In the Shadow of the Mosque,9781413784664

In the Shadow of the Mosque

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ISBN13: 9781413784664
ISBN10: 1413784666
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-07-31
Publisher(s): Publishamerica Inc
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Table of Contents

Coming to Kindi--Giving up a marbleized cavern for a Saudi Arabian trailer park
11(12)
Within the Walls of Kindi--Life in an international community
23(10)
Al Suq--One of the oldest markets in the world
33(14)
Monumental Extravaganza--The bizarre and the beautiful monuments of Jeddah
47(6)
The Kindi Kids--The United Nations at its best
53(8)
Eating and Drinking--Enjoying new foods and drinking ``healthy'' water
61(12)
Communicating--with the outside world from within a closed country
73(10)
Battling Boredom--without libraries, movie theaters, cable television or phones
83(10)
Baggy Pants--the Kindi ``gardener,'' better known as ``The Butcher of Kindi.''
93(6)
Feral Felines--The wild cats that called the Kindi Compound home
99(6)
Lost in Translation--English, as you've never heard it
105(8)
``Fatal Accidents Can Kill''--Life and death in the fast lane
113(6)
Blood Money--Eight grams of gold for a pint of blood
119(6)
Crime and Punishment--Justice is swift and sure under Shariah
125(8)
In the Name of God--Islam, the only observed religion in Saudi Arabia
133(10)
Holidays and Celebrations---Living with and surviving Ramadan and Hajj
143(10)
Medain Selih--5000-year-old Nabatean burial sites along the old silk route
153(10)
Bill and the Bandits--``Mafi Ighama''--The constant battle over Bill's work permit
163(8)
How to Hijack a Nation--My observations of the political aims of Islam
171

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