May 2011
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Derelict Mosque, Al-Diriyah, Riyadh
Al-Diriyah, Riyadh A visit to Al-Diriyah on the northwestern outskirts of Riyadh produced some unexpected sights. The original home of the Saudi royal family and capital of the first Saudi dynasty from 1744 to 1818, Al-Diriyah is now an area of wattle and daub ruins being renevated and restored. However, the taxi driver let me and a friend out across the road from a crumbling mosque on the edge of...