Check out the pictures on our
instagram account @papabubbleksa.
You recently added sugar-free candies to the menu. Why? Did you see a high demand for sugar-free products?
We are thinking and acting in a very different way to be unique. There’s actually a huge demand for sugar-free products. We also took it as an opportunity to add a different range of products to our menu in order to please all tastes.
Do you personally have a passion for candy-making?
Well, yes I am a caramel artist and I’m passionate about candy in general. I’ve loved these sweet treats since I was a child, and I couldn’t be happier about running the best candy store here!
Please tell us more about the photography contest you recently had.
The contest was set up on Instagram. Contestants were asked to take a picture that included our store. It could’ve been of the products, employees, etc. After uploading the picture the contestants were asked to tag us and use the hashtag #papabubble.
The response we got was amazing! It was so nice to see such creative photos from such a simple brief.
Location: Red Sea MallTel: +966 - 12 - 2150808Web: papabubble.comTwitter: @papabubbleksaInstagram: @papabubbleksaYouTube: papabubbleksaFacebook: papabubbleksa
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F A S H I O N S H O WBy Dona Paranayil The chocolate fashion show showcases a symphony of style and taste. International fashion designers collaborate with chocolatiers of famous brands from various countries all over the world to make stunning and inspiring chocolate dresses that are worn by the models at the show.
Every year the show is held in nearly 16 cities with more than 10,000 visitors and Paris, which is a permanent host of the show witness up to 130,000 visitors in the viparis Porte De versailles Pavilion. This year, the fashion show is presenting an amazing retrospective exhibition or the “Anniversary Collection” in which the 150 most beautiful chocolate outfits ever made are revealed. These chocolate wears, though they are mouth-watering, are not eaten but rather preserved for future in a dedicated exhibition.
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The world’s largest chocolate trade show is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and is back to Paris in October and November.
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During each show, the outfits are to be kept cool, which is vital because these are worn for four fashion shows. The backstage of the show where the models get dressed up is also chilled. If any damage occurs, the chocolatier will be available to make the necessary repairs as quickly as possible.
The making of a chocolate costume was revealed in NewInZurich.com, where Christa de Carouge collaborated with Angela Jordi at Confiserie Sprungli to create an exceptional chocolate dress for the show in Zurich last year.
The process involves a huge amount of skill, hard work, concentration, pain and patience. It can take up to two weeks to bring out a unique chocolate concoction. The chocolate is melted and used for two things, either to act as glue or to create beautiful designs.
To act as glue, melted chocolate is painted onto the dress and accessories and is further coated with “nougat varnish” to toughen the fibers.
To create a design, the paper is removed from the vat of the melted chocolate once each section of the chocolate is dried. To create a variety pattern, edible gold leaf is applied on top of the dried chocolate.
There is another story of Lauren Smith, a Graduate Fashion Week Gold Award Winner who collaborated with Lindt to make an “Eternal Diamond” dress/ “piece de resistance.” Food artist and Scottish designer Paul Wayne Gregory created the entire dress from 50kg of Lindt, chili and orange segments.
Similarly, Mark Tilling, a master chocolatier, put 10 pounds of chocolate into the creation of Audrey Hepburn inspired outfit and bag.
The chocolate show includes many other activities for children and adults. At the Cocoa show, a conventional form of art, dance and music of countries producing cocoa, is performed. At the Choco Demo, live demonstrations of popular chocolates from chefs and chocolatiers can be seen and the chocolates can be tasted on the spot.
At Chocosphere, visitors can participate in conferences that are conducted to discuss the history of chocolate and health related issues. other events include the Charles Proust Pastry Competition, the Chocolate Club where the children are in charge, the Chocoland, the Chocolate bookshop and the Chocolate Awards.
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Text and Photography by Tharik Hussain “Ssshh!!”My wife and daughters freeze on the spot, as if playing musical statues and someone has just pressed pause. I look at our guide Liton, his index finger to his lips scanning the treetops. Slowly he cups his hands around his mouth and repeats the low howling call he has been making all morning.“oooh – oooow – oooh – oooow”Only this time there is an echo from high above and we all smile.
“There, look!” Liton shrieks, pointing up into the roof of the rainforest, where leaves are rustling. “Look Mummy!” 8-year-old Anaiya is a picture of excitement as she points up at a dark face with white rings around its eyes. We are all hoping it is the rare Hoolock Gibbon whose call Liton has been mimicking.
“No that’s the Langur, look he has a tail, the Hoolock is an ape and doesn’t have a tail,” explains Liton as I train my camera lens on the curious visitor.“But the Hoolocks are here, you can hear them,” Liton said, pointing to the air and we all
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crane our ears. Sure enough low howls can be heard followed by screeches, the tell tale signs of the Hoolocks who number in the 60s in this park – the largest group in all of Bangladesh.
It is a bright winter’s morning and we are deep in northeast Bangladesh’s Lawacherra National Park, the wet dew still dripping onto the damp forest floor as the sun slowly begins to warm the day. Local guide Liton in jeans, a blue “puffer-jacket” and a woolly hat looks more like he should be running a market stall somewhere in east London rather than leading us on a wildlife tour, but this
is Bangladesh. Liton is hoping we will catch a glimpse of the rare and critically endangered Hoolock, but so far we have only come across Langurs, which has been just as exciting for us city slickers.
“This is the perfect time of the day to see them, but you have to be very lucky,” said Liton, sounding more disappointed than us that the Hoolocks haven’t put in an appearance.
My two girls and their mother are clearly not as bothered and point excitedly at the growing numbers of Langurs now swinging from the tree tops using their long tails as a fifth limb. Alone in the jungle with the Langurs is exactly the kind of Bangladeshi wildlife experience I had in mind for our family.
The Langurs and Hoolocks make up a wealth of stunning wildlife that can be found in lush, green Bangladesh, which
sits on the northeastern shoulder of India and is effectively the largest river delta in the world. Part of the Gangetic Delta, Bangladesh is like the sinkhole for all the water collected by the Himalayas in Nepal, India and Bhutan. Using the Ganges, Brahmaputra (known as the Padma and Jamuna in Bangladesh) and several smaller rivers this water drains into the sea at the Bay of Bengal. This constant replenishing of the soil also means Bangladesh is one of the most fertile places on earth.
We are in Srimangal, high up in the hills of the northeast and though not affected by rivers in quite the same way, we are a mere 200km from Cherrapunjee in India, the wettest place on earth.
Already we have visited a rubber tree plantation to see the natural process used to collect rubber sap and on our way to the rainforest Liton stopped our brightly decorated green CNG, to point out two eagles basking in the early morning sunshine.
By the time he leads us out of the rainforest – though we didn’t get to see them – we had heard the Hoolocks, come face to terrifying face with giant orb Spiders; spotted an array of colourful birds and learnt the names of many exotic plants including the Agarwood tree – from where we get incense.
Even as we headed towards our next destination, to meet local Kashi tribal people, we are forced to stop and allow an elderly Macaque to cross the
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road and join the rest of his huge family! The country is virtually teeming with wildlife.
In spite of this, sadly Bangladesh doesn’t even make it onto the subcontinent’s tourist map, in part because it is flanked by “tourist-sexy” India on one side and temple-heavy Myanmar (Burma) on the other.
Yet, in just one fabulous day, my family and I were treated to all of the above before Liton took us to watch flocks of rare and exotic birds dance over lakes blossoming with lotus flowers; made us trek through fragrant tea gardens set up by the British in the mid-19th century (Bangladesh is the ninth largest producer of tea); introduced us to potters in a hindu village where they still make pots using only manpower, before staring in awe as hundreds of fruit bats awoke at sunset. Finally Liton and my family sat under a starry sky in the Nilkhantha teahouse
to enjoy a legendary cup of the local “seven layered tea.” All of this in just one day and in just one tiny corner of a country still waiting to be discovered by those with a passion for wildlife and a lust for the unchartered and remote. Bangladesh may be young and lacking in the infrastructure and touristic provision of its heavyweight neighbors, but that is also what makes a visit here so attractive. What it lacks in modernity it more than makes up for in friendliness and natural beauty. Awash with water and wildlife, Bangladesh is one of the last remaining countries still untouched by mass tourism, meaning it is also one of the only places you can still enjoy nature all to yourself.
If you decIde to head to SrImongol, here are travel trendS' top tIpS on where to Stay, eat and drInk.
WHERE TO STAYNishorgo Litchibari, Eco Cottages, Radhanagar, Srimongol
We fell in love with these dreamy, idealized treehouse-like bamboo huts, not just because of their beauty and simplicity, but also the brilliant concept of the creator to develop eco-cottages that encourage low-impact tourism while directly supporting the local economy. Nishorgo now have three sites and the eco cottage we stayed in at Litchibari was built hanging off a little green hill that backed into the tops of trees so that
every morning we awoke to the sound of birds inches from our balcony as we sat drinking tea.
WHERE TO EATKutum Bari, Station Road
The name literally translated means “cousin’s home” and the fresh Indian and Bengali curries served in comfortable contemporary surroundings give you a sense of intimacy whilst also bringing you a very professional service. This is the restaurant most frequented by tourists, but as with anywhere in Bangladesh, the numbers are so few that it isn’t a problem.
WHERE TO DRINKNilkhantha Tea Cabin, Ramnagar Road
Run by Ramosh Ram Gour and his son, it is Ramosh who created the headline act, the seven layered tea, an intriguing drink where each layer of tea sits on top of the other without mixing. This includes cinnamon chai, lemon chai, lal chai and several others all in one clever cup in such a way that each layer can be enjoyed without disturbing the other! only Ramesh and his son know the secret to this, which they guard with their lives. This means every time you place an order, the doors of their kitchen are firmly shut and only opened once the rainbow of browns and caramels is ready to be served.
away from SrImongol, there are Some amazIng wIldlIfe hIghlIghtS too.
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THE AUTHOR:
Tharik Hussain is a freelance travel writer, journalist and photographer living with his family in London, UK. Tharik is a qualified post 16 lecturer of sociology and media studies and also the director of a sixth form center.
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wIldlIfe and natural Beauty not to mISS
THE SUNDARBANSLiterally translated as the “beautiful jungles,” these mangrove forests (submerged forests) are the largest of their kind and ideal for a tranquil boating holiday. Also home to two amazing mammals, the Irrawaddy river dolphin and the highly endangered, majestic symbol of Bangladesh itself, the man-eating Royal Bengal Tiger, no trip to Bangladesh is complete without the Sundarbans.
THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTSThese ancient rain forested areas offer stunning hill scenery, indigenous tribal cultures and some of the most serene Buddhist monasteries on the Indian subcontinent. The area is a trekkers haven with numerous undiscovered pathways into remote corners of a region seldom explored by outsiders – this really is for the ultimate adventurer.
RIVER LIFEThis is a country where 50 percent of the land is flooded annually and so life and water are intrinsically connected and
thus rivers are not only a key feature of Bangladesh, but also one of the best ways to get to the heart and soul of the nation. From budget options through to luxury historic Bangladeshi boats, you just have to get on a boat, especially as Bangladesh boasts one of the largest populations (6,000) of Irrawaddy dolphins.
