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Buraydah

British  
/ bʊˈraɪdə /

noun

  1. a town and oasis in central Saudi Arabia. Pop: 462 000 (2005 est)

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He grew up in Buraydah, the kingdom’s fiercely conservative desert heartland, and was educated in a puritanical and xenophobic milieu.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2014

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