According to the BBC I'm in Saudi Arabia today...

BBC Weather App Screenshot

Also, is that a "smartquote" inspired mistake there, Auntie?

Without knowing exactly where the place in question is, a rightward facing quote is one of the standard ways of representing the Arabic letter ع and a leftward facing quote one of the standard ways of representingء
Comment by stephdairy [livejournal.com] mid-morning Friday, October 10th, 2014