Construction management professional and amateur photographer. Lived many years in the desert of Eastern Province, KSA. Also, resided in Kuwait in the 1980's.
1978. Abdulhadi Alsy'ari with two of his sons & AbuJack in their desert encampment north of Fazran, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulhadi turned to AbuJack & wondered why that camera on the oil barrel was making a strange sound (the automatic timer was set by AbuJack.)
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Arriving from KSA on vacation, AbuJack met his mother at San Francisco airport in 1978. (A Saudi gentleman on the flight helped me with my ghutra and egal before we landed.)
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1978. Abdulhadi Alsy'ari with two of his sons & AbuJack in their desert encampment north of Fazran, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulhadi turned to AbuJack & wondered why that camera on the oil barrel was making a strange sound (the automatic timer was set by AbuJack.)
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Thanks to those requesting to follow my Instagram. My IG is for personal and family stuff. My Twitter is to express my love of the Arabian peninsula and its people.
Classic Saudi Bedouin encampment in Eastern Province, between Ain Dar and Fazran. 1979 photo taken by AbuJack from an Aramco helicopter. Men's section on right, family area in middle, kitchen at left. When I visited my Bedouin friends, I always approached from the men's side.
I made this drawing in a letter to my parents dated Nov. 6, 1978. It was Hajj time & pilgrims from Kuwait, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq headed to Mecca. It was fascinating. I travelled the Abqaiq-Fazran road everyday to work. The vehicles had green flags. Note luggage on top of vehicles.
Salem Turki Al Qahtani in 1962. His passion was falcon hunting on camelback.
Stay tuned for the fascinating story of a traditional Saudi family as told through the eyes of his son.
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41 years after I met this man in the desert. None of my Saudi friends could find his name until today!
Bathan Mohammed Al Ulayan Al Marri. I met him in 1978 and he passed away, at age 90, in 2005.
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The Fazran oil and gas facility in 1978-79. AbuJack became lifelong friends with the Bedouin families living in the nearby encampments.
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Son and Father. The father (in dark jacket, 1978) was Bathan Mohammed al Ulayan Al Marri. The son is Bakait. Father was a famous water-well driller, responsible for creating over 50 wells in Eastern Province and Rub al Khali.
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