TEKNAF GAME RESERVEone of the Bangladesh’s last remaining pristine rainforests, where virgin evergreen trees line the hills. Teknaf has some amazing trekking routes that could bring you face to face with the reserve’s headline act, the wild Asian elephant.
TOP FIVE WILDLIFE SPOTS1. The olive ridley and green sea turtles (St. Martin’s Island)2. Wild Asian elephant (Teknaf Game Reserve)3. Irrawaddy dolphin (large rivers and Sundarbans)4. Hoolock Gibbon (Lawacharra Forest)5. Royal Bengal Tiger (Sundarbans)
HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPENFlights to Bangladesh from Jeddah are available via most major airlines but only Saudi Airlines and Bangladesh Biman offer direct flights.Trains from the capital Dhaka are the best way to get to Srimangal and cost approximately SR 17 and take between 4-6 hours
Tour guide Liton can be contacted on 00880 1710 994099 and Nishorgo’s Mr Shamsul can be contacted on 00880 1715 041 207 for accommodation.
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Stone Town Rijal Alma
In The Valleys of AsirText and Photography by Mohammed Mirza
Strange as the name may sound, Rijal Alma is one of Saudi Arabia’s best keep secrets. Situated at the foot of a valley with a hilly landscape in the background, this heritage village
is almost in the same form as it was centuries ago.
Rijal Alma is rich in history and culture and clearly oriented for tourists. Clinging to the side of a hill and overlooking a sinuous road that once brought spice and incense trade into the interior of the peninsula, the entire village has taken the appearance of a living museum. From the moment we reached the peak near Abha and began our descent the views were astonishing.
The road followed the lines of the mountain with short, straight sections, then hairpin turns. And after every hairpin, a new view reveals itself either of the vast cocoa-colored mountains fading to a hazy blue, bisected by a thin gray road or of the dark ravines that had bits of vegetation growing on them – creating a beautiful color combination. After an eventful
journey we reached the town of Rijal Alma. It was dotted with defensive watchtowers that were sitting at points that were overlooking vast portions of the perilous valley. Once in the town, the signboards guided us straight to the heritage village.
There it was, dark-colored traditional Asiri stone-built houses that had white window brackets and stairs in front of them with the Sarawat mountain range running in its backdrop. The view was
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breathtaking; almost like an impressionist painting.The solidly built houses double as mini-fortresses. The relief work on balconies, made from wood gathered from the trees that grow on the hills, cling to the obscure houses. The whole place is constructed in numerous levels, with each level housing a line of historic structures. At the bottom level were supermarkets, handicraft shops and ticket counters. We climbed the uneven steps to the upper levels and went to the onsite museum. It housed articles that the original dwellers of the village used, such as the kind of pottery they stored food in, the clothing they used to wear and the utensils they used. The museum is situated inside a four-story building that has interconnected passageways. The museum shows items of great value passing through, a culture immersed in trade, one that picked up trade goods and elements of foreign culture from travelers as they passed through.
Some areas in the village were blocked by rubble and scaffolding was placed on their pathways. The western portion of the village is in poor condition with some structures only rubble remained whilst others had broken walls revealing the interiors.
We then went to an area that had houses in a better condition, as we went past them we felt a cool breeze that was blowing from their
interiors on a rather hot day. Apparently the material that was used to construct the houses keeps the interiors cool despite the hot weather.
I must say the rather underpriced ticket of SR 10 is worth it for a place of this caliber. This was a great chance to visit one of the most well preserved ones amongst them. Equally importantly, to visit what is by historical standards a considerable architectural achievement and even today a remarkable piece of work filled us with a sense of awe.
TO GET ThERE: From Abha head towards Jabal Sawda. From there keep heading straight on to the Abha-Jizan Highway. As soon as the descent begins look on your left for a narrow road that goes down a very steep slope. Proceed on this narrow road with caution as the turns and bends are quite dangerous. Once the decent ends you are in Rijal Alma. Head straight until you reach a roundabout and take a left. Keep heading straight on this road and you will enter a tunnel. Once the tunnel ends take the first left that proceeds it and this road will lead you straight to the heritage village.
NOTE: In case you have difficulty finding the place, once you reach the town of Rijal Alma just ask the locals for directions to the Muthaf (museum).
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Houses on the outskirts of the village
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By Lotifa BegumHow many times did you wake up and think, “what on earth am I going to wear today?” And then find yourself thinking you have nothing to wear, and then get frustrated because of the time you spend thinking about what to wear every morning. We’re going to look at practical tips to organize your wardrobe so you can say goodbye to time wasted on just deciding what to wear.
The above is a scenario I know many of you will share. I like to call it the Muslimah’s wardrobe dilemma, and I’m going to help you sort it out. I know how the whole closet nightmare feels and luckily over the years I learned how to get smart with my wardrobe, so now I can get ready in 30 minutes (including bathroom time).
Look Good, Feel ProductiveEvery Muslimah has her own style or ‘‘look’’ so this article isn’t about style. Rather, it is about using the Top 5 Wardrobe Hacks to get productive and have an organized wardrobe. These hacks have helped me a great deal, and receiving many questions from my sisters asking me how I manage to find some of my wardrobe items, I thought it was time to share my closet secrets.
Wardrobe hack #1: Organize Clothes Into Compartments
Firstly, to be productive, you have to get that wardrobe organized. Recently my sisters and I invested in a compartmentalized wardrobe, one with a full length mirror and sliding doors that allow you to hang clothes and convenient compartments to organize our clothes.
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OUTFITS SUNNA-WISEBy Abeer El SayedSunnahs of Wearing Clothes
To say “bismillah” when putting on and taking off your clothes.
To recite the following supplication when putting on clothes: “O Allah, I ask you of the good and the good of what is to him and seek refuge in You from the evil of what evil is his”
To start wearing your clothes and shoes on your right side (right shoe before left shoe, etc.)
To start taking off your clothes on your left side (left shoe before right shoe, etc.)
The Prophet (pbuh) loved to wear white clothes.
About the Author
Productive Muslimah is a Muslimah who is striving for the highest station in Jannah by making the best of all the resources around her. Sister Lotifa Begum serves as Head of Productive Muslimah at ProductiveMuslim.com. She has gained insight into a wide range of productivity-related issues and has delivered workshops for sisters on issues relating to time management, personal development and productivity. She is passionate about sisters excelling in their pursuit of productivity.
Wardrobe hack #2: Buy Matching Items
A rule of thumb for me when I go shoppingis never to buy an item that I may not havea matching hijab. Plain colored hijabs seem to be more smart and ideal for matching with other clothing items rather than floral prints, unless you wear them with plain clothes. Personally, some of my favorite colors include purple, teal and pastels, as these are rich colors. But I also like to buy black, navy and beige items, which are suitable for work and can be easily matched with any other color. This can help save lots of time and headache, I assure you. Only for special occasions like weddingsor events do I make an exception to this rule.
Wardrobe hack #3: Invest in Multipurpose Clothes
This wardrobe hack is very useful and has helped me mix and match items on many occasions. For example, some evening dresses can be worn at both weddings and evening work functions. In my case, I like selecting long sleeve tops that can cover my hands, which can double up to make a modest dress under sleeveless shirts. Another thing I find helpful is long skirts in corporate colors that I can mix and match with different blouses.
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COSMETICTrendsUpcoming
By Zareen MuzaffarWhen you take care of yourself, look good and feel good, you automatically exude and invite positive energy. Follow some of the trendiest make up styles and ideas this season and you will feel confident and poised. Head to your nearest mall and pamper yourself.
HIGHLIGHTERS – Highlighters are the best investment for gleaming and glowing skin. Applying a little on the cheekbones, corners of the eye and bridge of nose will give an instant glow to your face. High Beam by Benefit is available at Sephora and this product is sure to bring out radiance on your face. Mac Mineralize Skin finish in Soft and Gentle is another great highlighter for a soft and dewy finish.
SHADES OF RED –Red lips have been around for a while and they will stay this season too. Some of the most trendy red lip colors include Ruby Woo, Lady Danger and Russian Red by MAC. Revlon’s Certainly Red is another beautiful shade of red.
PLAITS –Messy, sleek or bouncy ponytails are classic hairstyles that have been around for the longest time. These days, different kinds of plaits have been seen at most famous fashion walkways. For those with long hair, wrap around fishtail braid is getting extremely popular this year.
GO METALLIC –One swipe of some vibrant shades of metallic eye shadow and you can transform your entire look. Daywear or nighttime plans, metallic eye shadows are popular due to their high pigmentation and range of colors. Estee Lauder’s pure color eye shadow range, YSL 5 color eye palette and L’Oreal offer some vibrant eyeshades this season.
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LINERS –A thin line, the cat eye, or the smoldering look. Who can go wrong with a black eye liner? Most fashion walkways models have supported a sleek black line this season so go ahead and invest in some black eye liners this fall. Makeup Forever kohl and aqua eyes pencil, Lancome’s Artliner and Benefit Cosmetic’s push-up gel liner are your best bets for beautiful eyes.
STRONG EYEBROWS –Gone are the days of the ultra thin eyebrows. These days women are growing out their eyebrows for a natural look or simply using a brow pencil or gel for the thick look. When done properly, thick eyebrows can be the foundation for a soft beautiful look. Benefit Cosmetics (Sephora) and Body Shop’s brow gel will do the trick and give your eyebrows a great shape.
By Yara BanaEvery woman’s golden goal is everlasting beauty. However, sometimes women lose sight of the idea of being beautiful in their own way, and try too hard to look like someone else. That’s why some of the makeup mistakes below should be avoided:
1. Over-drawn lips
2. Misshaped and over darkened eyebrows
3. Powdery concealer or coverage
4. Using the wrong shade of foundation or concealer
5. Lining your waterline with black eyeliner (When trying to make eyes appear larger this should be avoided)
6. Eye shadowing with too many colors
7. Harsh contouring
8. Improper blending (Applies to eye shadow and facial makeup)
THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF MAKEUP IS TOENHANCE YOUR NATURAL BEAUTY AND ACCENTUATE YOUR FEATURES. SO WHEN EVERYDAY MAKEUP BECOMES TOO STRONG AND CHANGES THE NATURAL APPEARANCE, IT NO LONGER SERVES ITS MAIN PURPOSE.
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Now, on the healthy path to eliminating many health-care problems and improving quality of life, you would like your body to reflect how good, healthy and confident you feel. However, despite all the weight you lost, you might be left feeling flabbier and shapeless, with sagging and loose skin around the face, arms, chest, abdomen, back, buttocks and thighs.
Extra skin can limit mobility and cause hygiene and medical problems (such as rashes and sores which can turn into infections), and sometimes
the only way to get rid of the excess skin and improve your shape is through body-contouring plastic surgery.
That said, significant weight-loss resulting from diet and exercise requires more self-control, determination and will power as opposed to taking a shortcut with Bariatric surgery.
Old-fashioned weight-loss done slowly with diet and exercise over a long period of time helps tone muscles and causes less skin sagging; since the fat under the skin gets burned slowly, giving the skin
time to maintain some of its elasticity by preserving some of the collagen function.
