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On Saudi Arabia

Name: On Saudi Arabia
ISBN: 9780307473288

Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines--and Future

Karen Elliott House

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 2013-06-04

On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines--and Future

History LITERARY CRITICISM culture

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Who It's For

Good for readers who enjoy History / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula
Good for readers interested in history
Good for fans of History

What You Get

Themes: History, Culture.
Reading lane: Middle East and Middle Eastern.
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

About This Book

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With over thirty years of experience writing about Saudi Arabia, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and former publisher of The Wall Street Journal Karen Elliott House has an unprecedented knowledge of life inside this shrouded kingdom. Through anecdotes, observation, analysis, and extensive interviews, she navigates the maze in which Saudi citizens find themselves trapped and reveals the sometimes contradictory nature of the nation that is simultaneously a final bulwark against revolution in the Middle East and a wellspring of Islamic terrorists. Saudi Arabia finds itself threatened by fissures and forces on all sides, and On Saudi Arabia explores in depth what this portends for the country’s future—and our own.