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Saudi Arabia: No addresses, just directions

Written byAyesha Saldanha
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Posted 9 September 2008 11:58 GMT

Stranger in this Dunya complains that no one in Saudi Arabia seems to use addresses: “Directions will more like: ‘We are on Takhasussi street, just after the Riyadh Bank and behind xyz shop. It’s the building with vines growing up the sides.’ “

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