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The business of letting strangers into your home: Meet Saudi Arabia's HiHome

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“The business of letting strangers into your home: Meet Saudi Arabia's HiHome”

Most travel keeps you at arm's length from a place - you observe it, photograph it, pass through it. Something else happened on a trip to Cuba, when the journey led Alsadoun not to a hotel but into a stranger's home. "I wasn't just visiting places or seeing the usual tourist attractions," she says. "I was sitting with a local family, sharing food, having conversations, and getting a glimpse into their everyday life. That personal connection made me understand the culture in a way that a typical…

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