Most probably there are no authentic games of the country itself, nor from Parker Brothers, nor of inland make, because although the sets hereunder described were bought in Riyadh there is no relationship with the country whatsoever.

Edition: Monopoly The Original, ref. 1090
Publisher: Parker Bros./Nilco - Egypt - ±1990
Dimensions of the box: 26.0 x 50.8 cm
The game:
The manufacturer of this Arab game is Greek of origin with a plant in Egypt.

The streets of this issue are of Egypt's capital city CAIRO, being from AL BEDAYA (The Start) on:
SHAREAA EL MALEK FAISAL (King Faisal Str.) - SHAREAA ALHARAM (Pyramidstr.) - Mahatta El Giza (station) - SHAREAA 13 (Street nr. 13) - SHAREAA 15 (Street nr. 15) - SHAREAA 9 (Street nr. 9) - Al Segn (The Jail) - SHAREAA NAWAL - SHAREAA MOHYY EL DIN ABOU EL EZ - SHAREAA MESADDAK - Mahatta Kobry el Lamoun ("Lemonbridge"-station) - SHAREAA SHAGARET EL DOR - SHAREAA ABOU EL FEDA - SHAREAA HASAN SABRY - Garaage/Entezar Maggaany (garage/free parking) - SHAREAA SHEHAB - SHAREAA EL BATAL AHMED ABD EL AZIZ - SHAREAA GAMEAT AL DOWAL AL ARABEYA - Mahatta Mahtet Masr (Egypt Station) - SHAREAA EL HEGAZ - SHAREAA EL NOZHA - SHAREAA EL MERGHANY - Ezzhab ela al Segn (Go to the Jail) - SHAREAA SHERIEF - SHAREAA 26 JOLIO (Juli 26th Str.) - SHAREAA EL BOSTAN - Mahatta Bab el Louk (station) - SHAREAA SOLIMAN PACHA - SHAREAA KASR EL NIL.

This game is made "under licence", but it is not mentioned of whom. Therefore there are 2 influences noticeable, both of Parker Brothers (see Uncle Pennybags coming out the O enthusiastic again) and of Waddingtons. The execution of the solid game board (with red back) as well as the property cards is according to Parker Brothers, but with some influences of Waddingtons like the locomotives on the stations being green and pointing to the right. Also the names of the properties are mentioned twice on the spaces of the game board, like they are on the Waddingtons' sets. The fold of the board is parallel to side 1 and 3. Finally the Chance cards (= Al HAAZ) have a blue back with the "locomotive pattern", whereas the Community Chest cards (= Al KHZAANA AL AAMMA) have a pink back. The banknotes have a Parker Brothers front with engine and house and on the back the Waddingtons' engine pattern again! The currency is LE = Egyptian pound.
The 10 tokens (car, thimble, wheelbarrow, canon, dog, boat, iron, shoe, horseman and hat) are of pewter and "made in Hong Kong". The green plastic houses do have a chimney whereas the red hotels have not. The inner box has a white plastic tray with 8 holes.

An almost identical game was made in Greek by the Greek works of Nilco!

The price of this set amounted to SR 99.- (=US$ 27.-) in April 1998.

Edition: Monopoly, without ref.nr.
Publisher: Inland make? - ±1994
Dimensions of the box: 25.8 x 50.0 cm
The game:
This is obvious a decent copy of the original, bilingual Waddingtons issue with ref.nr. 46021 with the streets of London. On each space the text is both in Arabic and in English. Copying went even that far that, like with the English game, there is a height difference of 5 mm between the lid and the inner box.

The price of this set amounted to SR 49.- in 1995.

Edition: Monopoly, ref. 7405 (2)
Publisher: "Made in India" - ±1994
Dimensions of the box: 25.0 x 49.0 cm
The game:
Strange enough this game very closely corresponds to those of the neighbouring countries YEMEN and OMAN, but this time it comes from INDIA! Only a price sticker on the box shows that this set was bought in Saudi Arabia.

This issue is a bad copy of the bilingual original game of Waddingtons with ref.nr. 46021 with the streets of London. On each space the text is written both in English and Arabic. For the rest is striking that:

Of the three different editions (as far as known, see also YEMEN and INDIA) issued under ref. nr. 7405 this is the medium one in quality.

Edition: Monopoly, without ref.nr. (1)
            Monaco Trading Board Game
Publisher: Inland make, MONAKO? - ±1996
Dimensions of the box: 24.4 x 48.2 cm
The game:
It is for sure that the Waddington issue of 1995 with double ref.nr. 44021 and 06951102 (see England) is used for this game. Not only the "gathered equipment" (2 metal tokens, stack of banknotes, 2 stacks of property deeds, 2 dice, 2 houses and 3 hotels) on the lid is a copy, but also the picture at the bottom of the box! Although this very set contains a simple partition of the inner box, consisting of but 3 folded pieces of carton, the poor picture of the inner box of the English set suggest there is a nice, red Banker's Tray with this set! That is sayd on the rim of the inner box as well. The game board as well as the details shown at the bottom are those of the English set, so not of the supplied bilingual game board!

