Sentence examples for jiddah from inspiring English sources

The Hejaz, in the northwest, contains Mecca and Medina, as well as one of the kingdom's primary ports, Jiddah.

Major cargo ports are Jiddah, Yanbuʿ, Ḍibā, and Jīzān on the Red Sea and Al-Dammām and Al-Jubayl on the gulf.

The chief international airports are at Dhahran, Riyadh, and Jiddah.

Later Islamic traditions have Adam descending from paradise to Sarandīb Sri Lankaandand Eve descending to Jiddah in Arabia; after a separation of 200 years, they met near Mount ʿArafāt and began conceiving children.

In addition to the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina, the principal centres are Jiddah, the largest Red Sea port, Al-Ṭāʾif (a summer resort), and Yanbuʿ (Medina's port).

Among the modern residential areas are Al-ʿAzīzīyah and Al-Faysalīyah along the road to Minā and Al-Ẓāhir, Al-Zahraʿā, and Shāriʿ al-Manṣūr along the roads to Jiddah and Medina.

After joining the Directorate of Intelligence (DI), the agency's analytic branch, in 1981, he served with the State Department as a political officer at the U.S. embassy in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia (1982 84).

The AIA's coveted 25-Year Award, given to a building that had proved its merit over time, went to Hajj Terminal at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.

There was an enormous increase in the population of the towns, notably of Riyadh and Jiddah.

December 6 Five men attack the U.S. consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, and a three-hour gun battle ensues in which four of the attackers and five consulate employees are killed; the attackers are believed to be members of al-Qaeda.

Several major airports—such as Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas, King Abdul Aziz International Airport near Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, and Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris are built on sites well in excess of this figure.