On the other hand, Bariatric surgery should be considered a last resort; going under the knife is a decision involving difficult lifestyle changes. Additionally, significant weight-loss after surgery happens much faster, causing the stretched skin to loose elasticity and sag more. Consequently, patients may need more body-contouring surgeries down the road.
Life After Massive Weight-LossBy Hana Jazzar
For many people who battled obesity over the years, and finally and won, losing a lot of weight (over 50-100 kilos) – either by diet and exercise or by
weight-loss surgery – is a life-changing accomplishment.
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WHAT bOdy CONTOUrINg PrOCEdUrEs ArE rEQUIrEd?
Priority differs between genders. Males are usually concerned about their chest and thighs, while women request attention to their abdomen, buttocks and arms.
Depending on each patient's wants and needs, procedures may include:
Liposuction and lipofilling (from patient's own fat), eyelid lift, face lift, neck lift, arm lift, breast lift and enhancement, tummy tuck, back lift, thigh lift and buttocks lift.
Note that contouring procedures may take many sessions to complete overall satisfaction.
Each patient is different and multiple procedures may be required depending on the patient's needs and priorities, usually done in three- to six-month intervals and addressing one or two areas at a time.
Surgeries take an average of three hours and the patient usually is hospitalized for one to three days depending on the procedure and pain threshold. Plastic tubes might be left at the surgery site to drain fluids or blood and will be removed in two to 14 days.
Usually no sutures are removed, and a binder needs to worn for two to three months to reduce edema.
Is bOdy-CONTOUrINg sUrgEry rIgHT fOr yOU?
For patients to achieve optimum result from body contouring surgery they must consider the following:
• Weight management: Maintaining an ideal (or near ideal) weight and BMI (Body Mass Index) for at least six months prior to surgery.
• Overall health and nutrition: Patient must be medically fit; healthy, clear of diseases and a non-smoker.
• Physiologically prepared: Willing to accept scars and possible risks or side effects.
• Expectations: Realistic expectations and understanding the results.
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A Brief History of the formation of Saudi ArabiaBy Mohammed Mirza On Saudi Arabian National Day, we see Saudis turning out in large numbers on streets across the country playing patriotic music and driving past in long processions in every major city. With ostensible signs of patriotism, the streets are full with decorated cars that are spray painted and adorned with flags. The spirit with which the day is celebrated is hard to match.
The National Day festivities show no boundaries for age or gender and many can be seen celebrating the day with great fanfare.
The history of what was to become Saudi Arabia dates to the beginnings of human habitation in Arabia up to 20,000 years ago. The region has twice in world history had a global impact. The first was in the 7th century when it became the birthplace of Islam. The second was from the mid-20th century onwards that still continues to this present day when the discovery of vast oil deposits propelled the country to a position of key economic and geopolitics.
For much of its history most of the region has been controlled by a patchwork of tribal rulers. The Saudi royal family were originally tribal rulers of the Najd region in central Arabia. From the mid-18th century, imbued with religious zeal the tribe started expanding its borders. Over the following
century, the extent of their territory fluctuated.
The Al Saud family had reigned over much of Arabia in the early 19th century. It lost part of its territory to the Turks later in the century and was driven from its capital near Riyadh, by the rival House of Rashid.
Fast forwarding to the beginning of the 20th century, the Ottoman Empire continued to have suzerainty over a majority of the Arabian Peninsula. Subject to this suzerainty, Arabia was continued to be ruled by tribal rulers, some were even vassals to the Ottoman Empire.
In 1902, Abdulaziz bin Saud, leader of the Al Saud tribe, returned from exile in Kuwait to resume the conflict with the Al Rashid clan and seized Riyadh – the first of a series of the great King’s conquests.
By 1906, King Abdulaziz had driven the Al Rashid out of Najd and the Ottomans
KnOW thE timElinE:
7th Century:Birthplace of Islam.
19th Century:Al Saud reigns over most of Arabia.
1902:Abdulaziz bin Saud seizes Riyadh.
1906: Abdulaziz becomes the recognized ruler of Najd.
1913: Abdulaziz acquires Al Hasa from the Ottomans.
1926: Abdulaziz declares himself King of Hejaz.
1927: Abdulaziz assumes the title King of Najd.
1932: Hejaz and Najd are united.
Sept. 23, 1932: The country is named the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
recognized him as the ruler of Najd. His next major acquisition was Al Hasa, which he took from the Ottomans in 1913, bringing him control of the Arabian Gulf coast and what would become home to Saudi Arabia’s vast oil reserves.
He avoided involvement in the Arab Revolt, having acknowledged Ottoman suzerainty in 1914, and instead continued his struggle with the Al Rashid in northern Arabia. Prior to 1923, King Abdulaziz had not risked invading the Hejaz because Hussein bin Ali, king of the Hejaz, was supported by Britain. On Jan. 10, 1926, Abdulaziz declared himself King of Hejaz, following which on Jan. 27, 1927, he took the title King of Najd.
By the Treaty of Jeddah, signed on May 20, 1927, the United Kingdom recognized the independence of Abdulaziz’s vast realm. In 1932, the two kingdoms of the Hejaz and Najd were united as the “Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” Boundaries with Transjordan, Iraq, and Kuwait were established by a series of treaties negotiated in the 1920s, with two “neutral zones” created, one with Iraq and the other with Kuwait.
In the process, he united warring tribes into one nation. And on Sept. 23, 1932, the country was named the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an Islamic state with Arabic as its national language and the Holy Qur’an as its constitution.
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By Mohammed MirzaTabuk was always a major center of trade sitting right at the spot were Arabia meets the Levant, connecting the South to the North. And rightly so, the Tabuk railway station was one of the biggest junctions on the marvelous Hejaz railway line that ran through the deserts of Arabia. Although now defunct, one can still witness Ottoman construction expertise in this century-old junction. The Tabuk railway station looks like an exact replica of the station at Mada'in Saleh, another stop on the enigmatic Hejaz railway.
Today, the station is located right in the heart of the city of Tabuk and consists of a group of buildings constructed in a straight line parallel to the railroad. The entire premises covers an area of approximately 80,000 square meters, which has recently been renovated and is in a good condition. One can see remains of railway lines, rolling stocks, iron crossties and a small workshop at the site.
A TRIP TO HISTORIC SAUDITAbUk RAILWAY STATION
DESTINATION JEDDAH 97
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RESTAURA
NTS D
IRECTO
RY
ChoComoodPrince Sultan Rd.Tel: +966-12-6162111
daCTylifeRaPrince Sultan St.Tel: 920008182
edible aRRangmenTShamra dist.Tel: 920024070
ganaCheRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6601390
godivaTahliah St.Tel: +966-12-2616630
leaveSRawda St.mob: +966-564444928
maiSon SoPrince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6901598
moRino Tel: +966-12-6643453
miSS ChoColaTeRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6638989
neSma ChoColaTeSPrince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6947790Tel: +966-12-2150141arafat St. Tel: +966-12-2845820
PaTChiCorniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6525961
voila ChoColaTe millenium Ctr. Tahliah St.Tel: +966-12-6684343Stars avenueTel: +966-12-2754411
SquaRe meaTeR buRgeRKhalideya dist.Tel: +966-12-6061441
STeaK houSe etoile / al malik Rd.Tel: +966-12-6829955Red Sea mallTel: +966-12-2151200
TeRRa PRimeTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6410204
TeXaS RoadhouSeTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-2617027
The CounTeR etoile / al malik Rd.Tel: +966-12-2754266
CoSTa Coffee Sari St.Tel: +966-12-6067741CRaze Rawdah Star CenterTel: +966-12-6653065
CRuSTy Khalideya dist.Tel: 920026633
deeRa Café King Rd. Tel: +966-12-2754491
JoffRey’S CoffeeTahaliah St.Tel: +966-12-6677234
melange Tahliah St.Tel: +966-12-6695619
millenniumTahlia St. bugshan CenterTel: +966-12-6614664
PeaRlS Café Rawadah St.Tel: +966-12-6642233
Soleil Rosewood hotelTel: +966-12-2607111
STaRbuCKS Coffee Tel: +966-12-6997852
Tea amoTahliah St. / Coral mallTel: +966-12-6601738
Tea gSChwendneRRed Sea mallTel: +966-12-2150695 Tea RoSeal andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6688233
TeaTRo lounge CaféTahliah St.Tel: +966-12-2610150
Teayana Rawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6062646
