Where Tashfeen Malik lived in Saudi Arabia

Tashfeen Malik spent many of her formative years living in Saudi Arabia. She went to high school at the Pakistan International School in Riyadh, where she took premedical classes.

Pakistani children in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, head to the mosque for evening prayers. The more than 2 million Pakistanis in the Persian Gulf kingdom are part of a large but often isolated guest worker community.

There are more than 2 million Pakistanis living in Saudi Arabia, over 30% of the population. Many Pakistanis live in the Sulamaniya area of Riyadh, not far from where Tashfeen Malik lived during her high school years.

Women walk for exercise around Hara Park in the Sulamaniya neighborhood of Riyadh where many Pakistanis live. Tashfeen Malik spent many of her formative years living in Saudi Arabia.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Residents in the Sulamaniya area of Riyadh, not far from where Tashfeen Malik lived during her high school years.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Men work at a fruit market in the Pakistani neighborhood of Aziziya in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, where Tashfeen Malik spent many of her formative years.