Saudi Children Left Behind

’Saudi Children Left Behind’ is a blog designed to help children born to a troubling trend. For some Saudi men, it is not uncommon to father children abroad, only to return to Saudi Arabia. For the full film, visit ’My child-mind built it up. Daydreaming that maybe someday I’ll walk outside and he would kneel-down and greet me. You know, kneel down and outstretch his arms to me.’ Jared is talking about the father he never met. Like many young Saudi men, his father studied in America in the 70s, returning home when his partner became pregnant. It’s a painful phenomenon, and not uncommon by any means; in Guatemala, Sami is also searching for his Saudi father. ’I think he left for Arabia after I was born. He told my mum he would come back, but he never returned’, explains Sami. Jenniffer Crystal, whose Saudi Arabian partner left America after she fell pregnant, started a website - ’Saudi Children Left Behind’ - to help chil