This game board doesn't mean a thing. The fold of the soft carton is parallel to the 1st and 3rd side of the board, but doesn't go right through the middle! This fold also goes right through the word MONOPOLY (with open characters). Characteristic for this game board is the Micky Mouse picture printed in black on both the Chance and Community Chest spaces. For the rest is not clear if Monaco/Monako is the name of the (inland?) manufacturer or has a total different meaning.
As well the Chance and Community Chest cards as the property deeds are printed on large sheets of thin paper and have to be torned loose! The banknotes are also printed on thin paper and do have Waddingtons engine-pattern with £-sign on the back.
The tokens are 6 hollow, plastic pawns. The houses are of very dark green plastic and the hotels are (not transparent) dark red brown. Both dice(15x15x15mm) are black with white pips.

There is an Arab and English instructions paper.

Edition: Monopoly, without ref.nr. (2)
            Monaco Trading Board Game
Publisher: Inland make, MONAKO? - ±1996
Dimensions of the box: 24.4 x 48.2 cm
The game:
Thiis variant (with same bar code ref.) of the the former edition has rather a number differences in spite of its great resemblance, viz.:

Edition: Travel Games, ref. 14248102
Publisher: Waddingtons/Tonka/Hasbro Inc. - 1997
Dimensions of the case: 5 x 12 x 18 cm
The game:
Three years later than in most European countries Waddingtons also introduces the "red case, made in China" in the United Kingdom! Obviously this edition is immediately used to export to countries without own Monopoly games like Saudi Arabia.
The only advantage of this late issue is the fact that the banknotes are of the "1996 model", i.e. without any mention of copyright, while in the upper part of the circle "MONOPOLY with Uncle Pennybags" is printed in a black bar. (On the cardboard however still the old banknotes are shown!)

This variant is a well-reflected and practical travelling companion indeed. The tokens can be fixed on each space but not more than just one. That means that the next player landing on the same street has to move one step ahead! Only on the corners is sufficient space for 4 players to stay. There are also 4 holes per street for the houses and hotels.
There are no Chance nor Community Chest cards. Instead three dice have to be thrown and the instruction mentioned in the table with the corresponding number to be carried out. Instead of a free ticket to leave Jail you get one of the 6 keys.
For the rest the rules are the same as those of the standard editions.

The price of this set amounted to SR 59 (= US$ 16.-) in January 1999.

Publisher: Bes Toys Co. S.A.E - Nasr City Cairo - ±1997
Dimensions of the box: 20.0 x 28.0 2.5 cm
The game:
This interesting game is also made in Egypt.
The only English (especially for collectors?) in this Arabic-speaking game is on the bottom of the box. It tells us:

Of the 42 spaces of the game board of soft carton are:

The inner box for the component parts consists but of a tray folded of white carton that has to be shoved in a casing, together with the folded game board.

There is playing with:

Publisher: Bes Toys Co. S.A.E - Nasr City Cairo - ±1997
Dimensions of the box: 26.0 x 50.4 x 6.0 cm
The game:
This is obviously the luxury edition of the game because the nice flexible (!) game board with red back is in a (not very strong) box with fine lid. In the inner box is an insert of thin, white plastic with holes for the equipment.

The price of this set amounted to SR 48 (= US$ 13.-) in January 1999.

Edition: Monopoly "Junior", with 2 bar code nrs. (!)
Publisher: Inland make, MONAKO? - ±1998
Dimensions of the box: 23.3 x 47.3 cm
The game:
Never before was such an unimaginable careless and uncorrect forgery as with the manufacture of this game! See yourself:

1. The long box shows the picture of the square (!), English JUNIOR box. Even the bottom side shows the picture of the three laughing kids playing the Junior game. However the pictures have simply been stretched out in width!
2. Three of four rims of the lid as well as of the inner box show an empty red bar, the place where the name WADDINGTONS stood.
3. On the fourth rim of the lid is the bar code 9 0243025 2896327 >.
4. The text on the rims of the inner box is upside down. On the fourth rim is the bar code 5 0525468 5893755 >. So there must be something absolutely wrong!
5. When you open the box you won't find the Junior board but instead the gameboard for adults with the streets of London and the green engines who points to the right! The back of this soft board is red. Because this board also has Mickey Mouse printed in black on both spaces Chance and Community Chest I suppose that the maker also here must be MONAKO/MONACO.
6. The English Instructions show an illustration of the banker's tray whit the remark that it should stay in the inner box. However my picture shows only three circles but certainly no banker's tray! (The Arab Instructions don't show that tray).
7. Both Chance and Community Chest cards as the property cards are also in this issue printed on thin sheets of paper and must be torn apart! This also is a reason to suppose that the maker is MONAKO. Half the number of property deeds have a red back, the other half a blue one.
8. The banknotes are one-sided color printed on white paper with the Parker Brothers pattern with value-in- circle-and-4-spares-around. There is no copyright in the circle.
9. The tokens are 6 hollow, plastic chess pawns in pastel colors.
10. The houses are made of black plastic, the hotels are dark blue. They both have overhanging roofs with excentric placed chimneys.
11. The dice are red with white pips.