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Modern Saudi Arabia
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Author : Valerie Anishchenkova
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2020-06-01
Modern Saudi Arabia written by Valerie Anishchenkova and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-01 with Political Science categories.
This thematic encyclopedia examines contemporary and historical Saudi Arabia, with entries that fall under such themes as geography, history, government and politics, religion and thought, food, etiquette, media, and much more. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, known for its petroleum reserves and leadership role in the Middle East, is explored in this latest addition to the Understanding Modern Nations series. Organized into thematic chapters, Modern Saudi Arabia covers both history and contemporary daily life. Chapter topics include: Geography; History; Government and Politics; Economy; Religion and Thought; Social Classes and Ethnicity; Gender, Marriage, and Sexuality; Education; Language; Etiquette; Literature and Drama; Art and Architecture; Music and Dance; Food; Leisure and Sports; and Media and Popular Culture. Each chapter contains an overview of the topic and alphabetized entries on examples of each theme. A detailed historical timeline spans from prehistoric times to the present. Special appendices are also included, offering profiles of a typical day in the life of representative members of Saudi society, a glossary, key facts and figures about Saudi Arabia, and a holiday chart. This volume will be useful for readers looking for specific topical information and for those who want to read entire chapters to gain a deeper perspective on aspects of modern Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia
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Author : Winberg Chai
language : en
Publisher: University Press
Release Date : 2006-09-22
Saudi Arabia written by Winberg Chai and has been published by University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-22 with Saudi Arabia categories.
The book's editor, political scientist Dr. Winberg Chai, provides in his introduction a concise overview of this largely unknown kingdom from its geography and history to its contemporary role in the war on terrorism. Saudi Arabia: A Modern Reader provides readers enough historical data and contemporary information about the kingdom of Saudi Arabia to understand their role in the Middle East and to form their own opinions about its present and future relationship to the United States.
Saudi Arabia Enters The Modern World
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Author : Ibrahim Rashid
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Saudi Arabia Enters The Modern World written by Ibrahim Rashid and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with History categories.
Desert Kingdom
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Author : Toby Craig Jones
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-15
Desert Kingdom written by Toby Craig Jones and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-15 with History categories.
Oil and water, and the science and technology used to harness them, have long been at the heart of political authority in Saudi Arabia. Oil’s abundance, and the fantastic wealth it generated, has been a keystone in the political primacy of the kingdom’s ruling family. The other bedrock element was water, whose importance was measured by its dearth. Over much of the twentieth century, it was through efforts to control and manage oil and water that the modern state of Saudi Arabia emerged. The central government’s power over water, space, and people expanded steadily over time, enabled by increasing oil revenues. The operations of the Arabian American Oil Company proved critical to expansion and to achieving power over the environment. Political authority in Saudi Arabia took shape through global networks of oil, science, and expertise. And, where oil and water were central to the forging of Saudi authoritarianism, they were also instrumental in shaping politics on the ground. Nowhere was the impact more profound than in the oil-rich Eastern Province, where the politics of oil and water led to a yearning for national belonging and to calls for revolution. Saudi Arabia is traditionally viewed through the lenses of Islam, tribe, and the economics of oil. Desert Kingdom now provides an alternative history of environmental power and the making of the modern Saudi state. It demonstrates how vital the exploitation of nature and the roles of science and global experts were to the consolidation of political authority in the desert.
Salaam Alaikum
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Author : T. Shelley Russel T. Shelley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-03
Salaam Alaikum written by T. Shelley Russel T. Shelley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03 with categories.
"SALAAM ALAIKUM - Living in Modern Saudi Arabia" is a factual account of one man's experiences during five years living and working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is a snapshot of modern life as a true non-believer in a sternly fundamental Islamic country, one blessed by fabulous wealth and cursed by conflicting views on how to spend it. It is often light-hearted, for it is after all a book about daily living, but some chapters, such as Saudi Driving, need a somewhat heavier examination. There are quite a few photos of dubious quality included to break up the text, and all names have been changed for the obvious reason. All the information in the book has come from the author's personal experiences, which of course are entirely anecdotal. This, however, should not condemn the contents to automatic rejection due to a lack of properly-notarized evidence. In fact, it is all true, except perhaps for the author's opinions. They are probably only ninety percent correct.
