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“蓝房子”的前身是个Riyad，在阿语里是指带庭院或天井的房子，也就是别墅的意思。这座别墅建于1910年，房东是现在旅馆老板雷达·阿巴迪（Reda Mehdi El Abbadi）的祖父默罕默德·阿巴迪（Mohammed El Abbadi）。后来，随着老房东和三位夫人的相继过世，房子空置下来，儿孙们皆因麦地那的生活不便而搬去了新城。
房子一旦没人居住就破损得很快。1997年，为了保全这份家业，同时注意到来自世界各地的游客渐渐增多，老房东的四儿子阿卜杜·阿巴迪（Abdou Samam El Abbadi）动意在这里开家餐馆。于是，全家人开始筹备，添置了桌椅和餐具，但老房子的布局和装修却丝毫未动。
要说餐馆的生意开始红火，还得益于开业一个月后来此的一批美国杂志记者，他们被这座老房子古朴、精致的装饰和布局以及伴餐的现场传统乐器演奏所吸引，回去后刊登了相关文章。自此，大批游客纷至沓来，络绎不绝。此后，弟兄几个开始置办客房必需品，使这间老房成为麦地那第一家家庭旅馆。在麦地那，这样的家庭旅馆有几十家，但据老板讲，他们家仍然是最好的。
"Blue House" is the predecessor of a "Riyad，" which， in Arabic， refers to the house with a courtyard or patio， and also means villa. This villa was built in 1910， the landlord， Mohammed El Abbadi， is the grandfather of the current owner of the hotel， Reda Mehdi El Abbadi. Later， after the death of the old landlord and his three ladies， the house became vacant， and the children and grandchildren moved to the new city due to the inconvenience of living in the Medina.
Once the house is not in use， it quickly deteriorated. In 1997， in order to preserve this family legacy， while noticing the increasing tourists from all over the world， the old landlord's fourth son Abdou Samam El Abbadi intended to open a restaurant here. So the whole family began the preparations by purchasing furniture and tableware， leaving the layout and decorations of the old house untouched.
As to how the restaurant business started to flourish， the family need to thank a group of visiting American magazine reporters one month after it opened. Completely enamored by the primitive simplicity， elegant decorations and layout of the old house， as well as the performance of musicians playing traditional instruments during the meal， the reporters published an article about this place after they returned to the US. Since then， a large number of tourists started swarming in， and the brothers started setting up the room necessities to make this old house the first family hotel in the Medina. There are dozens of family hotels here now， but according to the boss their hotel remains the best.
房子一旦没人居住就破损得很快。1997年，为了保全这份家业，同时注意到来自世界各地的游客渐渐增多，老房东的四儿子阿卜杜·阿巴迪（Abdou Samam El Abbadi）动意在这里开家餐馆。于是，全家人开始筹备，添置了桌椅和餐具，但老房子的布局和装修却丝毫未动。
要说餐馆的生意开始红火，还得益于开业一个月后来此的一批美国杂志记者，他们被这座老房子古朴、精致的装饰和布局以及伴餐的现场传统乐器演奏所吸引，回去后刊登了相关文章。自此，大批游客纷至沓来，络绎不绝。此后，弟兄几个开始置办客房必需品，使这间老房成为麦地那第一家家庭旅馆。在麦地那，这样的家庭旅馆有几十家，但据老板讲，他们家仍然是最好的。
"Blue House" is the predecessor of a "Riyad，" which， in Arabic， refers to the house with a courtyard or patio， and also means villa. This villa was built in 1910， the landlord， Mohammed El Abbadi， is the grandfather of the current owner of the hotel， Reda Mehdi El Abbadi. Later， after the death of the old landlord and his three ladies， the house became vacant， and the children and grandchildren moved to the new city due to the inconvenience of living in the Medina.
Once the house is not in use， it quickly deteriorated. In 1997， in order to preserve this family legacy， while noticing the increasing tourists from all over the world， the old landlord's fourth son Abdou Samam El Abbadi intended to open a restaurant here. So the whole family began the preparations by purchasing furniture and tableware， leaving the layout and decorations of the old house untouched.
As to how the restaurant business started to flourish， the family need to thank a group of visiting American magazine reporters one month after it opened. Completely enamored by the primitive simplicity， elegant decorations and layout of the old house， as well as the performance of musicians playing traditional instruments during the meal， the reporters published an article about this place after they returned to the US. Since then， a large number of tourists started swarming in， and the brothers started setting up the room necessities to make this old house the first family hotel in the Medina. There are dozens of family hotels here now， but according to the boss their hotel remains the best.