Why Is The Rub al Khali Desert Known as “The Empty Place”?
Saudi Arabia is a land of many deserts, but none of them is larger and more desolate than the desert known as the Rub al Khali, which means “the Empty Place.” The Bedouin tribes men who live nearby call it simply “the Sand.” This desert covers some 250,000 square miles, an area about the size of Texas! It’s a region of fierce wi
