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Arabian adventures: sand dunes, spiders, and shopping.(Global Village: Saudi Arabia)(Country overview)

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Can you imagine riding on a camel for fun, zooming around on sand dunes in a buggy or finding insects the size of your fist? If you live in Saudi Arabia like me, you can! On Saturday mornings when girls in the U.S. are sleeping in, in Saudi Arabia we're at school. And on Thursday when you're in class, we're sleeping in, because we have different weekends. In Saudi Arabia, the weekend is Thursday-Friday, and we attend school from Saturday to Wednesday.

I live in a community called Dhahran, and I go to a middle school with kids from all over the globe! I've lived here for six years. My dad is from the U.S. and my mom is ...

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