saudi arabia

Describes the country of Saudi Arabia, covering the land and climate, plants and animals, natural resources, goods and services, indigenous peoples, cultural groups, arts and entertainment, sports, politics and government, and more.

In 2008, Nathan Deuel, a former editor at Rolling Stone and the Village Voice, and his wife, a National Public Radio foreign correspondent, moved to the deeply Islamic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to see for themselves what was happening in the Middle East. There they had a daughter, and later, while his wife filed reports from Baghdad and Syria, car bombs erupted and one night a firefight raged outside the family's apartment in Beirut. Their marriage strained, and they struggled with the decision to stay or go home. At once a meditation on fatherhood, an unusual memoir of a war correspondent's spouse, and a first-hand account from the front lines of the most historic events of recent days-- the Arab Spring, the end of the Iraq war, and the unrest in Syria-- Friday Was the Bomb is a searing collection of timely and absorbing essays.

Presents the history of the Bin Laden family, covering Mohammed Bin Laden's rise to riches helping develop Saudi Arabia and describing the family's global integration with various outcomes, from Osama Bin Laden's extremism to his brother Salem's career as a pilot and investor.

Chronicles the current history of Saudi Arabia as the medieval nomadic society clashes with the intrusion of foreigners, wealth, and technology.

A photo-illustrated introduction to the Muslim nation of Saudi Arabia, discussing the country's place in the world, and looking at its land, history, religion, politics, economy, people, communities, and foreign relations.

Traces the history of Saudi Arabia and Yemen, describing each country's climate, plants and animals, ethnic groups, languages, religion, settlement patterns, and demographic trends, and discussing industry, resources, government, and the struggles of the people.

Follows the line of the Saudi succession from its nineteenth-century origins to the present and chronicles the nation's ruling families' progression to an oil superpower.

Traces the history of the United States' relationship with Saudi Arabia, explaining how the partnership between the two countries became so intimate due to their shared interests and how those interests has influenced the growing problem of Islamic radicalism.