Likely conceived as a luxury item for tourists, this book extends far beyond its original remit, a huge work covering virtually every aspect of Saudi life during the 1970s. Although its tone may be at times self-promoting, its scope is irrefutable.

Printed by Systeco, Beirut.

Background - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia --The Arabic language and the dialect of Saudi Arabia -- To know a country is to know its people -- Marriage -- Know the Saudi Arabican etiquette -- Social aspects - cooking and eating in Saudi Arabia -- The easy way to pronounce Islamic proper names correctly -- The Islamic date and calendar -- Basic religious beliefs of Islam -- Islam is a religion of international equality -- The rites of pilgrimage in Islam --- How Mecca began -- What is mountain Arafat -- What is Kaabah -- The message of the Prophet -- Language of the glorious Quran -- Date of the Arab appearance on the world stage -- Science in Islam -- Moslem art -- Moslem architecture -- The noble art of calligraphy in Saudi Arabia -- Important dates in the Epic of Islam -- What is Arabesque -- Riyadh - The capital of Saudi Arabia -- Jeddah - Best city of the Red Sea -- Jeddah balconies (Rawashin) -- Portals of Arabia -- Khanjar, swords and daggars -- Taif - beautiful resort 5000 above sea level -- Eight more dams in Saudi Arabia -- The eastern province of Saudi Arabia -- Education in Saudi Arabia -- Universities -- Health - The King Faisal medical city -- Social security -- Foreign banks -- Industries in Saudi Arabia -- Minerals deposites -- The press, dailies, weeklies, periodicals -- Shipping, television, publishers, telephone, radio -- Petroleum -- The climate -- Fauna and flora - Plants and animal life -- Cultivated plants -- The highlands of the mountainous southwest -- Glossary of Arabic plants names -- The restless sands -- Arabia's desert mammals -- The empty Quarter desert -- Great Nafud desert -- Madayen Saleh - 2000 years old civilization -- Relics arcaeology and atiquity -- Locusts -- The reptiles of Arabia -- The fish of the Red Sea -- The fish of the Arabian gulf -- The Dhaws of the Arabian gulf -- Arabic qoloquial proverbs -- Arabic names and it's meanings -- Reptiles