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• Traffic Safety
  Road rage and the value of feeling safe in Saudi Arabia

  The traffic situation in the Saudi city of Jeddah has reached an almost unbearable point – both for motorists and pedestrians.

• Tourism
  Saudi Arabia to set up new tourism info center

  The Saudi government is planning to set up a tourist information centre to provide increased and more accurate information to local and foreign tourists, said a report.

• Security
  Fourth Western expat attacked in Saudi Arabia

  A fourth Western expat has been attacked in Saudi Arabia in the past month after a Canadian man was stabbed on Saturday.

• Saudi Expatriates
  Saudi Arabia to issue 5-year residency permits for expats

  Foreigner workers in Saudi Arabia are likely to have the validity of their residency permits extended to five years. Currently, the permits are valid for one year and must be renewed, for a fee, annually. Saudi media reported that the Directorate General of Passports is working on the final touches on the plan to introduce the five-year validity.

• Saudi Rains
  Video of waterfall following rains in Saudi Arabia

  Amateur video uploaded to YouTube on Sunday showed what looked like a pop-up waterfall in Saudi Arabia following days of severe rain storms. In the footage, allegedly shot in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, water falls of a cliff making its way to the ground as people stopped their cars to watch the unusual sight.

• Oral History of Americans in Saudi Arabia
  The American Experience in Saudi Arabia

  The Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Program for Strategic Research and Studies (PMBF Program) at the University of Central Florida is proud to announce the first installment of the oral history project entitled “The American Experience in Saudi Arabia.”

• MERS
  Saudi Arabia: Deaths from MERS virus reach 348

  Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says that a total of 348 people have died in the kingdom after contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS. The ministry's latest figures, released late Tuesday, include two recent deaths recorded in the capital Riyadh. It brings to 810 the number of confirmed cases in Saudi Arabia since the virus was first identified in 2012.

• Housing and Real Estate
  Saudi Arabia’s idle land

  In September, the kingdom's Supreme Economic Council said it is studying a proposal to tax undeveloped urban land to ease housing shortages and help the country meet its target of building 500,000 units at a cost of USD 67 billion.    The issue is politically sensitive as much of the prime land in major cities is owned either by members of the royal family or wealthy family groups who are reluctant to sell.

• ISIS Propaganda
  Isis Propaganda Mag Dabiq: Jerusalem and Saudi Arabia Threatened While Setbacks Concealed

  The front cover of the English language magazine's fifth issue featured a picture of Islam's holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram, or the Grand Mosque, in the Saudi city of Mecca, with a pledge to seize it.

• Photography
  4 Eyes, 2 Lenses: Visual Narratives Of Saudi Arabia

  Fedele, who spent almost 8 years in Saudi Arabia, and Turner, who recently visited the country for the first time, will combine their long term and spontaneous impressions of this colorful land through a photography exhibition called "4 Eyes, 2 Lenses: Visual Narratives of Saudi Arabia."

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