Title:
On Saudi Arabia : its people, past, religion, fault lines--and future / Karen Elliot House.
Author:
House, Karen Elliot.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Call Number:
DS215 .H68 2012
Abstract:
A journalist draws on three decades of firsthand experience to profile contemporary Saudi Arabia, offering insight into its leaders, citizens, cultural complexities, and international prospects.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780307272164
Physical Description:
x, 308 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Fragile -- Al Saud survival skills -- Islam : dominant and divided -- The social labyrinth -- Females and fault lines -- The young and the restless -- Princes -- Failing grades -- Plans, paralysis, and poverty -- Outcasts -- ... and outlaws -- Succession -- Saudi scenarios -- On pins and needles -- Endgame.
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