This document summarizes aspects of culture and heritage in Alqatif, Saudi Arabia through a series of pictures with brief captions. It highlights traditional jobs like fishing and farming, means of transportation, social gatherings with family and friends, natural springs, seasonal traditions, date farming, various shops and markets, historical sites like a Portuguese castle, and how some cultural aspects have continued while others have changed over time. The purpose is to demonstrate cultural legacy and traditions of the present and past in Alqatif through visual representations.

1. If all of the world’s cultural heritage
(sports, music, fashion, architecture, literatur
e, painting, etc..) was contained in a time
capsule, what would you include to
demonstrate the legacy of your country?
For this question I decided to express my ideas
in pictures
Hope this humble slides show will add some
interesting facts of my home town and cultural
habits.
All pictures are taken in Alqatif

2. Ali Alfehaidah
IE Business School
"One Look Is Worth A Thousand
Words”
appears in a 1913 newspaper advertisement for the Piqua Auto Supply House

3. Alqatif City where all happened

4. Alqatif in few words
Alqatif is located in the east provinces of Saudi
Arabia, right on the Persian Gulf inthe Arabian
peninsula’s side.
Alqatif includes the main city (Alqatif), besides many
other villages and Tarout island.
The two most jobs occupied were fishing and
farming, also there were others such as;
welding, work shop, bakery, and carpenters.
They were using different transporting means, for
example: donkeys, horses, and primitive cars and
bicycles.

5. For all children in the world, fun is always
essential

6. My people love to gather with their families
and friends

7. There were plenty of natural springs

8. (Alqerqean) similar to the Halloween but no
need for customs, still going in these days
though

9. Fishing was not just a job, it was a tradition
and still is

10. There were plenty of palms in Alqatif, and
these two men should be professional in
what are they doing, it is not an easy job for
everyone.

11. Date’s corner, where farmers sell their daily
production

12. Couple of men are engaged in their
work, welding, baking, oil selling, and pots
hand making.

13. Last but not least, Souq Alkamees as you can see in the
pictures below, two different eras, this shopping plaza where
you can find almost everything you are looking for, been and
still a milestone for Alqatif

14. This castle built by the Portuguese in
1515, people say that the Portuguese used
it as a shelter from the Turkish

15. Today you can barley recognize the Castle, if
you noticed it is in the right behind the
mosque

16. I would like to acknowledge Google where I
get all the pictures from.
Thank you for taking the time to review this
slides show, I hope you found some
interesting and useful information.