One thing that will likely stand out to a non-Muslim expatriate in Saudi Arabia are the number of mosques. For example, from my villa in Riyadh there were no less than 8 mosques within a three minute walk of each other. This is not a coincidence either. Part of the custom and tradition in […]
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