The loungePark hyattTel: +966-12-2639666
The SToReTel: +966-12-6106013
uRomShi CaféPrince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6066668
AMERICAN
16 hundRed le Chateau mall,Tahliah St.Tel: +966-12-2614415
19Th CenTuRy buRgeR Prince Sultan St.Tel: 920019819
20 minuTeS buRgeR Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6113187
ameRiCan CoRneR Khalideya St.Tel: +966-12-6060188
ameRiCano buRgeR Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6976357
aPPlebee’S al andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6610012
blu buRgeR gRill Rawda St.Tel: +966-12-2614234
blue oCeaninside fakieh aquariumTel: +966-12-6066144
Chili’S al andalus St. Tel: +966-12-6634760
flaP JaCKS Rawdah Star CenterTel: +966-12-6681191
fuddRuCKeRS al andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6686330
manhaTTan hilton hotel Tel: +966-12-6590000
mugg & bean al faisaliya dist.Tel: +966-12-6573333
ihoPTahliah St.Tel: + 966-12-2617032
Johnny RoCKeTS astara Center, Tahliah St.Tel: + 966-12-6067308
KeTChuP astara Center, Tahliah St.Tel: + 966-12-6929008
ouTbaCK STeaKhouSeTahliah St.Tel: + 966-12-2892990
Ruby TueSday al andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6501999
ShaKe ShaKTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-2617042
CHOCOLATES
al Pinaarafat St. Tel: +966-12-6637005
anooShSari St.Tel: +966-12-6832209
bon bonal andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6697655
boSTaniTel: 920011994
CaRamelRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6688527
ChoColaTKhalideya dist.Tel: +966-12-6068830
ChoColaTe CoRneRRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6630449
ChoColaTe STudioSari St.Tel: +966-12-6985222
ChoColineTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-2842846
ChoCoTalaarafat St.Tel: +966-12-6644284
BRAZILIAN
bRaSa de bRazilal andalus St.mob: +966-549865555
Rio de JaneiRoSari St.mob: +966-502330914
SPeaRSinterContinental hotelTel: +966-12-2295555
COFFEE & TEA SHOPS
360 CaféinterContinental hotelTel: +966-12-2295555
annafoRa CaféinterContinental hotelTel: +966-12-2295555
CamPioni SPoRTS Cafébatarji St.Tel: +966-12-6395695
CilanTRo CaféTahliah St.Tel: +966-12-2611191
Coffee bean & Tea leaf Khaldiah dist.Tel: +966-12-6928142
Coffee RePubliC Corniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6688712
DATES
al alwani & memoniTel: +966-12-6986222
baTeelRed Sea mallTel: +966-12-2150144
DESTINATION Jeddah98
DESTINATION JEDDAH 99
Joe’S dineRKhalideya dist.Tel: 920005637
JollibeeKhalideya SouqTel: +966-12-6984043
KaddouRaPalestine St. Tel: +966-12-6683844
KfC Tahliah St.Tel: 920021111
Kudu Khalidya marketTel: 8001240061
liTTle CaeSaR’S hera’a St.Tel: +966-12-6823018Tahliah St. Tel: +966-12-6749657
maKi buRgeRRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6687354
mCdonald’SRawadah St.Tel: +966-12-6510291
migalgal wa mafRoomal zahrah dist. Tel: +966-12-682-6324
miSTeR buRgeRal Rawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6822223mR. SaJhamra dist.Tel: 920024333
new yoRK Cab Pizza mohammadyah dist.Tel: +966-12-6947972
Panino’Sobhur Tel: +966-12-6561911arafat St. Tel: +966-12-6654264Khalideya dist.Tel: +966-12-6064717Tahliah St.Tel: +966-12-6676991
PeRuvi Shate’e dist.Tel: +966-12-6923393
Philly’SKayyal St.Tel: +966-12-6394146
Pizza huT obhur Tel: +966-12-2341962Tahliah St.Tel: +966-12-6672917
quiznoS Sub Sari St.Tel: +966-12-6068014
Kingdom of daTeShera’a St.Tel: +966-12-6590838
nadiya Panda/bin dawood/al musbah (airport)Tel: +966-12-6066103
SalheyaPrince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-2634612
Talah daTeSSari St. Tel: +966-12-6837887
TamRaTyal murjan St.Tel: +966-12-6637995
Subway Khalideya dist.Tel: +966-12-6063493Tahliah St.Tel: +966-12-6651377obhurTel: +966-12-6527575Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6996711
SulTan al buRgeR Rawdah dist.Tel: +966-12-6677344Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6948686obhur Tel: +966-12 -6223777hail St. Tel: +966-12 -6516510
ChamPS-elySéeS andalus St.Tel: +966-12-2845454CRêPe Café Roshana mallTel: +966 -12-2634989Stars avenueTel: +966-12-2754709
delifRanCe Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-2567196Palestine St.Tel: +966-12-6303672
la CRêPe doRéeRed Sea mallTel: +966-12- 2150462
le TRaiTeuRTel: +966-12- 6556022
miRadoRTel: +966-12-6900127
FAST FOOD
al baiKTel: 8002442445
al TazaJTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6674154
big biTe Rawdah St.Tel: +920001219
buRgeR King Sari St.Tel: +966-12-6394375Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6836062
CaPo gRilloKhalideya dist.Tel: +966-12-6161263
domino’S Pizza Shate’e Tel: +966-12-6065633obhur Tel: +966-12-6561777Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-8621889al baghdadea hail St.Tel: +966-12-2909496foRn wa SaJRawdah dist.Tel: +966-12-2574747
haRdee’STel: 920001213
heRfy Corniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6829276
hoT waveSCorniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6164744
huSh PizzaSari St.mob: +966-564028330
Jan buRgeRhera’a St.Tel: 920006765
FINE DINING
CRowne gRill Crowne Plaza Tel: +966-12-6611000
ginza i Chome Rosewood hotelTel: +966-12-2607111
il limoneandalus St.Tel: +966-12-6695894 mob: +966-506683107
la CuiSine Palestine St.Tel: +966-12-6630363
le Cielandalus St.Tel: +966-12-6525354
lumieReThe bellevue - al Shateemob:+966-555356373
SalmonTini le ReSToCorniche Road (along mahmoud farsi St.), al hamra dist.Tel: 920001281 mob: +966-593251111
SoyRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6643414
ToKi laylati - al malik Rd.Tel: +966-12-6060606
FRENCH
beRT’S Rawdah Star CenterTel: +966-12-6606633
bRaSSeRie louiS Teatro mall , Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6680303
Café lenoTRe Tahliah St.Tel: +966-12-2611222
INTERNATIONAL
al amwaJhilton JeddahTel: +966-12-6590000
al Safinahilton hotelTel: +966-12-6590000
al ShuRafa al hamra dist.Tel: +966-12-6602743
al ShuRafa lounge qasr al Sharq Tel: +966-12-6599999
amaRa The bellevue - al Shateemob: +966-555354139
andaluSiaPark hyattTel: +966-12-2639666
baRnie’S Tahliah St. Tel: +966-12-6696201
beauX aRTS Tahliah St.Tel: +966-12-6983028
Café aRoma al hamra dist.Tel: +966-12-6605160
CaPPuCCino gRand Caféal hamra dist.Tel: +966-12-2891009
CaST & CRew Rawdah St.Tel: +966-12-2616770
CaSPeR & gambini’STahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6637979
CooKShoP Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6060208
RESTAURA
NTS D
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DESTINATION Jeddah 99
DESTINATION JEDDAH100
uPTown 966al andalus St. Tel: +966-12-6995911
whiTeSari St.Tel: +966-12-6068171
zodiaC Palestine St.Tel: +966-12-6607548
DESTINATION Jeddah100
ICE CREAM
baSKin RobbinSmusaediyyaTel: +966-12-6640574
fReSh beRRy Tel: +966-12-6077479
fReShi iCe STiCKSmob: +966-537766117
fRoSTbiTe fRozen yoguRT and SmooThieS hera’a St.mob: +966-549353316
fRozen yoguRT faCToRyal Khalidiya dist.mob: +966-593162440
gelaToPalestine St.Tel: +966-12-6635524
maiSon SoPrince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6901598
maRble Slab CReameRymall of arabiaTel: +966-12-2906803
maRCel’STahliah St. / Red Sea mall / basateen mallTel: +966-12-2613899
movenPiCKCorniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6676655
PinK beRRyRed Sea mallTel: +966-12-2250436
STiCK houSeal Khaldiya dist.Tel: +966-12-6064676
venChiRed Sea mallTel: +966-12-6996512
daRdaSha Park hyattTel: +966-12-2639666
fRaTelli Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6907217
habSbuRg Rosewood hotelTel: +966-12-2607111
Java lounge al andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6693393mob: +966-507533090
liTe biTemadinah Rd.Tel: +966-12-2901424
loliTa Café obhurTel: +966-12-6562369
loST CiTyal hamra dist.Tel: +966-12-6655773
mayRigal andalus St.Tel: +966-12-2616060
melangeTahliah St.Tel: +966-12-6636214
monTaRoSa Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6391393
PaPaya next to Sawari mallTel: +966-12-2753425PeaRlS Rawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6642233
PRomenade CafeTahliah St.Tel: +966-12-6688712
Salad bouTique al hamra dist.Tel: +966-12-6515656
RomeRo abdul maqsood Khoja St.Tel: +966-12-2630263
Shadow lounge Rawdah St.Tel: +966-12-2614777
TenidoR al zahra dist.Tel: +966-12-2754144
TeRRaCe lounge Corniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6995676
ToaSTed Rawdah St.Tel: +966-12-2616747baghdadia dist.Tel: +966-12-6517883
angeliCoS PizzeRiahamad al Jaser St.Tel: +966-12-6622964
aRomi qasr al-SharqTel: +966-12-6599999balSamiCo Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6633115
balSamiCo Too malek Rd.mob: +966-538911100
CaSTello Khaled ibn al-waleed St.Tel: +966-12-6652281
Ciao al andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6653710
CoTigianoobhurTel: +966-12-2344461
filiCoRi zeCChiniRed Sea mallTel: +966-12-2345999
il gabiano Corniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6587042
il guSTo Palestine St.Tel: +966-12-6600337
il PoRToal-hamra dist.Tel: +966-12-6501024
il villaggio andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6688233
iSabella al-zahrah dist.Tel: +966-12-2566008
la PRomenade Café Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6688712
la villa Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6673434
lallo’S Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6614719obhurTel: +966-12-6561113
