The Keepers

A house of light needs keeping. Somebody trims the lamp, fills the oil, opens the door at four in the morning.

The Keepers are the movers, drivers, tutors, cleaners, fitters, tailors, vets and fixers who keep our clients' lives in Riyadh running. Every one of them has worked for a Manara household or company first. We only list who we would send to our own.

Find a keeperBecome a keeper

Keeping a household

Movers and unpackers. Drivers on retainer. Nannies and tutors. Cleaners who come on the day they said. A vet, a dentist, a tailor who has met an expatriate before.

Arrival keepers

Keeping a company

Accountants who file on time. Arabic translators for contracts. Office fit-out and furniture. Government-relations officers. Recruiters who know what a Saudisation quota means for your headcount.

Entry keepers

Keeping a building

Maintenance contractors. Landscapers. Pool and gym operators. Security firms. Furniture leasing for a compound going to market. Photographers who make a unit look like itself.

Place keepers

Keepers of Arrival

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[Keeper name]Movers

What they keep: Door-to-door moves from Europe and North America, unpacking, customs paperwork. Riyadh and Jeddah.

Kept for 14 Manara households
Not yet named. This one opens when a keeper has done their first job.
[Keeper name]Drivers

What they keep: A driver on monthly retainer, school runs and airport at any hour. English-speaking, own vehicle or yours.

Kept for 9 Manara households
Not yet named. This one opens when a keeper has done their first job.
[Keeper name]Tutors

What they keep: Arabic for adults who need it by Thursday, and school-curriculum tutoring across British, American and IB.

Kept for 6 Manara households
Not yet named. This one opens when a keeper has done their first job.

Introductions go through Manara. Keepers do not publish contact details here, and we do not sell placement. A keeper stays listed while our clients keep coming back to them.

Ask Manara for a keeper

Tell us what needs keeping. We pass it to whoever has done it well for a Manara client, and we say so if nobody has yet.

We read every one and reply, including when the answer is no.

Become a keeper

We are not a marketplace and there is no listing fee. We take on keepers one at a time, after they have done one job for a Manara client and done it well. Tell us what you keep, and we will find you the first one.

You hold a valid commercial registration or freelance licence. You answer within a working day, in English or Arabic. You quote before you start, and the quote holds. You are happy for Manara to ask the client how it went.
We reply within three working days. Nothing is published until your first job is done.
Manara · Riyadh since 2009Manara is independent and receives no fee from keepers.