Storekeeper Jameel's stock-in-trade is twofold: casually stacked merchandise from all over the world and a generous supply of downright friendliness.

In the days when a man who traveled overnight from city to city was likely to be called a "world traveler," one man's itinerary lasted 24 years and covered 75,000 miles!

Winners at this old-time Saudi Arab game need a general's grasp of strategy, a scholar's concentration and plenty of patience with inevitable kibitzers.