Tarsh Al-Bahr

"Many traditional Arabs from Nejd, the central Saudi heartland, used to refer to all outsiders as “tarsh al bahr” — vomit from the sea. People of African descent still face some discrimination, as do most immigrants, even from other Arab countries." Tarsh Al-Bahr does not mean "vomit from the sea." It is an old Saudi expression that referred to those "from behind the seas" who come to perform pilgrimage in Mecca and who wind up staying in Saudi Arabia. It can sometimes be used by Najdis to refer to people from Southern Arabia. Also, do you notice how uncritical Robert Worth is about Saudi Arabia? I mean, reports about slaves held by royal family members continued to surface until the 1980s. Also, Worth should have added that immigrants in Saudi Arabia face discrimination unlike immigrants in Western countries where everybody is free and equal.