Al Jouf or Tabuk???

Hello Princess MA and welcome to Expat.com!

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I hope that other members will advise you soon.

Harmonie.

Both Jouf and Tabuk are small places compared to Riyadh.

Needless to say that the traffic is better than Riyadh.

It will take some getting used to, your moving towards the Syrian, Iraq, Jordan border with Saudi Arabia.

Would suggest you go and visit, not everyones choice.

Al Jouf is a very small city. I think they have one mall and a women's center where you can go without abaya and go horseback riding and try other fun activities. If you'd like to see some desert animals, you can see them there, because it's mostly desert and farming. They are developing the area though, building newer highways and housing developments. The people are very kind for the most part. It is a more conservative area, culturally. There are restaurants, but many may not have family sections. If you will be living on a compound, then you will most likely be very far from main part of town because most of the compounds are further out in the desert. If you like shopping, then you may have to get used to the limited shopping options in Jouf.

Hey,
I am living in Jouf for the past 8 months. I am living in the "city" Skakah. It is nothing like Riyadh. It is a very very small town. There are no big mega malls. Only one recently opened called Plaza, where u can find City Max and Centre point shops. Other than that, there is a popular street to do shopping, called Shalob street. As regards for groceries, there is Savetown and Othaim, there are also smaller supermarket shops.
There is not much to do here in Jouf. If you had a very active life in Riyadh, well you need to be prepared to have a lot of free time on your hands.
As for schools, I have no idea. I work as a teacher at Al Jouf University. The university is ok.
All I can say is that, it might not be as amazing as Riyadh, but it is certainly peaceful and the people are really nice here.
It is more conservative. It is better for you to wear a niqab if you do go out shopping, the Mattawa does stop women who are not wearing niqab in public. That happened to me once, and to my friend twice.
However, I am sure you will settle in nicely and enjoy yourself. here

Take care

Thank you all sooo very much!! But my husband has managed to keep us in Riyadh - yippee!!!

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Hello ,

I got a position in Al-jouf university and might be joining in September.

@h-tiger : did you join al-jouf ?

Good evening, is there a female accommodation in university of aljouf?

Hello ...
I live in sakaka al Jouf... really it's boring life here
Anybody can rescue me 😂

You need to make Rescue plans to get ou of that boredom