Welcome to THE DESERT TEAM (Fariq Al Sahra) website
We are a team of amateur Saudi travelers and researchers who are interested in Arabian desert and its history, geography and archeology.
We start publishing our reports in this website since 2004. These reports include our travel tales, researches, photographs and videos.
Our objectives from this website includes:
1-Sharing our trip reports with people who enjoy such travel writings.
2- Documentation of current state of some sites , this might be of vital importance in the future with current environmental destruction caused by accelerated urbanization.
3-We campaign to save desert environment and heritage sites from the ongoing damage.
4- We hope that our website will attract individuals who share the same interest from all over the world for more cooperation.
Finally…this site is in Arabic , you can use Google translate for translation to your language. There is a dedicated button for that at the bottom of each post. Alternatively you can just browse the images.
Prehistoric stone structures in Harrat khaybar (1)
Prehistoric stone structures in Harrat Khaybar(2)
Desert kites in Harrat Khaybar-3
Prehistoric stone structures in Harrat Khaybar(4) A theory for the purpose of Desert Kites By Vanja JanezicMawan (part of Zubaydah track)
Rabathah (part of Zubaydah track)
Jabal Thahlan
Jabal Qatan
Hejaz Railway trip (11 parts)
Jabal Mahajah east of Tayma
Qusayba dam near Khaybar
Kharybah Al-Ula
The White crater in Harrat Khaybar
Crossing Harrat khaybar
Jibal Al-Alam
Jabal Saha south of Al-Hasat
Al-Ghuzaiz
Jabal Sabha (Yathbul)
Al-Aflaj
Dahls (desert caves) 4 parts
Yabrin (3 parts)
Crossing between Harrat khaybar and Harrat Ithnan, Suwaymes lava tube
Wadi Rata and the Rock Art
Yamn Wells, Al Qawadim, Al Mathbah, Yatrouha
Jabal Sharaan
Hejaz Railway:Hejr, Mazham,Abu takah
Hejaz Railway:Al Mutalla, Dar Al Hamra
Al Gharamil, (Hoodoods) gharamil al rwala
Hejaz railway: kasm Sana, Al Muadham, Al asad
Hejaz railway: Khamisah,Akhdar station, Boghaz tunnel
Hejaz railway: Mustabghah, Grain ghazal, Birk, Uthily
Harrat Rahat
Wadi Al-Jizel, Abu Rakah with refrence to Alois Musil travels
Jabal Tathra’-Tadra and al Jaw area with refrence to Alois Musil travels
Al Ula
Marat
Second Part of Washm Area:Qararin
Third part of Washm area: Shagra and Ashiqr
Jabal Makhrug near Al–Hariq
Jabal Baloum and Graffiti rock
Jabal Ramman(1)
Jabal Ramman (2)
Bir Saja (historical wells)
Jabal Thanaeb west of Afif
Ajala (historical place near Afif)
Syrian pilgrimage road (series of 9 posts)
Hisma palteue
Madyan (Midian)shores:Haql and maqna
Madyan Shores II:Qial
Qa’ bani murr:Early Kufic inscriptions(epigraphy)
The Singing sands in Arabia
Disah-Wadi Damah
Rawafah and it’s Temple
Egyptian Pilgrimage Road-1-Introduction
EPR -2 Haql to wadi A’fal
EPR-3- Madyan-Moses well Magháir Shu’ayb
EPR-4 A’ynunah
EPR-5 Muwaylah
EPR-6 Wadi Azlam Istabl Antar
EPR-7 El wijh- Qala’t Wajh
Ad DahnaHoodoos and other geological wonders Between Tayma and Hayel:4 posts
Rock art in suwaj part1
Rock art in suwaj part2Tumuli Moundfield of Farzan in Al-Kharj: first of it’s kind in Central arabia
Wadi Mibhil,Jabal Qatan,and sites of Ancient Mining
Jabal Jamran a geological wonder
Yauma Al-Nashash pre-islam tribal war
Uthakh:islamic city in Najd thrived on trade and soapstone mining 1000 years agon, now in ruins
Qanats (Kariz) in Al-Kharj in southern Najd
Looking for Saudi Diamonds in Jabal Baloum
A Visit to Al-Aflaj pools and Karez system
Hejaz trip 1:Wadi Hamdh and the ruins of Al-Marwah early islamic villag.
Hejaz trip: crossing Wadi Hamdh through Jabal Ral reaching red sea
Egyptian Pilgrimage road (part8) from Akra to UmLuj
Egyptian Pilgrimage road (part9):wadi Nabt to Yanbu alnakhl
Egyptian pilgrimage road (part10):the station of Yanbu Alnakhl
Egyptian pilgrimage road (part 11): Badr station
Egyptian pilgrimage road (part 12): Abwa -waddan-Harasha
Egyptian pilgrimage road (part13): The caravan reach Megat Al-Juhfah- Rabigh
Hejaz trip: Crossing thrugh mountains from khulays
Birkat Ghamrah and Birkat Wajrh old stations on Iraqi pilgrimage road
the end of Hejaz trip Wabah crater
Kufic Inscriptions in Al-Sayalah near Madinah
Jabal Hillet old islamic gold mining site and village
Rock Art (petroglyphs) between Tath;ith and Najran inclding Abraha inscription part1
Rock Art (petroglyphs) between Tathlith and Najran part2
Rock Art (petroglyphs) between Tathlith and Najran part3
Traveling on the Incense road from Tayma to Al-Hejr (1) Rock art and beautiful landscape!South of Al-Kharj Deserts-2-AlBayadh- Petrified woods
Jabal Shu’ba In Hima Dharyah
Granite outcrops in Ramadiat area
Kufic inscriptions in wadi Abu Oud near Al-Ula
The lost Middle Ages Islamic city of Wadi Al-Qura (Mabyat)
Travel between Hijr and Muu’addam -look at the fantastic rock formations
A report on our Journey between Hijr and Tabuk through Harrats to investigate Prophets Tabuk expedition , In this trip we have documented quite interesting inscriptions and natural landmarks:
Part3: darb Al-Bakrah
New patch of Early Kufic inscriptions from Hisma added to our collection.
Al-Fawarah: An abandoned middle age settlement with Qariz (qanats) irrigation technology
Very early Arabic epigraphs found in NW Saudi Arabia.
A Short trip to Jabal Muasham in Qasim
Waqba ancient wells Near Hafr Al-Batin
The Pilgrimage Road between Madinah and Makkah: this is a series of articles about the history and current status of this historical road which was started by prophet Muhammed
Part 2: Thu-Hilaifah and wadi Malal
Part 5: From Al-Qahah to Sugia
Dating by events in the Early islamic inscriptions from Hisma: Here we present 4 inscriptions , one of them could be dated to year 23 of Hijrah.
Aqabat Alsawyig near khulays: this is a very interesting paved road made through a sandy pass to help Egyptian pilgrimage caravans, this was not studied before!.
Discovering a forgotten village under the sand: Ad-Dahna village near Yanbu was a vibrant village on the Egyptian pilgrimage road until the tenth century Hijri-(around 1550s) when it was destroyed by Mamluks . The village was vanished since that time under the moving sand, we have discovered this village thanks to GE and to its Qanats!.
Old islamic villages in Northern Hijaz: Here we study some of the remains of historical villages dating to the first four centuries of islam, these villages lies between Madinah and Ula.
Part 3: Passing from Birmah to khaybar.
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