A Saudi Arabian Resident
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From the perspective of a critical and generally aware teenager (or at least I liked to thing so) foreigner living in the Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA), a very controversial country to the world and to many people like me. A wonderful place where everyone can practice their human rights to a very strict limit, and yet it's still loved by many who reside both inside and outside of its borders.
The life explored here can demonstrates how some lives here are lead, but not all.
This includes my life, with friends and generally people you'd expect to be in someone's life, with all it's generic and not-so-generic bumps which outline the differences in culture and way of life here, which is critical to understanding the country and its people.
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