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Automobile license plates in Saudi Arabia carry three letters of the Arabic alphabet and three numbers.(The Week)(Brief article)

National Review

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Automobile license plates in Saudi Arabia carry three letters of the Arabic alphabet and three numbers. There has been a recent fashion for adding the Latin-alphabet equivalent of the Arabic letters. Some bold spirits have gotten themselves customized plates whose letters, in Latin form, spell out amusing or risque English words. Now the Saudi authorities ...

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