l’olivoarafat St.Tel: +966-12-6687494
luigiii villaggioTel: +966-12-6688233
maRgheRiTaKhaldiya St.Tel: +966-12-6061100
monTa RoSa Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6391393olioStars avenueTel: +966-12-2754811
ozoneii villaggioTel: +966-12-6688223
Pane Caldo Red Sea mallTel: +966-12-2150393
PiaTToetoile - al malik RoadTel: +966-12-6922501
Pizza fuSion Rawdah Star CenterTel: +966-12-2616933
Pizza lenou Corniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6140663
Pizza naPoli Rawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6927796
Pizza wafiTel: +966-12-6616711
PoRTofinoRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6655855
RoSSoPomodoRoetoile- al malik Rd.Tel: +966-12-6926318
SbaRRo Rawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6067449
SCalinihabitat hotelTel: +966-12-2578800
TaRTufoTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6638248
veRa Pizza batarji St.Tel: +966-12-6621116
MIDDLE-EASTERN
abu ShaKRa al hamra dist.Tel: +966-12-6645111
abu zaidhera’a St.Tel: +966-12-6936633
al CazaRfarsi PlazaTel: +966-12-6514444
al dawwaR al maSRi Red Sea mallTel: +966-12-2150390
ITALIAN
aldenTe Sari St.Tel: +966-12-6970220
al foRnTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6612874
DESTINATION JEDDAH 101DESTINATION Jeddah 101
al faiRouzKing fahad St.Tel: +966-12-6703911
al naKheel Corniche Rd.Tel:+966-12-6066644
al RauSha hera’a St.Tel: +966-12-6541460
al SeeKhSari St.mob: +966-500422255
al wada’a Corniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6555550
al zawaqaSari St.Tel: +966-12-6916004
aSeilRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6062349
bab al yemenShate’e dist.Tel: +966-12-2899090
baiT al buff Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6917578
beiRuiTiobhurTel: +966-12-6562606
belaJio Corniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6222784
bhaR Sari St.Tel: +966-12-6916674
bybloS al andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6697655
Chez SiRanRawdah Star CenterTel: +966-12-2616910
CuSine halawani Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6688900
faReeJ bin agoolRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-2616680
ghouzihera St.Tel: +966-12-6900004
goodieS Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6657721Stars avenueTel: +966-12-2754527
gReen iSland CaféCorniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6990090
KalilaKhaldiya dist.Tel: +966-12-6061723
Kanz obhuR obhurTel: +966-12-2902888
Khayal Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6629999
manuoShaSari St.Tel: +966-12-2565275
maTaam al ShaRqqasr al SharqTel: +966-12-6599999
maThag zamanKhaldiya St.Tel: +966-12-6067553
mezza maiSonCorniche hamraTel: +966-12-6501089
nafouRa Park hyattTel: +966-12-2639666
Palm beaCh Salamah dist.Tel: +966-12-6394007
Redanheraa St.Tel: +966-12-6542949
Roody opp. al Shatee SoukTel: +966-12-6919126Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-2388488
SaddahTel: +966-12-6055982
SemSomKhaldiya St.Tel: +966-12-6068600
SemSom eXPReSSnext to al Suheili CenterTel: +966-12-6500105
Shami Corniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6065353
ShawaRmaTaC Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6688994
SheeSh KabaabTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6712047
SheiKh manqouShSari St.Tel: +966-12-6837330
ShobaK PieTahlia St.mob: +966-536884433
ShoRoquraish St.Tel: +966-12-6626246
SindianRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6678189
SofRaT diRiTnamadinah Rd. Tel: +966-12-2562222
STudio maSR Tel: +966-12-2615752
TawooK baShaRawdah dist. Tel: +966-12-6834036
TooTy baShabaterji St. Tel: +966-12-2906699
yemeni delighTS mob: +966-559559445
yildizlaR al andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6531150
zamannaheem dist.mob: +966-544866979
ChoPSTiCKSPrince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6907575
duRRaT ChinaPrince abdullah St.Tel: +966-12-2616885
golden PalaCeTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6690377
gulf Royal Rawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6653335
hainanCorniche Rd., al Shallal Theme ParkTel: +966-12-6902200
noodleSRosewood CornicheTel: +966-12-2607111
P.f. ChangSTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-2617021
ToKi laylati - al malik Rd.Tel: +966-12-6060606
Xian gongSheraton hotelTel: +966-12-6992212
MEXICAN
on The boRdeRal andalus St.Tel: +966-12-2906754
TaCo huTRed Sea mall/al andalus mall Tel:920000129
TeX meXSultan mallTel:+966-12-22758905
ORIENTAL
CHINESE:
bambooRawdah dist.Tel: +966-12-6642999
bayToTe ChineSeRawdah dist. Tel: 920007741
be onemaa’adi St. Tel: +966-12-6143753
China gaTe Sari St.Tel: +966-12-6970672
China huTPrince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6502762
MOROCCAN
noSh lounge hera’a St.Tel: +966-12-6543888
INDIAN:
aSia ReSTauRanTSari St.Tel: +966-12-6828525
bhaRaTSari St.Tel: +966-12-2754606
Chennai daRbaR al Sahafa St.Tel: +966-12-2872090
KohinooR Ramada hotelTel: +966-12-6670777
laSanimohamadia dist.Tel: +966-12-6510162
FUSION:
aJJiThe bellevue - al Shateemob: +966-555356519
oSumiRoshana mall, Tahlia St.Tel: 920009522
Pan Jan Rawdah St. Tel: +966-12-6065994
T.y. loungeal malik Rd.Tel: +966-12-6905848www.ty-lounge.com
DESTINATION JEDDAH102DESTINATION Jeddah102
mahRaJaal hamra dist.Tel: +966-12-6656558
maRhaba al andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6636201
RaJ Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-2632137
Royal Plaza aziziah dist., near international indian SchoolTel: +966-12-6709205
ShezanSari St.Tel: +966-12-6621086
TaJ mahalKhalideyah dist.Tel: +966-12-6979698
The villagearbaeen St.Tel: +966-12-6742288
amou hamza Safa dist.Tel: +966-12-6677070
la meRRoshana mall, Tahlia St.Tel: 920009522
fiSh maRKeT interContinental hotelTel: +966-12-2295555
Sayadiyah eXPReSSRawda St.Tel: +966-12-6981144
al Samadi SweeTSRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6642424
bRioChe doReemall of arabia
CaKe-a-liCiouSal batarji St.Tel: +966-12-2889926
ChaRloTTe Rawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6622391
CheeSe CaKe faCToRyTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-2617001
ConnoiSSeuRThe bellevue - al Shateemob: +966-555358890
fab SweeTSStars avenueTel: +966-12-2754204
helen’S KiTChenKayyal St.Tel: +966-12-6977729
la fRaiSeal andalus St.Tel: +966-12-6511312
le CRoiSSanT ShoP Khaldiya dist.Tel: +966-12-6065184
le gouRmeTTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6605061
le noTReTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-2611222
le vendome al malik Rd.Tel: +966-12-6924606
moon milKTel: +966-12-2887050
munCh baKeRy arafat St.Tel: +966-12-6605010
PaPabubbleSRed Sea mallTel: +966-12-2150808
PaulTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-26671633
PinK CamelTel: +966-12-6982175mob: +966-504456245
ShobaK PieTahlia St.mob: +966-536884433
SweeT & SavoRySari St.Tel: 920001626
SWEETS/DESSERTS& BAKERIES
al emad Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-2575268
al mahawiSari St. Tel: +966-12-2575739
al nabulSi SweeTSal musaideyya Tel: 920001345
TUNISIAN
alTeSSePatisserie Tunisiennearafat St. qurtuba CenterTel: +966-12-6645877
SEAFOOD
al danah Corniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6990090
al hoRi mob: +966-502724033
al mulTaqaal malik Rd.Tel: +966-12-6066666
al SafinaJeddah hiltonTel: +966-12-6590000
al SegalaSouth obhurTel: +966-12-2890575
al zahRaCrowne PlazaTel: +966-12-6611000
JAPANESE:
benihana Sands hotel- Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6686014
gold SuShi ClubSari gate- Sari St.Tel: +966-12-6068069
Kome al marina- hamra St.Tel: +966-12-6141616
le JaPonaiS westin JeddahTel: +966-12-6588200
mizoTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6649883
ohayoal-Kayyal St.Tel: +966-12-6836789
SaKuRa Crowne PlazaTel: +966-12-6611000
SuShi yoShi attallah CenterTel: +966-12-6944419Rawdah Star CenterTel: +966-12-2616734
waKame Rawdah St.Tel:+966-12-6682003malik Rd.Tel: +966-12-61242034
zn loungeRoshana mall - Tahlia St.Tel: +966-12-2634889
DESTINATION JEDDAH 103DESTINATION Jeddah 103
gReen PalaCe hoTel abi zar St.Tel: +966-14-8269040
hilTon madinah King fahad Roadfew steps away from al-haramTel: +966-14-8201000
hoTel elaf Taibah Saad bin maaz St.Tel: +966-14-8180050
le meRidien madinah Khalid bin el-waleed St.Tel: +966-14-8460777
maRRioTT madinah omer ibn al-Khatab St.Tel: +966-14-8180000
movenPiCKin front of al-Safeya bridge, opposite al-haramTel: +966-14-8188888
Ramada al-hamRa abi zar St.Tel: +966-14-8208084
Ramada al-qibla islamic Court St.Tel: +966-14-8160008
The madinah obeRoiabi zar St.Tel: +966-14-8282222
ACCOMMODATIONS CLOSE TO THE TWO HOLy MOSqUES:
inTeRConTinenTal daR al-Tawhidibrahim al-Khalil St.Tel: +966-12-5411111
le meRidien maKKah ajyad St.Tel: +966-12-5751111
le meRidien ToweRS hoTel Rawabi ajyad RoadTel: +966-12-5399999
maKKah CloCK Royal ToweR King abdulaziz endowmentTel: +966-12-5717777
manazel al-ain meSRCuReal-azizia St.Tel: +966-12-5578000
meRCuRe gRand um al-quRa al-Jamaiza St.Tel: +966-12-5702212
meRCuRe hibaTullah hoTel um al-qura St.Tel: +966-12-5498855
RaffleS maKKah PalaCeKing abdulaziz endowmentTel: +966-12-5717888
SwiSSoTel maKKah King abdulaziz endowmentTel: +966-12-5718000
zam zam gRand SuiTeS adjiad St.Tel: +966-12-5715555
RELIGIO
