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Answer: Jareesh, Harees, Margoog, Gursan
💡 Jareesh is cracked wheat, harees is mashed wheat, and margoog and gursan are made from wheat-flour dough, while kabsa is based on rice.
Answer: Cardamom, Saffron, Cloves
💡 Cardamom is the best-known addition to Arabic coffee, and some people add saffron and cloves for a nicer flavor and color, but vinegar and chocolate have no place in it.
Answer: False ✖
💡 Souq Okaz near Taif dates back to before Islam and was a meeting place for poets and traders; it was revived in 2007.
Answer: False ✖
💡 Arabic coffee is served without sugar or milk, and the sweetness comes from the dates served with it.
Answer: False ✖
💡 The hump stores fat, not water, and the camel uses it as food and energy when food is scarce.
Answer: False ✖
💡 Mizmar is performed by men on the ground with sticks to the beat of drums, and UNESCO added it to the intangible heritage list in 2016.
Answer: True ✔
💡 Dibs is extracted from dates by pressing or cooking, and it is eaten with bread, luqaimat and aseeda.
Answer: True ✔
💡 Rawashin let in air and light while protecting the family's privacy, and they are among the most beautiful features of historic Jeddah.
Answer: True ✔
💡 At-Turaif was inscribed in 2010; it is one of the largest mud-brick cities in the world and was the seat of government of the First Saudi State.
Answer: True ✔
💡 This is part of the ancestors' wisdom in choosing goat hair: it keeps out rain in winter and lets air through in summer.
Answer: True ✔
💡 Arabic coffee was inscribed in 2015 in a joint nomination submitted by Saudi Arabia together with the UAE, Oman and Qatar.
Answer: A leather container for holding water
💡 The qirba is made from goat or sheep skin, and it keeps water relatively cool because some of it seeps out and evaporates.
Answer: Two round stones used to grind grain between them
💡 Grain is placed between the two stones of the raha, and the top stone is turned by hand, so the grain comes out as flour for making bread.
Answer: Singing chanted to camels to make them walk with energy
💡 The camel driver sang to the camels during travel with a rhythm like their steps, so they became lively and walked faster.
Answer: The nahham
💡 The nahham was the voice of the diving ship; he sang sad or rousing tunes that eased the sailors' fatigue during long work.
Answer: Pearl diving
💡 Divers went down to the seabed on a single breath to gather oysters, which were then opened in search of precious pearls.
Answer: A caravan
💡 Caravans crossed the long trade routes of the Arabian Peninsula, carrying incense, spices and fabrics between cities.
Answer: Nabati poetry
💡 Nabati poetry is an old art in the Arabian Peninsula; it keeps meters and rhymes but is composed in people's everyday dialect.
Answer: Henna
💡 Henna leaves are ground and mixed with water into a paste, then used to draw designs on the hands that last for days in a reddish-brown color.
Answer: Dried yogurt in the form of hard disks
💡 Aqit is made by cooking yogurt and drying it in the sun, so it becomes a food that keeps for months and can be carried on journeys.
