SUSIE of ARABIA presents

SUSIE of ARABIApresentsKUNNA KIDAWe were like this

2016 HISTORICAL FESTIVALJEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA

Jeddahs famous Mameluke Minarets sculpture greets visitors to the 2016 Jeddah Historic Festival called KUNNA KIDA (We were like this.)

At the entrance gate, a caravan of six camels welcomes visitors to the festival.

The festival logo a typical beautiful carved wooden door of Al Balad, the oldest part of Jeddah.

A demonstration of how to wrap the scarf headdress traditionally worn by men

All done!

Me with a few of the event guides

The welcoming committee upon arrival at the festival

The festival ran for 10 days in January 2016

Creative handicrafts were on sale

Some visitors dressed in non-traditional clothing

Traditional elevated Saudi seating

An actor -re-enactment of a traditional vendor

Re-enactment of old time ice delivery

Actors re-enacting old traditional schooling

Traditionally dressed girls demonstrate how girls used to play.

An actor in make-up

Featured Jeddah photographerDaliastanding in front of one of her beautiful photos

A book signing at the new Jeddah Bliss Library

Artifacts old urns

Me with our guide. I am holding an Oud.

Pinning a tag of my husbands family name to the wall of all original Jeddah families of Al Balad

A Saudi woman checks out a display of old bridal wear

Green Rawasheen

Continuing the tradition, this mans family business has been dentistry for several generations

Me with the handsome model in the photo behind us

Face Paintingfor kids

Al BaladsfamousNaseef House

Stylish clothingmade out of mens scarves

The door of Jeddahs very first US Consulate