Saudi Arabian International School - Bedouin Yearbook (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

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MANY STUDENTS HAVE ocqulred o taste for middle eosrern specialties like the popular street wood shwormo. Chicken Street olso serves their famous dojej and kopso to mony hooked westerners MANY STUDENTS ENJOY the onnual King’s Cornel Races . It Is free for everyone ond o greot opportunity to get some good souvenir phorogrophs. cp MR. ORUSKAS takes odvontoge of the tennis leogues in Riyodh to keep active. The 1962 RICS Tennis Teom come In first ploce under the coochlng of Mr. Bruskas. DESERT CAMPING TRIPS ore o good woy to ger owoy on the weekends. Some students enjoy collecting the mony fossils thor con be found lying everywhere.

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Riyadh Accommodates Students' Interests To rhe surprise of mosr 5AIS-R srudenrs, when they first arrive in Saudi, there ore activities to morch almost any interest o person might hove. One of the mosr common is shopping in rhe souqs. Here, great treasures con be found by the seasoned shopper, providing he or she hos mosrered rhe subtle ort of bargaining - Arab style. There ore souqs of every imoginoble commodity like rugs, gold, antiques, bedouin jewelry, comeros, audio equipment, silks ond women's wear. Lorge well stocked supermarkets ond deportment stores ore o favorite for the less adventurous shopper. Nor ore rhe outdoor types ot o loss for things to do. They hove comping, sond soiling, motocross, nature trips ond sporting leagues of every kind. For the discriminating diner, Riyadh hos restaurants of many exotic cuisines from European ond Oriental to fost food. Many clubs hove formed for people of different interests; square dancing, cooking, dromo, judo, arts ond crofts ond music. So for mosr there is no excuse for not hoving plenty to keep them busy, unless there is o rronsporrorion problem. However, private drivers ond compony busses do moke things accessible. Top right: EXAMPLES of some souq treasures collected by mony students ond their families. The souqs ore o great ptoce to procrlce one's Aroblc. Above: HADJ CAMPS ore o ploce for pilgrims to sell their wores on the woy to Mecco. Every household hos ot least one prized rug. Right: RIYADH'S AMUSEMENT PARK, neor school. Is o colorful sight. Rumor hos It that o Soudl Disney Lond is In the planning stoges. 30

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Once ogoin the yearbook staff wos our roking the pulse of rhe student body to see what turned them on in vorious subject areas. Students from oil grode levels gave their personal favorites from sports to cartoon characters. Smaller children seemed more anxious to be interviewed than rhe older ones. Pollers found some students hard pressed to commit themselves to one definite favorite, while others were very opinionated in oil categories. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SPORT ?. Debbie Porjonj ajkj Owos Mohd Sottor during his doss libfory period. The poll wos conducted during October 62. cp • Movie • T.V. Show (J) Rock Group Video Game Sport Cartoon Comedian Actor Actress Admired Person Place to Eat Place to Visit E.T. (by for), Annie. Rocky III, Poltergeist, Fridoy the 13th, Stripes Mognum P.I., The Foil Guy, Greotest Americon Hero, MASH. Real People Joon Jet ond the Dlockheorts, Go Gos. Rush. AC DC. Deotles Poc-Mon, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, Defender, Spoce Invaders Footboll (Americon). Soccer, Hockey. Softboll. Basketball Smerffs, Scooby Doo, Doonesbury. Dr. Snuggles, Peanuts Bob ond Doug Mockenzie. Eh?, Richord Pryor. Bill Murry, Steve Martin, Cheech ond Chong Burt Reynolds. Brooke Sheilds, Harrison Ford. Clint Eostwood. Alan Aldo Porents, Brothers ond Sisters. Tony Dorsetr, Pele. E.T., Ronold Reogon, Doiry Queen. Pizzo Riyadh, Herfy's, Shwormo Stand, Phoenix Kenya, Sri Lonko, Hawaii, Bangkok,, Athens 32