Passage to the holy cities
Jeddah is the main city of Hejaz (meaning “dam”), a narrow region along the Red Sea surrounded by mountains and plateaus to the east. For centuries, Muslim pilgrims from all over the Middle East, Africa and Asia passed through here to reach the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, practically creating a form of globalization before the term was even invented. Al-Balad, near the original 7th-century gate, is the heart of this area, the first place Muslim pilgrims encountered in Arabia before the age of air travel.
Once a crossroads for the spice trade, the old town consists of white buildings adorned with covered balconies made of teak from India. It is said that the wooden structures are patterned to create a lattice decoration that closes the balconies brightis from the Persian word frozen, means “opened in a window”. Women could sit on these balconies and watch the street without being seen.
THE bright It looks like Jeddah tutelage Tunisia, Egypt and the Levant region. The complexity of their carvings stands out from the dazzling white color of the simple facades. There are no two bright the same, but the overall architectural scheme looks unified and harmonious.
In 2011, Abir Jameel AbuSulayman, who became the first female tour guide in Saudi Arabia, says, “In Saudi Arabia, they say ‘houses talk to each other.'” bright.
“These carvings and inlays represent the geometry in all its variations that expresses the unity and diversity of the Islamic world,” explains Angavi.
If the teak does not remain in its natural dark brown color, i bright they are painted green or blue. Green is the color of Islam and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, while blue is inspired by it Mashrabiya Sidi Bou Said, an urban masterpiece in northern Tunisia, on the Mediterranean Sea. The influence of the blue gods bright the white of the walls also reminds of the Greek islands and there is a building called “Mykonos House”. As in the Greek islands, the narrow, sleepy streets of old Jeddah are home to many cats.