A troupe performs traditional Saudi Arabian dances and music at a cultural exhibition at the ACCENTA-2011 Saudi Pavilion at the Flanders Expo Center, Ghent, Belgium. Courtesy: www.SaudiBrit.com

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A rare glimpse of 19th century Saudi Arabia is on display in a CNN.com video and story showing photos and playing audio recordings from Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje who traveled to the Kingdom in 1885.  The CNN story is based on a display, “Mecca: A Dangerous Adventure — Snouck Hurgronje’s early photographs 1885″ at Dubai’s Empty Quarter Gallery.

Snouck’s extraordinary collection of sepia-tinted images of Mecca in a bygone age have gone on display in Dubai ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage that originally drew him to the heart of Islam. Accompanied by crackling, eerie soundscapes captured by Snouck using Thomas Edison’s newly-invented wax cylinders, the exhibition paints a very different picture from the ornate and built-up Mecca familiar to modern visitors.

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An exhibit of over three hundred archaeological works illuminating the history of Saudi Arabia will be on display starting Monday at the Louvre Museum in Paris.  The exhibit which runs through September 27, 2010 is titled “Roads of Arabia – Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”..  for more see the SUSRISblog – Link Here.  This video, from CNN International “Icon” program provides an excellent overview of the exhibit and commentary from leading Saudi officials, including HRH Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz.

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Saudi Student Association Events, Cultural Attache from The Vista Online on Vimeo.

The Saudi Student Association at Central Oklahoma University in Edmond hosted a cultural awareness event called “Saudi Arabia: Yesterday and Today.”  Brief remarks from Saudi Cultural Attache, Dr. Muhammad Elisa.  Narration in English.  Run Time:  00:01:31.

The Saudi Exhibition 2008 from Lucas Giel on Vimeo.

Visitors enjoy the Saudi Students’ book exhibition in Edinburgh 2008.  Guests sample food and learn about Saudi culture and traditions.  No narration.  Run Time: 00:01:37.