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1- www.biblioislam.net2- www.tvquran.com3- www.rasoulallah.net4- www.islamonline.com5- www.quranexplorer.com6- www.islam-guide.com7- www.islamweb.net8- www.islamicity.com9- www.theholyquran.org10- www.al-mawrid.org
Useful websites:www.hajinformation.comHajj & Umrah Visa:
MADINAH
al-ameen CRom hoTel markazeyah al gharbiyahTel: +966-14-8198000
al-anSaR golden few steps away from al-haramTel: +966-14-8290177
al-anSaR new PlaCe al-Siteen St.Tel: +966-14-8207770
al-haRam hoTel abi zar RoadTel: +966-14-8182300
al-KaRam hoTel King abdulaziz St.Tel: +966-14-8155500
al-madinah CRommarkazeyah al-gharbiyahTel: +966-14-8192020
andaluS ClaSSy hoTel King fahad St.Tel: +966-14-8290000
andaluS daR al-KhaiR hoTel few steps away fromal-haram Tel: +966-14-8181114
anwaR al-madinah movenPiCK The Courtyard of al-haram Tel: +966-14-8181000
baRaKaT andaluSal-Siteen St.Tel: +966-14-8208884
dallah Taibah hoTel King fahad St., crossing al-Siteen St. Tel: +966-14-8290180
daR al-hiJRa inTeRConTinenTal King fahad St. Tel: +966-14-8207777
daR al-iman inTeRConTinenTal off al-Siteen St.Tel: +966-14-8206666
daR al-Taqwa inTeRConTinenTal off al-Siteen St.Tel: +966-14-8291111
duRRaT andaluS hoTelKing fahad St. Tel: +966-14-8291114
MAKKAH
aJyad maKKah ibrahim al-Khalil St.Tel: +966-12-5720500 al-Jaad CRom hoTel naqaal-Sulaimaneyah St.Tel: +966-12-5705555
al-Shohada hoTel ajyad St.Tel: +966-12-5744401
daR al-manaSeK hoTel ibrahim al-Khalil St.Tel: +966-12-5394444
elaf aJyad hoTel al-masafi St.Tel: +966-12-5722200
elaf al-Sud hoTelajayad al-Sud St.Tel: +966-12-5708586
elaf Kindah hoTel al-messyaal St.Tel: +966-12-5745555
hilTon maKKah & ToweRShijrah St.Tel: +966-12-5340000
NOTES
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yoSi SamRaTel: +966-12-2150234
zad ShoPTel: +966-12-2155513mob: +966-531116885
DESTINATION Jeddah104
FURNITURE
al ghalia inTeRioRSTel: 8111002102 info@alghalia-ides.com
abdul laTif Tel: +966-12-6913750al alameyaTel: +966-12-6915188
al faKhamaTel: +966-12-6979529
al SabbanTel: +966-12-6919900
ameRiCan galleRyTel: +966-12-6676031
baTal deSignTel: 920000374
bin ShayhoonTel: +966-12-6471468
bo ConCePTTel: +966-12-6141418
dimoSTel: +966-12-2830302
domvSTel: +966-12-6611447
eSTiKbalTel: +966-12-6603611
h.q inTeRioRS Tel: +966-12-6395665 www.hq-interiors.com
habiTaT Tel: +966-12-2576622
BOUTIqUES
7 CamiCieTel: +966-12-2343546 al Jadila bouTiqueTel: +966-12-2841249
amK bouTiquemob: +966-530262831
aRwa bouTiquemob: +966-505602685
baby fiTyaniTel: +966-12-6673971
bouTique hewayaTimob: +966-505609112
daduTel: +966-12-6633699
divine daRlingSmob: +966-554634444
dunia bouTiqueTel: +966-12-6830133
JaSmine boXTel: +966-12-6685533
life Tel: +966-12-2844266
mayaSSTel: +966-12-6649188
maySamob: +966-504630920
my liTTle CloSeTmob: +966-562900025
nawal al-maimaniTel: +966-12-6606502
nouKieSTel: +966-12-2754210
ondaSTel: +966-12-2754217
PaRiS & oliveRTel: +966-12-2754213
PimPuRShiRT Tel: +966-12-6981962
PinK oR blueTel: +966-12-6634452
SabineTel: +966-12-6651572
SaSSy deSign mob: +966-556977707
SoTRaTel: +966-12-6915082
The wedding ShoPmob: +966-504630920 The ShoP mob: +966-556650009
The SToReTel: +966-12-6106013
CUSTOM THOBES
bazeRKaanTel: +966-12-2560044
hmTel: +966-12-6828064
lomaR Tel: 920000554
mihyaR Tel: +966-12-2615196
omaR azuRe Tel: +966-12-6921773
Sab ThobeTel: +966-12-6100009
SindiTel: +966-12-6678587
Tobymob: +966-504696639
FASHION DESIGNERS afaf baflahmob: +966-505325251
alaa & halaTel: +966-12-6130007
amal engawi mob: +966-503613314
baSma abulJadayelmob: +966-506634000
CaRol KeyRouzmob: +966-562633332
diala KabbaRamob: +966-508704799
eman JohaRJymob: +966-535687773
faTima abedmob: +966-554369993
gaRdenia hafezmob: +966-567444274
hala Chandab - id abayamob: +966-564389049 hanaa Sammanmob: +966-505350958
haya alhuSSainimob: +966-504659093
heba al quRaShimob: +966-541713781
maha ghalayenimob: +966-506661634
manaR al Rawimob: +966-569169923
meRiam aRabmob: +966-503333128
mona abulfaRaJmob: +966-505652018
nada ayoubmob: +966-505582627
niyaahmob: +966-500545455
Rania KhogeeRmob: +966-555532571
Rana iSmail-libRa bouTiqueTel: +966-12-6116335 mob: +966-540884744
Rawan azhaRmob: +966-567800139
Reda omdahmob: +966-568056056
RoTana alhaShimimob: +966-554598449
Ruby- RoSellamob: +966-504390314
SahaR SeRafimob: +966-505622515
Salma Rudwanmob: +966-504627012
Samah KhaShoggimob: +966-505311588
Shaza Khayalimob: +966-500909321
Sue abayamob: +966-541151595
Thanaa addaSmob: +966-504664288
TuRKi Jadallahmob: +966-506677800
wed bogaRymob: +966-504634001
yaSmina naJi-ShoeS deSigneRmob: +966-540004777
FLORISTS
al KhidRa landSCaPingTel: +966-12-6913946
alwan Tel: +966-12-6837239
azhaR Rima Tel: +966-12-2564001
eShRaK Tel: +966-12-6643035
floRina Tel: +966-12-6670719
floweRS CenTeRTel: +966-12-6607391
floweRS queen Tel: +966-12-6621779
gaRdenia Tel: +966-12-6609220
JannaTi Tel: +966-12-6984852
n CubeSmob: +966-551406813
nadoTel: +966-12-6915335
naRgiS floweRS eST.Tel: +966-12-6673008
PeTalSTel: +966-12-6642519
Rabya Tel: +966-12-6602856
Sendian floweRSTel: +966-12-6835679
SPRing floweRTel: +966-12-6519684
SulTan gaRden CenTeRTel: +966-12-6686666
DESTINATION JEDDAH 105
home Plaza Tel: 8002444440
iKeaTel: +966-12-6633000
la maiSon ColonialTel: +966-12-2616800
ligne RoSeTTel: +966-12-6634158
maiSon bo-m Stars avenue mallTel: +966-12-2753775
mazaRTel: +966-12-6642626
nvTel: +966-12-6684686
oPTionSTel: +966-12-6824888
PoTTeRy baRnRed Sea mallTel: +966-12-2150191
RoChe boboiSTel: +966-12-6647272
Talal adadaTel: +966-12-6635349
udg deSign galleRyTel: +966-12-6980498
viSionnaiReTel: +966-12-6988591
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DESTINATION Jeddah 105
eToileKing Rd.Tel: +966-505591421
haifaa mallfalasteen St. Tel: +966-12-6641980
heRa’a avenuehera’a St.Tel: +966-12-6992841
heRa’a inTl. Souqhera’a St. Tel: +966-12-6540097Supermarket: manuel
mall of aRabiaal haramein Rd.Tel: +966-12-6123100 Supermarket: Panda
noJoud RehabiliTaTion CenTeRTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-2571217
Red Sea mallKing Rd.Tel: +966-12-2151551Supermarket: danube
RoShana CenTeRTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-2634899
RoShan mallmalek Rd.Tel: +966-12-6226720Supermarket: hyper Panda
STaRS avenue mallKing abdul aziz Rd.Tel: +966-12--2754522
SHOPPING CENTERS
al andaluS mallPrince majed Rd.Tel: +966-12-6304444Supermarket: hyper Panda
al KhayaT CenTeRTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6655558
al Salam mallPrince majed Rd.
ana SPeCial Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6617798
aziz mallPrince majed Rd.Tel: +966-12-6162222Supermarket: Panda
badRiyah ToweRSRawdah St.Tel: +966-12-6062777
baSaTeen CenTeR Tahlia St. Tel: +966-12-6611721
CoRal mallTahlia St.Tel: +966-12-6607624
DESTINATION JEDDAH106
malaySian aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6670011
middle eaST aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6437982
naS aiRTel: 920001234
oman aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6577979
PaKiSTan inT’l aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6422642
qaTaR aiRwayS Tel: +966-12-6652942
Royal aiR moRoCTel: +966-12-6502222
Royal JoRdanian aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6652195
Saudi aRabian aiRlineSTel: 920022222
SingaPoRe aiRlineSTel: 920019091
SyRian aRab aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6513077
TuniSia aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6530889
TuRKiSh aiRlineSTel: +966-12-2619795
wafeeR Tel: +966-12-4202510
yemenia aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6445564
al fayRouz hoTel (3-star)Tel: +966-12-6270696
al hamRa SofiTel hoTel (5-star)Tel: +966-12-6602000
al haya Jeddah ConTinenTal (4-star)Tel: +966-12-6633332
al hofouf hoTelTel: +966-12-6520100
al Janoub hoTel (2-star)Tel: +966-12-6486844
al KaKi hoTel(4-star)Tel: +966-12-6310071
al maleKah hoTelTel: +966-12-6751764
al manea hoTel (5-star)Tel: +966-12-6823509
al mSaadeyah hoTel (3-star)Tel: +966-12-6603116
al nahdha hoTel (3-star)Tel: +966-12-6471158
al naKheel hoTel (3-star)Tel: +966-12-6475127al Saaha hoTel (4-star)Tel: +966-12-6514121
al waha hoTel (4-star)Tel: +966-12-6715043
aSCoR CoTel: +966-12-6066425
avail gRandTel: +966-12-6599000
bay la Sunwww.baylasunhotel.com
CaiRo hoTel (3-star)Tel: +966-12-6483870
CRom aiRPoRT hoTel (5-star)Tel: +966-12-6852222
CRowne Plaza (5-star)Tel: +966-12-6611000
daRbaidaTel: +966-12-6622791
habiTaT hoTel (4-star)Tel: +966-12-2578800
holiday inn (5-star)Tel: +966-12-6314000
inTeRConTinenTal (5-star) Tel: +966-12-2295555
Jeddah hilTon (5-star) Tel: +966-12- 6590000
Jeddah maRRioTT hoTel (5-star) Tel: +966-12-6714000
Jeddah oRChid (4-star)Tel: +966-12-6070777
le meRidien (5-star) Tel: +966-12-6633333
moon lighT SuiTeS Tel: +966-12-6679393
movenPiCK (4-star) Tel: +966-12-6676655
PaRK hyaTT Jeddah (5-star)Tel: +966-12-2639666qaSR al ShaRq (5-star) Tel: +966-12-6599999
RadiSSon SaS (5-star) Tel: +966-12-6521234
Ramada (5-star) Tel: +966-12-6670777
Red Sea PalaCe (4-star)Tel: +966-12-6428555
RoSewood CoRniChe (5-star)Tel: +966-12-2607111
Sand duneS hoTel (4-star)Tel: +966-12-2562020
SandS hoTel (4-star)Tel: +966-12-6692020
Shada homeSTel: +966-12-6060904
SheRaTon hoTel (5-star) Tel: +966-12-6992212
SunSeT hoTel (4-star)Tel: +966-12-6605000
weSTin (5-star) Tel: +966-12-6588200
