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Dammam, Saudi Arabia
5 customs and traditions in Dammam — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
The Gulf economy before oil, remembered in museums and in the dhow-building that survives.
Closer to Bahraini and Iraqi cooking than to Najdi, with more fish and more sourness.
Traffic to Bahrain at weekends is heavy enough to shape the whole region's rhythm.
Late summer, when the oasis brings in one of the world's largest date crops.
The same hospitality ritual as the rest of the kingdom, with its own regional coffee blend.