Beyond The Dunes
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Author : Salma Jayyusi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2006-04-28
Beyond The Dunes written by Salma Jayyusi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-28 with History categories.
Saudi Arabia has changed beyond all recognition in the past few decades, and the country's writers have been pre-eminent in grappling with the dilemmas, the cultural jarring and the identity problems thrown up by such an accelerated pace of change. "Beyond The Dunes" opens up for the first time the diversity and richness of contemporary Saudi Arabian literature to an English-speaking audience in this uniquely accessible book. Mansour al Hazimi, Salma Khadra Jayyusi and Ezzat Khattab have put together a varied selection of poetry, short stories, novel extracts, personal accounts, drama and essays which provide a fascinating insight into the challenges and tensions of a culture that is striving to balance globalisation and modernity with highly cherished traditional values. The social dislocation experienced by Saudi Arabians finds vivid formal expression in the dramas included in this volume, which may surprise many Western readers with their bold experimentalism and surrealist elements. Novelist Ahmad al Siba'I, a more traditional writer, offers a reflective, humanistic response to the world, whilst poets such as Ghassan al-Khunaizi, Ahmad al Mulla and Huda al Daghfaq reflect both the rich stylistic heritage of Saudi literature and the new techniques and outlook of modern Arabic poetry. Even when they are harking back to the vanished world of pre-modern Saudi Arabia, many of these writers reflect generational dialogues and an awareness of contemporary resonances. "Beyond the Dunes" places women's voices firmly in the centre of the Saudi literary canon for the first time, reflecting the increasing pre-eminence of writers such as Raja' 'Alem, Qumasha al-Ulayyan, Noura al-Ghamidi and Fawziyya Abu Khalid. This ground-breaking book provides an indispensable introduction to the thoughts, forms and expressions of one of the most complex and fascinating of world literatures at a moment of pivotal transformation.
A Critical Analysis Of The Religio Political Conditions Of Modern Saudi Arabia
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Author : Khanday Parvaiz
language : en
Publisher: Shwetabhgangwaryt
Release Date : 2022-04
A Critical Analysis Of The Religio Political Conditions Of Modern Saudi Arabia written by Khanday Parvaiz and has been published by Shwetabhgangwaryt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
The beginning of the 12* century A.H./18* century A.D. witnessed the religious and moral degradation of the Muslims all over the world was at its lowest ebb especially in the province of Najd in central Arabia. More so because over the centuries this province of Arabia had became neglected due to its geographical location. Lying amongst the vast sand dunes of Arabia and also due to the fact that the centre of the Muslim empire had drifted far away from Arabia and the only important province for the rulers was the province of Hejaz which contained the two Holy cities of Mecca and Medina to which flocked the Muslims from all over the world every year and so they realized that the Ottoman Caliphs were the rulers of the Holy cities who bore the title of Khadim al-Haramayn al-Sharifayn. They had deviated from the spirit and stipulated standards of Islam to such an extent that even the non-Muslims wondered at the disparity between the Muslims of early times and those of the present era. It may be pointed out that the simple, clear-cut, chaste monotheism of Islam constituting the nucleus of the Islamic religious thought was completely eroded by saintworship among its followers. The religious practices of the Muslims of this area had become encumbered with all sorts of un-Islamic rites, superstitions and innovations comparable to those of the pre-Islamic Arabs consequently, the ignorant majority of the Muslims, bedecked with amulets, charms and rosaries preferred to go on pilgrimage to the tombs of the fakirs or dervishes,
Modern Woman In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
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Author : Hend T. Alsudairy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2017-05-11
Modern Woman In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia written by Hend T. Alsudairy and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-11 with Social Science categories.
