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Stories Set in Jeddah — top stories

Jeddah is a Red Sea port of coral-stone houses, lagoons and pilgrim roads. Centuries as entry port for Mecca bound trade and faith, plus oil-era growth, blended merchants, pilgrims and newcomers into a more relaxed coastal culture. Barakah Meets Barakah and Finding Nouf carry that easy humor. Open Jeddah on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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5 famous stories set in Jeddah

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Browse 3 books and 2 movies set in Jeddah.

Barakah Meets Barakah

Barakah Meets Barakah

El Housh Productions
movie

The story of two lovers who are united in an environment hostile to dating of any kind. Barakah is municipal civil servant from Jeddah and an amateur actor in a theatre troupe. Barakah is a wild beauty who functions as…

Setting: Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaTime Period: 2016
WWE Greatest Royal Rumble 2018

WWE Greatest Royal Rumble 2018

movie

Greatest Royal Rumble is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view event and WWE Network event promoted by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. The event is scheduled to be held on April 27 2018 at the King…

Setting: Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaTime Period: 2018
Finding Nouf

Finding Nouf

by Zoë Ferraris (Goodreads Author)
book

A novel of taut psychological suspense, offering an unprecedented window into Saudi Arabia and the lives of the men and women who live there.Zoë Ferraris’s electrifying debut of taut psychological suspense offers an…

Setting: ['Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)']Time Period: 2007
The Consequences of Love

The Consequences of Love

by Sulaiman Addonia
book

Naser is a young African immigrant who works the carwash in downtown Jeddah. The long, hot summer has arrived and his friends have left the city. Naser spends his time off sitting beneath the palm tree outside his flat,…

Setting: Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaTime Period: 2008
Kara Ben Nemsi

Kara Ben Nemsi

by Karl May, Maria Dimitrescu-Verbaan (Translator)
book

Kara Ben Nemsi, een Europeaan, en zijn dienaar Halef trekken door de Oriënt anno 1870 om vreemde volkeren te leren kennen.

Setting: ['Tunisia', 'Egypt', 'Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)', 'Mecca (Saudi Arabia)', 'Mosul (Iraq)', 'Lalish (Iraq)']Time Period: 1870

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