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9/23/2017

Topic Reading-Vol.1991-9/23/2017

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Above the oil: Inside a gated US compound in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco Residential Camp in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, or the Dhahran Camp, is the residential community for the employees of Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the world. Built in 1933, this exclusive residential camp is a fenced-in compound that is lived by over 10,000 Saudi Aramco employees and their dependents of different nationalities.
Though the community is located in Saudi Arabia, where distinctive religious rules and traditions customs govern people’s lives, it looks like a replica of California. Also, the residents are all free from Saudi’s strict rules. Women can wear any clothes, tan their bodies and also drive a car, none of which is allowed outside of this camp.
What the life is like in this totally isolated community in the desert?
Enjoy reading the text and seeing the photos, and think which community, within or outside of the gate, you would choose to live in if you were to work for the company.
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/saudi-arabia-american-compound-aramco/index.html

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