Sabir, Kurtis and Two Sons of Ibrahim Al-HamdanI took a short trip to Unaizah, which is in the Qassim region, to visit my Saudi friend Sabir. The Qassim region is about a three hours drive north of Riyadh. It is a prosperous farming area known for the excellent dates grown there. Very few westerners visit and even fewer live there so when Sabir took me to a family-owned and operated museum I turned out to be somewhat of a novelty.
The museum was built by Ibrahim Al-Hamdan and his family and is actually connected to his home and farm. He has built everything and sourced the displays solely out of his own pocket. He is trying to keep some of the old-style Saudi farm and small-town life alive in his displays.
Ibrahim invited us into his house for qahwa (arabic coffee), shai (sweet arabic tea) and homegrown dates. He had other visitors at the time but he invited us to sit with him as a distinguished guests. We had a good talk and I had a great time and will surely visit him again in the future.
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