Riyadh
From an earthen wall to a public line of poetry.
Selected dish: Marqooq
THE LIVING ATLASSAUDI ARABIA / 2026
CULTURAL ATLAS / VOLUME 02
Thirteen regions. Many ways to belong.
Administrative regions give us a map. Culture travels across their borders.
Cultural orientation map. Source geometry represents 2017; it is not an official national boundary map. Source & licence · GeoJSON
Thirteen doors into the atlas
Makkah
A port, a pilgrimage route and many forms of welcome.
Selected dish: Saleeg
Madinah
Stone façades inland, string traditions on the coast.
Selected dish: Madini rice
Qassim
A baked gift and a returning sung phrase.
Selected dish: Kleija
Eastern Province
An oasis and a coast, with different kinds of labour.
Selected dish: Hasawi rice
Aseer
Read the painted interior beside the moving row.
Selected dish: Haneeth
Tabuk
The northern story reaches the sea.
Selected dish: Sayadiyah
Hail
A trace on stone, a line carried by voice.
Selected dish: Kubaibat Hail
Northern Borders
Hospitality has an infrastructure.
Selected dish: Mlaihiyya
Al-Jawf
A standing stone is a question, not an invented answer.
Selected dish: Bakeelah
Jazan
Mountain coffee and an island house.
Selected dish: Maghsh
Najran
Marks left by travellers invite a careful reader.
Selected dish: Ruqsh
Al-Bahah
Stone, water and a working landscape.
Selected dish: Muqanah bread
From a region to a public place
Gold markers group five source-backed place coordinates by city. Other records have no precise pin until verified. The list provides the same destinations without using the map.