The first book to situate the Saudi woman in a broader cultural context, this text explores a variety of themes, historical developments, and social taboos. It also investigates a wide range of writing by Saudi women, beginning with the first attempt by a woman to write for the public in the middle of the twentieth century up to the peak of the Saudi woman’s literary production in this millennium. It is also concerned with the Saudi woman’s social, economic, and religious contributions, making it possible for the reader to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the reality of Saudi women through studying and connecting the Saudi woman’s past with her present. As such, this book represents a major contribution to the study of women in the Middle East, and offers a unique contrast between fictional presentation and lived experience.
The Formation Of Saudi Arabia
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-02-12
The Formation Of Saudi Arabia written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-12 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading At the conclusion of World War I, a once promised unified Arab state, which was to include the modern Hejaz, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine/Israel, Jordan and Iraq, did not materialize. Instead, the territories were divided between the French and British, but the British did reward the Hashemites by putting local leaders on the thrones of Iraq and Jordan. In 1924, when the revolutionary government of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk declared Turkey a secular state and abolished the Caliphate, the Sharif (now King) declared himself Caliph, and it appeared that a new Arab-based Caliphate centered on Mecca would emerge. However, this was also not to be, because the Saudis had reformed their power base in central Arabia. While the First Saudi state had been shattered in 1818 by Muhammad Ali Pasha, in 1824 another branch of the Saudi Clan had captured Riyadh, making it the capital of their more cautious Second Saudi State. Their growth had been slow for some time, but they took advantage of the crumbling Ottoman Empire to consolidate power and in 1925 attacked the Hejaz. With that, the Saudis stormed Mecca and drove out the Hashemite Clan. Like the Hashemites, the Saudi family consisted of Arabs, but the family came from the Nejd, an area of the Arabian Peninsula to the east closer to the Persian Gulf. In the late 18th century, the ambitious Muhammed bin Saud, the head of the family and the Sultan of Nejd, allied himself with a theologian named Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792). Wahhab taught that Islam's weakened position (compared to the rising Christian powers of his era) was due to an internal weakness within the Islamic community. He taught that increasing numbers of Muslims had turned their backs on the teachings of the Prophet and had corrupted Islam with pagan influences. He was particularly scornful of Shi'a Islam or any practices that he did not see directly referenced within the Qur'an, and he sought to "purify" the religion and return it to its "fundamentals." Thus, Wahhabism is a form of fundamentalism that desires a return to the imagined purity of the past and a willingness to undertake dramatic steps to achieve it. As the process of consolidating the new Saudi state was still in progress, the course of Saudi Arabia's history changed with the discovery of oil, and today it is almost impossible to imagine Saudi Arabia without the vital resource. Not only does the country have 18 percent of the world's proven oil reserves and lead the world in exports, but in mid-2016, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported that Saudi Arabia had overtaken the U.S. to become the world's largest oil producer. There was, however, a time when the country's finances were anything but stable and when three ministries were the extent of the government's formal institutions. This was not, in fact, so long ago either, as the modern state of Saudi Arabia is still a relatively young country, formally announced only in 1932. At that time, finances were precarious; its major sources of income were Muslim pilgrimage, including the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina; customs and taxes; and international aid and loans. These were also all dependent on the current international situation and the interests of foreign parties. An economic downturn, for example, depressed the number of pilgrims, while shifting interests of international parties could cause support to dry up with little notice. The Formation of Saudi Arabia: The History of the Arabian Peninsula's Unification and the Discovery of Oil traces the formation of the modern Saudi state, beginning with its 18th and 19th century predecessors, as well as the various efforts undertaken by its founders to nation build and secure the Saudi family's position of power.
The History Of Saudi Arabia
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Author : Wayne H. Bowen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The History Of Saudi Arabia written by Wayne H. Bowen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Saudi Arabia categories.
This book traces the long history of this desert region, from the times before the creation of Saudi Arabia, to the political activities of the modern Saudi state, to recent developments in Arab and Muslim culture, enabling readers to grasp the country's key importance in 21st-century global politics. Educator and author Wayne H. Bowen provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of Saudi Arabia's history that makes clear this nation's political and economic significance as well as its vital role in the history and development of Islam.