Saudi to Qatar Road Trip | Al Khobar to Doha via Half Moon and Salwa with a Desert Sunset Iftar

Al Khobar to Doha: signs on the horizons of the desert in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Canadian Muslim poet and scholar Dr Jason Idriss Sparkes shows the seaside, sand dunes, service centers, hotel and eateries during a roadtrip to Doha. This is part of his quest to explore the beauty of Islam, the vision of Islam, and Islamic approaches to the good life and beautiful excellence (ihsan)
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Half Moon Bay & Beyond
4:01 Sunset & Iftar
7:54 Entering Qatar
9:59 Doha: 1st Impressions
11:00 Hotel
12:07 Qatar to Saudi
15:38 Salwa Beach (Saudi)
20:06 Service Station at Sunset
20:04 Late Night Last Stop
23:15 Salams

All music licensed and provided by Capcut sound library 2025:

1. Desert Oud by P&P Music

1. Adhan by Tayeb Farighi

2. Desert Oud (alternate A)-14836 by Dirk Campbell

3. Arabian Nights by Francesco Biondi

Read some works by Jason Sparkes:
Dissertation
https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2300/

Morocco as a Hub of Globalised Traditional Islam
https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13050392

Decolonizing the Left and the Right: Muslim Mistrust of Foxes and Wolves https://themaydan.com/2021/02/decolon...

Some inspirational channels:

Blogging Theology:
https://www.youtube.com/ @BloggingTheology

Cambridge Muslim College:
https://www.youtube.com/ @CambridgeMuslimCollege

Paloma's Channel
https://www.youtube.com/ @ElCanaldePaloma

'Aqil Azme
https://www.youtube.com/ @aqilazme

Renovatio
https://www.youtube.com/ @RenovatioJournal

Beauty and Islamic Theology
https://www.youtube.com/ @beautyandislamictheology8572

Afikra
https://www.youtube.com/ @afikra