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17 Sept 2025 Conversations with Tyler David Commins on Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Future of the Gulf States
“Saudis love American food. I don’t know the culinary traditions of Hejaz, or of other parts of Arabia.”
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- 17 Sept 2025
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…What’s the best food in Saudi Arabia? Well, I had Najdi food, and I didn’t care for it. It was camel and wheat grain. Ranch food, I guess I would say. When I was in Riyadh in the early 2000s, you had every kind of foreign cuisine you could imagine: Chinese, Persian, Mexican, Cheesecake Factory. Saudis love American food. I don’t know the culinary traditions of Hejaz, or of other parts of Arabia. I just know the Najdi culinary tradition, and it was pretty basic. In Jeddah, is the food more, I don’t know, Red Sea, more Ethiopian, more Yemeni.…
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