Jeddah is the main entry to the kingdom for pilgrims.

吉达是朝觐者进入沙特的紧张入口。

A skyscraper called The Kingdom Tower will soon rise in the port city of Jeddah.

被称为“帝国大厦”的摩天大楼将屹立于沙特港口城市吉达。

Beneath its conservative veneer, Jeddah life is not as strict as one might assume.

保守的外观下，吉达的生活不比想像的严苛。

Most inexcusable in my mind is that we were kept as virtual prisoners in our home in Jeddah.

在我脑海中最不可原谅的是，我们曾经像囚徒一样被关在吉达的家中。

Earth buildings of four stories have stood for a century in for example, jeddah, Arabia.

例如阿拉伯半岛吉达城四层高的土筑建筑物已屹然耸立了一个世纪之久。

Massive lines snaked out from a theater as Jeddah residents queued up to see the new Saudi comedy "Manahi".

观众在吉达一戏院门外排长队购票，争相观看本土喜剧新片《Manahi》。

He then headed to King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, where some say he received a degree in public administration in 1981.

之后奥萨马去了吉达的阿齐兹国王大学，一些人说在1981年他在那所大学取得了公共管理学学位。

In 2006 its Saudi offshoot raised 2.55 billion riyals ($680m) to build a metropolis on the Red Sea coast, 100km north of Jeddah.

2006年他的沙特分部集资25.5亿riyals（68亿美元）在红海沿岸，吉达以北100公里处建造一个大都市——King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC)。

In Jeddah, a more liberal port city, seamstresses design abayas with bright colours and women smoke water-pipes out of doors.

在相对自由地港口城市吉达，不仅女裁缝师会设计颜色鲜艳的长袍，而且女性也会在公共场合抽水烟。

After banning Somali sheep and goats for many years, for allegedly being diseased, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia has once again declared them welcome.

因所谓患病被禁多年的索马里绵羊和山羊在沙特阿拉伯的吉达再次受到欢迎。

At the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology outside Jeddah, male and female students attend the same lectures and mingle freely.

在地处吉达旁的阿卜杜拉国王科技大学里，男女同学可一起参加同一门课的学习并且自由地往来。

Bayan al-Zahran, a lawyer in Jeddah, has set up the first female-led law firm, and law faculties in women's colleges churn out fresh attorneys.

吉达的一位律师巴扬·札赫兰成立了第一家女性领导的律师事务所，女子学院的法律系也培养出了大量的新人律师。

Although Amin never gained official asylum, he was allowed to perform an extended pilgrimage, involving 23 years mostly in hotels and villas in Jeddah.

虽然阿明从来没有得到正式的庇护，不过他允许进行朝圣，他有23年间，大多数时间都在吉达的宾馆和别墅中渡过。

Saudis watch a partial solar eclipse through special tinted glasses in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah on January 4, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Amer Hilabi

2011年1月4日，吉达城中的沙特人利用特制的茶色眼镜观测日偏食。

Today she serves as an appointed member of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce, a position she USES to improve women's rights while managing her own successful business.

今天她是吉达商会的委派成员，当她成功经商时，她也用这个职位来改善女性的权利。