Moving to jubail

Hello GMSSLV, Welcome to Jubail.

Regarding woman in Jubail, yes she should wear Abaya to cover her body and I don't think it's necessary to wear Hijab (covering her hair) as I saw lot of expats doing that. The woman are not allowed to drive and they are free to do anything alone ( hanging out with friends, going to malls ...). It's totally safe for women but it's not recommended to go out late at night (like any other city in the world).

I don't think there are lot of things to do in Jubail as it's small and industrial city, but she can join gyms/health clubs for women, going to malls ( there is no big malls in Jubail but you can go to Khobar ( 80km from Jubail)), walking in corniche, fishing, Horsing, diving ( i'm not sure if it's allowed for woman but if you're interested i can make sure of that). Anyway, during the weekends Khobar or Bahrain is a good choice.

Hope this informations satisfy you and feel free to ask if you need more details.


- Muhannad

Hello Muhannad,

Thank you for responding!

I have read a lot about people going to Bahrain.
Do people have an apartment in Jubail and one in Bahrain?
Or do you just go for the weekend in a hotel? And what would this cost?

Kind regards!

I will take it from your last questions.

Some friends i know they own 2 apartments one in Khober or Jubail and one in Bahrain.

I rather go and come back at the same day but sometimes the parties goes wide and i have to spend a night there so i go to Hotel instead.

That was about 7 years ago when i was in Saudi before i left to US.

Actually, having an apartment in Bahrain is very expensive comparing to the apartments in Jubail. So, it's better to go for hotels. I think not all the weekends you'll go to Bahrain so it doesn't worth to have an apartment there.