by My 5-year-old wanted to learn to sew. We made these fun Bedouin weaving inspired bookmarks. The idea was to imitate the Saudi Arabian Sadu cloth more or less but the experience … priceless! Sadu cloth is the traditional craft of Saudi Arabia. It is brightly colored thick woven cloth with simple but bold patterns. The […]
Family Travel Guides From Around the World
by Do you love to travel with your family? Are you raising little world explorers? Here is an enormous collection of family travel guides from our members featuring destinations from around the world, so spin the globe and see where your next destination will be! Family Travel Guides From Around the World Find more family […]
Flower Festival: Spring in Saudi Arabia
by In March this year, Yanbu, a port city in Western Saudi Arabia, set a Guinness World Record by creating the largest carpet of flowers in the world. We live just 3.5 hours away from Yanbu so I took my children to see the flower festival this weekend. It was unlike anything that we had […]
5 Arab Olympic Winners
by RELATED: Olympics for Kids The 2016 Olympics in Rio started last Friday, and the television is always on at our house. This is very unusual for us, but we made an exception so we can cheer on our favorite Arabic speaking athletes at the 2016 Olympics Games. At the 2016 Rio Games, there are […]
My Expat Eid & the Chocolate-Dipped, Hazelnut-Filled Dates
by I want to tell you about my Expat Eid. How my family shares the joy even though we are miles away… What is an Expat Eid? That is the term I use to describe how expatriate Muslims mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan or Hajj while living abroad. No doubt, when […]