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。

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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。

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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。

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Kingdom Tower is to become the centerpiece of a 17.4 million square foot (5.3 mln sq meters) development overlooking the Red Sea north of Jeddah called Kingdom City.

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"It's going to give hope to so many young women, " said Alaa al Mizyen, a 22-year-old consultant in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah, who played basketball at an international school and watched Friday's judo match on television.

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