1. A sandstorm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2. Desert Sand Dunes

3. The Sahara in Northern Africa is the largest desert in the world.
Deserts
The Sahara in Northern Africa is the largest desert in the world.
The Rub’ Al Khali on the Arabian Peninsula is the largest SAND desert in the world!

4. Rub’ Al Khali Desert “The Empty Quarter” Saudi Arabia

5. Rub’ Al Khali “The Empty Quarter”

6. An Astronaut’s Photograph
The Rub’ Al Khali is the largest sand desert in the world. The borders of four nations, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates, blur beneath the shifting sands of the Rub’ al Khali, or Empty Quarter, desert.

7. Water found 3 meters deep from ground level
A Satellite View

8. Desert dwelling Arabian ethnic group traditionally divided into tribes or clans.
Bedouins

12. Bare Beauty At Home in the Rub’ Al Khali
Discuss the following with your learning partner:
Describe the Rub’ Al Khali.
How were the Bedouins able to live in such a desolate land?
What has changed the lives of the Bedouins and how?