Exploring Saudi Arabia's marine wonderland

[Quntari]

Nice pictures. Are women allowed to swim in these beautiful seas or only males are allowed?


Keep it up!

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Nice pictures. Are women allowed to swim in these beautiful seas or only males are allowed?


Keep it up!

Only fish are allowed to swim.

 

[al-Hasani]

Nice pictures. Are women allowed to swim in these beautiful seas or only males are allowed?


Keep it up!

Yes, they can but not with Western bikinis, LOL. If they find a isolated spot which there are plenty of, if one bothers to make the travel (1150 islands alone along the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coastline) or the 2000 km long Red Sea coastline (most of it fairly isolated) then they can even do it naked I presume.

Otherwise there are compounds with swimming pools where foreigners, mostly non-Muslims and Westerners live and there they can swim and do what they want. There are swimming pools outside the compounds but they are segregated between men and women. Maybe that will change in the future.

The Saudi youth is rather liberal today and contrary to popular belief then Saudi Arabians are not one body it depends on the province, historical regions they belong to, families, views etc. KSA is a HUGE country and very diverse in terms of regions, landscapes, sects etc.

For example Hijazi Arabic is much closer to Egyptian/Sudanese/Yemeni/Syrian Arabic than Gulf Arabic. Many ignorants foolishly belief that all Saudi Arabians are Gulf Arabs or Khaleeji (like Kuwaitis, Qataris, Emiratis and SOME parts of Oman are) but in reality only those Saudi Arabians who ACTUALLY live along the Gulf are that and that is only in the COASTAL regions of the Eastern Province. They are a minority in KSA. Form less than 10-15% of the entire population. It's like saying that all Iraqis are Kurds for example.

Ironically many of them are Shias.

Hijaz lies nearly nearly 2000 km away from the Gulf. We are bordering the Levant region in the North, Yemen in the South and Egypt/Sudan to the West across the Red Sea. In fact you can see Israel by your barren eye from Northern Hijaz. If you want to see the Gulf region with your barren eye you would need to use a balloon for example and go 50 km above sea level then you might see the Gulf, LOL.

More from Hijaz that borders the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coastline:


Masjid Al-Qiblatain by Fotorix Studio, on Flickr


Masjid Al-Nabawi S.A.W by Fotorix Studio, on Flickr


Masjid Al-Nabawi S.A.W by Fotorix Studio, on Flickr


Masjid Al-Haram "Kaaba", House of Allah by Fotorix Studio, on Flickr


Masjid Al-Nabawi S.A.W by Fotorix Studio, on Flickr

Zyaan by Mohammed Albuhaisi, on Flickr


وادي البردي-ينبع 2 by asim mawwad -عاصم معوض, on Flickr


Lines to Reflection by Abdulmajeed Al Juhani, on Flickr

Only fish are allowed to swim.

LOL, Yazid. Only fat half Najdis like you are allowed. You know the Devils Horn and all that!!!111

 

[al-Hasani]

More of Hijaz and Southwestern KSA that borders the Red Sea:

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

@al-Hasani

LOL, Yazid. Only fat half Najdis like you are allowed. You know the Devils Horn and all that!!!111

On yeah, you guys are always mad at us

 

[al-Hasani]

@al-Hasani


On yeah, you guys are always mad at us.

Indeed. You guys are vile creatures and the root to all evil. Najd is the place where the horns of Shaitan will appear. A Mullah told me all this yesterday. I will keep distance from your likes in the future.

A few more pictures:


Coral Reef 5 by mojbel, on Flickr


Al Rijmal, Saudi Arabia by mrcdvs, on Flickr

Al-Baha4 by haidarism, on Flickr

 

[al-Hasani]

More from Hijaz and the Southwestern provinces:


من رأس جبل طلان by Mohammad Ahmad Al faifi, on Flickr


طبيعه ربانيه by Mohammad Ahmad Al faifi, on Flickr


خبريهم يالجبال المنيعه by Mohammad Ahmad Al faifi, on Flickr


faifa 2011 by al_gasemy, on Flickr


من الديسة by Mohammad Ahmad Al faifi, on Flickr


ديرتي فيفا by Mohammad Ahmad Al faifi, on Flickr


من جبل طلآن by Mohammad Ahmad Al faifi, on Flickr


FAIFA # by Mohammad Ahmad Al faifi, on Flickr


نجمة الجنوب 4 by Mohammad Ahmad Al faifi, on Flickr


نجمة الجنوب 2 by Mohammad Ahmad Al faifi, on Flickr

 

[al-Hasani]

More from Western and Southwestern KSA:

From the mountains of FAIFA by Mohammad Ahmad Al faifi ~ OFF, on Flickr


FAIFA MOUNTAINS by Mohammad Ahmad Al faifi ~ OFF, on Flickr

 

[FCPX]

Great thread, a big thumbs up!

 

[al-Hasani]

Great thread, a big thumbs up!

You are very much welcome 7abibi.

Please also check those videos out below:

Dolphins in Jeddah Saudi Arabia - YouTube

Dive with Farasan Banks Silky Sharks, Saudi Arabia - YouTube

Whale Shark, Al Lith, Saudi Arabia - YouTube

Tiger sharks in Yanbu - Saudi Arabia - YouTube

Hammerhead Shark in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - YouTube

Diving, Rabigh ,

 

[al-Hasani]

Dive with Farasan Banks Silky Sharks, Saudi Arabia - YouTube

Whale Shark, Al Lith, Saudi Arabia - YouTube

 

[al-Hasani]

More natural wonders of KSA:


Cruise to the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia by Arthur Anker, on Flickr


Farasan island - Saudi Arabia by Eric Lafforgue, on Flickr


Farasan Island_0392 by Bandar Yousef, on Flickr


فرسان by jazan2013, on Flickr


Farasan Island by Alrefaeibox, on Flickr


Farasan Islands Beach by omar.sa, on Flickr


Farasan Is cruise by Arthur Anker, on Flickr

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

nice geography in those pictures....many people think the region is only deserts and sand though clearly such conceptions are misconceptions


actually - what I am DYING to explore is the Soqotra Islands of Yemen. Looks like paradise on earth.

 

[al-Hasani]

nice geography in those pictures....many people think the region is only deserts and sand though clearly such conceptions are misconceptions


actually - what I am DYING to explore is the Soqotra Islands of Yemen. Looks like paradise on earth.

That opinion is mostly held by ignorants and non-Arabs that barely could locate the Arab world on a map or their own country for that matter. The Arabian Peninsula, KSA included, is a very diverse region as proven by my pictures. Every kind of landscape is present.

Regarding Yemen, another absolute world class gem, then I invite you to visit my thread about Yemen in the photography and multimedia section of PDF. There I have posted pictures of Socotra too.

I am thinking about making a thread here about the ancient and beautiful Arabian Peninsula.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

nice geography in those pictures....many people think the region is only deserts and sand though clearly such conceptions are misconceptions


actually - what I am DYING to explore is the Soqotra Islands of Yemen. Looks like paradise on earth.

sindh lagta hai.. haha.