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Sunday Lunch, Al Batha البطحاء & environs

Sunday Lunch, Al Batha البطحاء & environs

0:00 /0:37 1× includes one of the oldest submunicipalities of Riyadh, where I popped out of the metro station at Al-Bathaa (pronounced, 'al-bot-ha'): to be rebuilt out of mudbrick or breezeblock. . . ? I was heading to the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Grand Mosque wanting to see how
Simon Taylor 07 Dec 2025
putting on the ريتز & JAX

putting on the ريتز & JAX

0:00 /0:39 1× it had been a palace. A family were having a Halloween party as we entered, the best costume, a redhead dressed in a realistic pumpkin. Which brings to mind an episode not photographed. The opportunity arose to visit Riyadh's Saudi German Hospital for
Simon Taylor 07 Dec 2025
A Unique Blend of Modernity and Strategic Location: daily life around home, الصحافة

A Unique Blend of Modernity and Strategic Location: daily life around home, الصحافة

As Sahafah, the 'l' elided with the hard 's' to follow, reading from right to left, so not 'al' as you might think, but 'as' as you might not. The 's,' in contrast to a Moon letter, in which case
Simon Taylor 29 Nov 2025
المروج

المروج

sorry, had to open with that, for shock value; and for the fact that just behind where these guys are hanging out one day when I visited Al Muruj were some other guys hanging out, but it was lunchtime and they were sitting on the floor cross-legged, sharing a lunch
Simon Taylor 27 Nov 2025
ffff fashion x 2: Obaya Mall & Princess Souq

ffff fashion x 2: Obaya Mall & Princess Souq

0:00 /0:19 1× . . . on the way. . . . . . and in the zone. . . observed. . . to the obaya mall. . . the selfie with this proprietor: the shop itself is perhaps a little fusty, high ceilings showing the ducts and bits common to mall shops, and high up on the walls sample dresses on
Simon Taylor 25 Nov 2025
dgs2026

dgs2026

dgs2026Deleuze and Guattari Studies Conferencedgs2026 . . . if you would like to support my attendance, and that of outsidelight, please make a donation.
Simon Taylor 24 Nov 2025
John Collier crosses my path

John Collier crosses my path

* writing on Cabaret, here, I find its antecedent stage-play, written by John Van Druten, award winner, 1952/53, where it adapted and dramatised Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin, in turn adapted into a film bearing the same title as the play, I Am a Camera, screenplay by John
Simon Taylor 20 Nov 2025

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