Stores and restaurants close for approximately one-half hour at these times. When staging promotional events or product demonstrations, one must anticipate these prayer breaks. Dress is conservative for both men and women. There is strict gender separation in the Kingdom and restaurants maintain separate sections for single men and families. Wives are often excluded from social gatherings or are entertained separately.
Business hours vary in different parts of the country.
Saudi companies usually close for two hours in the afternoon and remain open through the early evening. Friday is the Muslim holy day. Travel Advisories and Visas Travelers may not carry alcohol, firearms, pork products, religious items, or items deemed pornographic into the Kingdom. On occasion catalogs and videos deemed appropriate in the West are confiscated if they show men and women socializing together or in revealing dress. It is advisable to carry prescription drugs in their original labeled containers.