It reminded someone so much of cities they had seen in the west that it was coined "the Manhattan of the Desert".

The desert city touted as the new hot cultural mini-break - Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh is an unexpected, mid-haul ...

It's a desert outpost that faces the orange ... touched up in the 18th Century with sturdy packed mud. They stretch for 2.5 km around the city and, at the back of the Kuhna Ark, steps lead up ...