Sunday, 27 October 2013
Review: On Saudi Arabia (CURRENT AFFAIRS) By Karen Elliott House Vintage Books, US ISBN 978-0307-47328-8
Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines Future The Saudi people’s trauma stems from one strategic volte face by Ãlè Saud: the ruling dynasty first supported religious militancy, as in Afghanistan, and then backtracked. This tore apart society and unhinged the relationship between the political and the religious. Other factors also militated against the evolution of a just and egalitarian society. The glut of oil money meant not only prosperity but also a painful transition at a
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