TRAVEL DIREC
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DESTINATION Jeddah106
AIRLINES
aiRPoRT infoRmaTionTel: +966-12-6855526
aiR algeRieTel: +966-12-6613410
aiR aRabiaTel: 920013322
aiR elafTel: +966-12-6641233
aiR fRanCeTel: +966-12-6512000
aiR indiaTel: +966-12-2632994
ameCo inTeRnaTional TRavelTel: +966-12-6651333
bahRain Tel: +966-12-6196725
biman bangaladeSh aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6652733
bRiTiSh aiRwaySTel: 920002215
CyPRuS aiRwaySTel: +966-12-6658278
dallo aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6513008
delTa aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6570555
dnaTa TRavelTel: 920000000Tel: +966-12-6923244
egyPT aiRlineSTel: +966-12-6449007
emiRaTeS aiRlineSTel: 920000176
eThioPian aiRlineSTel: 8008140018
eTihad aiRwaySTel: +966-12-6640026
gaRuda indoneSiaTel: +966-12-6656121
gulf aiRTel: +966-12-6680303
iRan aiRTel: +966-12-6656975
JeT aiRwaySTel: +966-12-6602332Kenya aiRwaySTel: +966-12-2633009
KuwaiT aiRwaySTel: +966-12-6694111
lufThanSa aiRlineS/SwiSS inTeRnaTional aiRlineSTel: 8001245550
HOTELS
ab foR elaf hoTel Co (5-star)Tel: +966-12-2150525
al almin hoTel (2-star)Tel: +966-12-6482874al aziziah hoTel (3-star)Tel: +966-12-6492900
al badeR hoTel (5-star)Tel: +966-12-6310000
al bay’ah hoTel (3-star)Tel: +966-12-6444446
al bilad hoTel (4-star) Tel: +966-12-694 4777
al buSTan hoTel (4-star)Tel: +966-12-6692164
al daR al baydaa (4-star)Tel: +966-12-6827771
DESTINATION JEDDAH 107
TRAVEL DIREC
TORY
moSaid holidayTel: 920022244
miRag TRavelTel: +966-12-6634488
nile TRavel agenCyTel: +966-12-6645999
neSma TRavelTel: +966-12-2833102
PoRTfolio TRavel lTd.Tel: +966-12-6604500
T & TS TRavel & TouRiSmTel: +966-12-6914465
Saudi TRavel & TouRiSm buReauTel: +966-12-6513350www.sttb.com
SaKKaP TRavelS Co.Tel: +966-12-6060018
Shami holidayS Tel: +966-12-2344222mob: +966-559400255
zahid gRouP TRavel & TouRiSmTel: +966-12-6525670
DESTINATION Jeddah 107
TRAVEL AGENCIES
aCe TRavelTel: +966-12-6056002www.ace-travel.com
al TayyaR gRouP hotline: 920012333Tel: +966-12-6577333www.altayyargroup.com
al zouman TRavel & TouRiSmTel: +966-12-6512525www.alzouman.com.sa
aliReza TRavel & TouRSTel: + 966-12-6481360www.alirezatravel.com
anan TouRSTel: + 966-12-6659916www.anantours.com
aReen TRavelTel: +966-12-6516524
aTTaR TRavel & TouRiSmTel: +966-12-6611222www.attar-travel.com
daReen TRavelTel: +966-12-6691831
dnaTa TRavelhotline: 920000000Tel : +966-12-6923244info@dnata.com.sa
eJazaTiTel: +966-12-6530055www.ejazti.com
elaf TRavel & TouRiSmTel: +966-12-6646559www.elaf group.com
feRnaS TRavel & TouRiSmTel: +966-12-6677472www.fernastravel.com
haqeeba TRavelTel: +966-12-6604500
inTeRConTinenTal TiCKeT TouRS & TRavelTel: +966 -12- 6610274 www.thei3t.com
vinTeRConTinenTal TRavel ComPanyTel: +966 -12- 6677988Tel: +966 -12- 6834845www.itc-icc.com
iTl woRld Tel: +966 -12- 6147222Tel: 8001180222
manSouR TRavel & TouRiSmTel: +966-12-6672214
TOUR OPERATORS
al ahlam maRine TouRiSm gRouP (dReam diveRS) Tel: +966-12-6691334www.dreamdiver.net
al SamaKlKy foundaTionTel: +966-12-6640662www.samallaghi.com
al ShiTaiwi TRavel & TouRiSmTel: +966-12-6794022www.alshitaiwitours.com
aRabian CamPmob: +966-505664137www.arabiancamp.com
eXPloReR TouRS Tel: +966-12-6040985www.jawlahtours.com
haJeeJ foR domeSTiC TouRiSim Tel: +966-12-6675669www.explorer.com.sa
Jawlah TouRSTel: 920014044www.hajeej.biz
PlaTin luXuRy TRavel SeRviCeSTel: +966-12-6575266www.platin.com.sa
nomade aRabiaTel: +966-12-6550072www.nomadarabia.sa
Sadd al Samallaghi eST. foR SeRviCeS & domeSTiC TouRSTel: +966-12-6685054www.samallaghi.com
The CulTuRe TRiPinfo@theculturetrip.com www.theculturetrip.com
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DESTINATION JEDDAH108
naSeem Jeddah hoSPiTal Tel: +966-12-6721763
new al Jedaani hoSPiTal Tel: +966-12-6368100
new Jeddah CliniC hoSPiTal (nJCh) Tel: +966-12-6675000
Salam mediCal SeRviCeS Co.- home healTh CaRe Tel: 920001153
Saudi geRmanTel: +966-12-6829000
uniTed doCToRS Tel: +966-12-6533333
HEA
LTH D
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oRThoPaediC SPeCialTy CliniCSTel: 920001210
Saudi ameRiCan Tel: +966-12-6605050
DESTINATION Jeddah108
HOSPITALS
abdul laTif JameelTel: +996-12-6770001
abuzinadah Tel: +966-12-6510652
al abeeR mediCal CenTeRTel: +966-12-6174545Tel: 920000501
al anSaR hoSPiTal Tel: +966-12-6825105
al hamRa hoSPiTal Tel: +966-12-6653939
al hayaT hoSPiTal Tel: +966-12-6367778
al maShfa hoSPiTal Tel: +966-12-2292222
al Safa Tel: +966-12-6937262
baKhSh hoSPiTal Tel: +966-12-6479666
daR al Shifa Saudi Tel: +966-12-6822900
dR. eRfan & bagedo Tel: +966-12-6038888
dR. ghaSSan PhaRaonTel: +966-12-6823200
dR. Soliman faKeeh Tel: +966-12-6655000
hai al Jamea hoSPiTal Tel: +966-12-6806666
inTeRnaTional mediCal CenTeR Tel: +966-12-6509000
Jeddah CliniC hoSPiTal Tel: +966-12-6313131
Jeddah inSTiTuTe foRSPeeCh & heaRingTel: +966-12-6675311
King abdulaziz univeRSiTyTel: +966-12-6401000
King faiSal SPeCialiST Tel: +966-12-6677777 Tel: +966-12-6365028
magRabi eye & eaR hoSPiTal Tel: +966-12-6365000
moSTagbal hoSPiTal Tel: +966-12-6875255
muShRifah mediCal CenTeR Tel: +966-12-6738641
CLINICS
a.C.T CenTeRTel: +966-12-2615951
al gadeeR Tel: +966-12-6722535
al hamRa CliniCS Tel: +966-12-6655588
al haRamin Tel: +966-12-6474850
al madina mediCal Tel: +966-12-6881288
al qudS PolyCliniCTel: +966-12-6970224
al Ryan inT’l PolyCliniCTel: +966-12-6316548
alaa bahRi foR aRTifiCial eyeSTel: +966-12-6927792
andaluSia denTal Tel: +966-12-2611111
beauTy CliniCTel: 920020129
bin ladenTel: +966-12-6722315
dR. edReeS PodiaTRiC mob: +966-500506507
dR. muniR haRaSani CliniCSTel: 9200-12355www.harasaniclinics.com
dR. effaT daghoSTani Tel: +966-12-6601729
dR. naShwa Radwan Tel: +966-12-6633737 mob:+966-560000702
la PeRle denTal SPaTel: 920011663
fiRST CliniCTel: 920029090
fiRST SCanTel: +966-12-6925640
hay al Sabeel Tel: +966-12-6480792
iC CenTeRmob:+966-552200922
ideal CliniCS Tel: +966-12-6635444
inTeRnaTional PhySioTheRaPy CenTeR mob: +966-506673533mob: +966-506634004
magRabi eye & eaR Tel: +966-12-6655200
obaJi CliniCSTel: +966-12-6614000
PHARMACIES
abo dawoodTel: +966-12-6877210
al nahdiTel: +966-12-6658687
al SudaiS Tel: +966-12-6737679Tel: +966-12-6058962
aSiaTel: +966-12-6390553
daanTel: +966-12-6284405
habibTel: +966-12-6427766
nouRaTel: +966-12-6685500
SPA & BEAUTy CENTER
7l houSe Tel: +966-12-6532812
al megayena Tel: +966-12-6655763
aleXandRe zouaRiTel: +966-12-6656161
biJou Tel: +966-12-2611250
bouThainaTel: +966-12-6631809
CaRmen CenTeRTel: +966-12-6648122
Chamelle PlazaTel: +966-12-6656807
CindeRellaTel: +966-12-6989176
Claude maXime mondialTel: +966-12-6637450
dR. edReeS fooT SPamob: +966-500506507
GyM & HEALTH CENTERS
b well gymTel: +966-12-6066477
ba’azem body building Tel: +966-12-6448844
body zone fiTneSS Tel: +966-12-6611000
bRazilian Jiu JiuTSumob: +966-567295881
Chamelle Plaza gym Tel: +966-12-6634355
ConCePT 1010Tel: +966-12-6165664
CuRveS gymTel: +966-12-6638806Tel: +966-12-2064570
fiTneSS fiRST Tel: +966-12-6900881
fiTneSS Time Tel: +966-12-6226369
gold’S gym Tel: +966-12-6912077
henaa CenTeR Tel: +966-12-6714619
hilTonia gymTel: +966-12-6590000
olymPia CenTeRdR. Soliman faKeeh Tel: +966-12-6655000
PoweR in gym Tel: +966-12-6061516
Ryan PolyCliniC Tel: +966-12-6316548
SebaTel: +966-12-2639791
SPoRT TeChTel: +966-12-6071129
STaR PoweR Club Tel: +966-12-6776177
The lifT Tel: 8001247775
woRld gymTel: +920001566
z-ClubTel: +966-12-6690204
Kids:
fRiendS zoneTel: +966-12-6224345mob: +966-533657700
JunioR gymTel: +966-12-6911347mob: +966-560666108
DESTINATION JEDDAH 109
HEA
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RYe SPaTel: +966-12-2632093
evania - ladieS SPaTel: +966-12-2639792
eve SalonS & SPa Tel: +966-12-6581977
fuTuRe Tel: +966-12-6391341
gaRRa RufaTel: +966-12-2635018
henna beauTy lounge Tel: +966-12-6587091 mob: +966-550352226
JamalouKiTel: +966-12-6651888Jean louiS davidKing Road Tower3rd & 4th floors Tel: +966-12-6068678/9
lamaSaT Tel: +966-12-6834002
luCie SainT ClaiR Tel: +966-12-2832020
luCine SPa & SalonTahlia St. Tel: +966-12-6636777
mana CenTeR Tel: +966-12-6066628
mayaRa home SPaTel: +966-12-2345499
meRmaid Tel: +966-12-6616644
nail aRT Tel: +966-12-6675511
nail CaRe mob: +966-544426264
nawaRa Salon Tel: +966-12-6610606
oRiana Tel: +966-12-6220773Tel: 920002132
PlaneT beaCh Tel: 8001247776
Rima CenTeRTel: +966-12-6915423
RozanaTel: +966-12-6652749
SahaRa beauTyTel: 920026267
SaRa Jolie Tel: +966-12-6901431
SeReniTy CenTeRTel: +966-12-6648353
Soleil d’oR SPaTel: +966-12-2842233
SUNDAY TO THURSDAY, From 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM
DESTINATION Jeddah 109
SPa loungeTel: +966-12-2630904
The SPa by ClaRinS PaRiS Tel: +966-12-6599999
Toni & guy Tel: +966-12-2616230
viva la vieTel: +966-12-6929163
VETERINARy CLINICS
al-Seleouly veTeRinaRy Tel: +966-12-6312169
euRoPean veTeRinaRyTel: +966-12-6676330emergency: +966-506530565
fayfa PeT CenTeRTel: +966-12-6695669
haPPy PeT veT CliniCTel: +966-12-6164030
Jeddah veTeRinaRyTel: +966-12-6912896mob: +966-552186863
nemo PeT SToRe mob: +966-562168128
noRTh ameRiCan veTeRinaRy mob: +966-562111786
Tahliah inTeRnaTionalTel: +966-12-6695554emergency: +966-504698810
veTeRinaRian@youRSeRviCemob: +966-562111786
waleed veTeRinaRyTel: +966-12-6656084
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DESTINATION JEDDAH110
