Inside Saudi
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Mohammed Francis, a UK national, father, and college teacher with more than 20 years of living and traveling in the Middle East and Saudi Arabia. The insidesaudi.com website is where he shares information as he travels and learns about Saudi Arabia, tourism, heritage and culture, expat issues, and Islam and helps others to know much more about the Magic Desert Kingdom.
Inside Saudi
4M ago
One day, a Muslim woman wrote me an email to ask if Islam permits women to wear a towel on their heads as an Islamic head cover (Hijab). She explained ..read more
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6M ago
Recently, a non-Muslim reader wrote to ask if she and her husband could kiss and cuddle in KSA in public. The couple plans to come to the kingdom for a ..read more
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6M ago
In 2012, my Moroccan friend Asmaa Al Idrissi from Casablanca married Saleh Al Amin, an Egyptian / British Muslim engineer living in the UK. Following her marriage, she changed her surname to Asmaa Al ..read more
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6M ago
One day, a curious non-Muslim friend asked me why I did not use my husband’s surname after marriage. I told her that in Islam, it is not necessary. However, I ..read more
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8M ago
In July 2023, my good friend Abdul Hakim and his family were on holiday in Morocco. They parked the car on a elevated beauty spot near Agadir. They took pictures ..read more
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11M ago
In Christianity, God (Allah SWT) is an old, white man with a bushy beard sitting on a throne high in the heavens. Christians imagine this figure and believe that after ..read more
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11M ago
I met many Muslim reverts in Saudi Arabia, made friends, and found them to be delightful. They are very religious, committed to Islam, and have warm personalities. Muslim reverts are ..read more
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11M ago
One day, a British Muslim revert, and a coworker proposed marriage to my good friend at her workplace. The man was educated, well-placed, honest, and devout. However, her parents refused ..read more
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1y ago
In Saudi Arabia, most born Muslims react with great delight when they learn I converted to Islam. They say things like ‘Mashallah, what a blessing that Allah chose you,’ and ..read more