Karantina is an area in southern Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[1]

Karantina is considered to be a slum with illegal immigrants and criminal activity.[1][2][3] Many African expatriates who illegally entered Saudi Arabia and lower-income Saudis live in Karantina.[4][5] John R. Bradley, author of Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis, described Kerantina as "a melting pot of colors, cultures, and languages."[6]

Around 2005 illegal substances were sold in Karantina in the streets at all times. Women buy and sell the substances. Bradley stated that this was unusual behavior in a country where trafficking drugs has the death penalty. A government official stated that, as of 2005, each week he received up to seven cases of AIDS in Karantina.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Adawi, Hassan. "Jeddah Residents Want Crime Sweep to Continue." Arab News. Tuesday 24 May 2005. (Internet Archive)
  2. Al-Ghalib, Essam. "The Day I Became a Taxi Driver — Part 2." Arab News. 26 June 2003. (Internet Archive)
  3. Hussain, Ed. "How a British jihadi saw the light." The Times Online. 21 April 2007. (Internet Archive)
  4. "Experts Call for Solving Jeddah’s ‘African Problem’." Arab News. 11 November 2007. (Internet Archive)
  5. Abdu, Mohammed Sani, Jamaluddin Yousef Salagoor, and Fahad An-Nwisser Al-Harigi. "JEDDAH URBAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS : THE UNDERLYING FACTORS." Scientific Journal of King Faisal University. Volume 3 No.1 Dhu Al Hajjah 1422 (March 2002).
  6. 1 2 Bradley, John R. Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis. Palgrave Macmillan 2005. 146.

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