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al mubaRaKiah villageeast Jeddah, King abdullah St. Tel: +966-12-6400158
al naJia ComPoundS madinah Rd.Tel: +966-12-6518178
al Salam ComPoundPalestine St.Tel: +966-12-6717121
aRabian homeS al bawadi dist.Tel: +966-12-6822201www.arabian-homes.com
aRomaRy villagehera’a St.Tel: +966-12-6940086
belleview eXeCuTive ComPoundnear Jeddah Preparatory SchoolTel: +966-12-6547666www.belleviewcompund.com
belleview 12 ComPoundRawda St.Tel: +966-12-6642636
binzagR villa ComPoundmadinah Rd., Tel: +966-12-6672064
eliTe 12 ComPoundnear Jeddah int’l Souk Tel: +966-12-6681111www.elitecompounds.com
eliTe ComPoundnear Jeddah int’l Souk Tel: +966-12-6610930www.elitecompounds.com
gaRden CiTy ComPoundPalestine St.Tel: +966-12-6607590www.hhaproperty.com.sa
hiba ComPoundal-hamraa Tel: +966-12-6650819
Kindi houSing ComPoundal Rabwah, north JeddahTel: +966-12-6910884
loTuS ComPoundSContact PmdClotus 1: al-hamra dist. Tel: +966-12-6692111lotus 12: al-nayeen dist. Tel: +966-12-6541107lotus 3: al-Khobar - the eastern Province lotus 4: al naeem dist. Tel: +966-12-6548808
m&m ComPoundnorth obhorTel: +966-12-6562544
m.m al-Rumaih ComPoundal Shatee, Corniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6991231
muRa buSTan ComPoundSTel: +966-12-6910041
nada villagePrince majed St.Tel: +966-12-6920099
nueva andaluCiaal-Rawdah, Sari St.Tel: +966-12-6823434www.andalucia.com
RayTheon ComPoundopp. Saudi german hospitalTel: +966-12-6915380www.raytheon.com
Reem ComPound al-Salamah, Tel: +966-12-6829195
Salamia ComPoundal-SulaymaneyyahTel: +966-12-6400253www.salmiacompund.com
SaRi PalmSSari St.Tel: +966-12-6063342www.hhaproperty.com.sa
Saudia CiTyal-Khaldiah dist.Tel: +966-12-6820030www.saudicity.com
ShaKeR villageComPoundal hahdah, Prince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6991840
DESTINATION Jeddah110
BANKS
al-bilad banKTel: 8001230000
al-inma banKTel: 8001208000
al-JaziRa banKTel: +966-12-6518070
al-RaJhi banKTel: +966-12-6644568
aRab naTional banKTel: 8001244040
banque Saudi fRanSiTel: 8001242121
iSlamiC develoPmenT banKTel: +966-12-6361400
naTional banK of KuwaiT Tel: +966-12-6036300
naTional CommeRCial banKTel: 8002441005
Riyadh banKTel: +966-12-6470019SabbTel: +966-12-6901122
Saudi hollandi banKTel: +966-12-2368844
Saudi inveSTmenT banKTel: +966-12-6531010
SambaTel: +966-12-6607700
CAR SERVICES
abu diyab eST.Tel: +966-12-6677779
alPha RenT a CaRTel: +966-12-6974459
aviSTel: +966-12-6677379
budgeTTel: +966-12-6927070
CaReemwww.careem.com
daleelTel: +966-12-6719219
diSCoveRyTel: +966-12-6714475
feRnaSTel: +966-12-6718712
BUSINESS SERVICES
venue eXeCuTive ClubTel: +966-12-6061010www.venueint.com
foRmulaTel: +966-12-6621213hanCoTel: 920001844
heRTzTel: +966-12-6040339
heSSen foR RenT CaRTel: +966-12-6430295
Key RenT a CaRTel: +966-12-6856251
Khozama eST.Tel: +966-12-6317177
meeza PRivaTe CaR SeRviCemob: +966-540544486Tel: +966-12-6968666email: pcs@meeza.com.sa modacar
SmaRT CaRemob: +966-533500077
ubeRapplication: uber.com/appsupport.jeddah@uber.com
v. CoolTel: +966-12-6396969
COMPOUNDS
al andaluS luXuRy villaSTahliah St. Tel: +966-12-6695154
al aoun villageal bawadiTel: +966-12-2563381
al baSaTeen villagePrince Sultan St.Tel: +966-12-6944015
al haJRayn villageCorniche Rd.Tel: +966-12-6943464www.alhajrayn.com
al manaR ComPoundPrince metab St., Tel: +966-12-6938770
DSL NET
aTheeR Tel: +966-12-6976663ext: 3011
neSmaTel: +966-12-2567998
SPSTel: +966-12-6824556
EMBASSIES & CONSULATES
algeRiae: Tel: +966-11-4887171C: Tel: +966-12-6985035C: Tel: +966-12-6985034
DESTINATION JEDDAH 111
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DESTINATION Jeddah 111
KINDERGARTENS
abC SChoolTel: +966-12-6988827
ambaSSadoRS SChoolTel: 8001249000www.ambassadors-schools.com
aPPle TRee monTeSSoRi SChoolTel: +966-12-6824350
building bloCKS Tel: +966-12-6060755mob: +966-541525616
aRgenTinae: Tel: +966-11-4652600
auSTRaliae: Tel: +966-11-4887788
auSTRiae: Tel: +966-11-4801217
bahRaine: Tel: +966-11-4880044C: Tel: +966-12-6076770
bangladeShe: Tel: +966-11-4195300C: Tel: +966-12-6878465
belgiume: Tel: +966-11-4882888C: Tel: +966-12-6278676
bRazile: Tel: +966-11-4880018C: Tel: +966-12-6670653C: Tel: +966-12-6603866
bRiTaine: Tel: +966-11-4880077C: Tel: +966-12-6225550
bRuneie: Tel: +966-11-4560814C: Tel: +966-12-6724343
buRKina faSoe: Tel: +966-11-4652244C: Tel: +966-12-6744547
CameRoone: Tel: +966-11-4880022C: Tel: +966-12-6804541
Canada e: Tel: +966-11-4882288C: Tel: +966-12-6530434
China e: Tel: +966-11-4832126C: Tel: +966-12-6062076
CzeCh RePubliCe: Tel: +966-11-4503617
denmaRKe: Tel: +966-11-4880101C: Tel: +966-12-6672222ext 1163
dJibouTie: Tel: +966-11-4543182C: Tel: +966-12-6827669
egyPTe: Tel: +966-11-4810159e: Tel: +966-11-4831458C: Tel: +966-12-6655462
eRiTReae: Tel: +966-11-4801731C: Tel: +966-12-6740592
eThioPiae: Tel: +966-11-4824055C: Tel: +966-12-6653444
finlande: Tel: +966-11-4881515C: Tel: +966-12-6438235
fRanCee: Tel: +966-11-4881255C: Tel: +966-12-6681544C: Tel: +966-12-6681563
gabone: Tel: +966-11-4567173
gambiae: Tel: +966-11-2052158C: Tel: +966-12-2573193
geRmanye: Tel: +966-11-4880700C: Tel: +966-12-6996436
ghanae: Tel: +966-11-4545122C: Tel: +966-12-6601429
gReeCee: Tel: +966-11-4801975C: Tel: +966-12-6674088
guineae: Tel: +966-11-4881121C: Tel: +966-12-6637540
hungaRye: Tel: +966-11-4546707
indiae: Tel: +966-11-4884144C: Tel: +966-12-6603779
indoneSiae: Tel: +966-11-4882282C: Tel: +966-12-6711271
iRane: Tel: +966-11-4881444C: Tel: +966-12-6676132
iRelande: Tel: +966-11-4882300
iTalye: Tel: +966-11-4881212C: Tel: +966-12-6421451
JaPan e: Tel: +966-11-4881100C: Tel: +966-12-6670676
JoRdane: Tel: +966-11-4880071C: Tel: +966-12-6607630
Kenyae: Tel: +966-11-4882484
KoReae: Tel: +966-11-4882211C: Tel: +966-12-6681990
KuwaiTe: Tel: +966-11-4883500C: Tel: +966-12-6597999
lebanone: Tel: +966-11-4804060C: Tel: +966-12-6690599
malaySiae: Tel: +966-11-4887100C: Tel: +966-12-6727740
malie: Tel: +966-11-2290753C: Tel: +966-12-6514940malTae: Tel: +966-11-4615315C: Tel: +966-12-6991599
mauRiTaniae: Tel: +966-11-4646749C: Tel: +966-12-6297722
meXiCoe: Tel: +966-11-4808822C: Tel: +966-12-6495332
moRoCCoe: Tel: +966-11-4826382C: Tel: +966-12-6495332
nePale: Tel: +966-11-4645170
neTheRlandSe: Tel: +966-11-4880011
new zealande: Tel: +966-11-4887988C: Tel: +966-12-6512109
nigeRiae: Tel: +966-11-4823024C: Tel: +966-12-6716865
noRwaye: Tel: +966-11-4881904C: Tel: +966-12-6611222 ext 300
omane: Tel: +966-11-4823120C: Tel: +966-12-6996838
PaKiSTane: Tel: +966-11-4884111C: Tel: +966-12-6692371
PhiliPPineSe: Tel: +966-11-4823559C: Tel: +966-12-6670925
PoRTugale: Tel: +966-11-4826964
qaTaRe: Tel: +966-11-4825544C: Tel: +966-12-6594777
RuSSiae: Tel: +966-11-4811432C: Tel: +966-12-6659212
Senegale: Tel: +966-11-4880146C: Tel: +966-12-6690275
SieRRa leonee: Tel: +966-11-4643982
SingaPoRee: Tel: +966-11-4803855C: Tel: +966-12-6073980
SouTh afRiCae: Tel: +966-11-4429728C: Tel: +966-12-6060299
SPaine: Tel: +966-11-4880606C: Tel: +966-12-6525222
SRi lanKae: Tel: +966-11-4608232C: Tel: +966-12-6065414Sudane: Tel: +966-11-4887979
Swedene: Tel: +966-11-4827796C: Tel: +966-12-6069005ext 204
SwiTzeRlande: Tel: +966-11-4881291C: Tel: +966-12-6510772
SyRiae: Tel: +966-11-4887481C: Tel: +966-12-6605801
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Jeddah Knowledge Tel: +966-12-6620174www.jks.edu.sa
Jeddah PRePaRaToRy & gRammaR SChool Tel: +966-12-6542354www.jpgs.org
Jeddah PRivaTe inTl. SChool (JPiS) / managed by SabiS®Tel: +966-12-6064309www.jpis-sabis.net
liTTle CaTeRPillaRS Clubal Rawdah dist.Tel: +966-12-6615524mob: +966-540997755
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wall STReeT Tel: +966 -12- 2566316Tel: +966 -12- 6523200 www.wsi-ksa.com
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miniSTRy of SoCial affaiRSTel: +966-11-4778888www.mosa.gov.sanaTional ChaRiTablefoundaTion foRblood donaTionTel: +966-12-6627186
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zahRa oRganiSaTion foR bReaST CanCeRTel: +966-12-2840425
CReaTive Childhood SummeR SChoolTel: +966-12-6077224mob: +966-504390998
enChanTed gaRdenmob: +966-546916812
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JaCK n Jillmob: +966-507369963
Jeddah PRe-SChoolTel: +966-12-2385994
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KidS Time nuRSeRyTel: +966-12-6543111mob: +966-569693794
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advanCed geneRaTionS SChool(boys) Tel: +966-12-4202105(girls) Tel: +966-12-4202429www.ags.edu.sa
al bayanTel: +966-12-6611004www.al-byan.com
al Ruwaad Tel: +966-12-6682431
al waha inT’l SChoolTel: +966-12-6729660
SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS
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diSabled ChildRen’SaSSoCiaTionTel: +966-12-66224080
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fab lab aRabiadallah TowerTel: +966-12-6710000 ext. 1365
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mahaRaT CenTeRmadinah Rd.Tel: +966-12-6656218www.maharat.org
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UNIVERSITIES
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Jeddah College of TeChnologyTel: +966-12-6370387www.jct.edu.sa
Jeddah CommuniTyTel: +966-12-2870026www.jcc.kau.edu.sa
King abdulazizTel: +966-12-6400000www.kau.edu.sa
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