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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