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A land transformed

the Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Aramco
2006
Includes information on before the oil era, Architecture of Asir and Tihamah, handicrafts, The Bedouin, Neolithic tools, who is an Arab, frankincense, the Tayma stone, The prayer rug, the five pillars of Islam, the Hijri calendar and the two festivals, how Islamic science reached Europe, Arabic numerals, Arabic language, Arabic literature, the development of Islamic law, tribal settlers and nomads, rood, dress, money, music, Saudi women today, climate, falconry, crude oil, gasoline, the search for oil and gas, geology of Arabia, environmental accountability, Saudi Arabia and world energy, Makkah (Mecca), etc.

The Arabian Peninsula in the age of oil

2007
Examines how the production of oil resources have impacted the political, social, and economic development of the Saudi Arabian peninsula.

We live in Saudi Arabia

1987
Pictures life and work in Saudi Arabia through interviews with various citizens and visitors.

City of veils

a novel
2010
After the body of a brutally beaten woman is found on a beach in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Detective Osama Ibrahim, along with the help of female coroner Katya and her friend Nayir, discovers that the victim was a controversial filmmaker and must discern who wanted her dead.

Princess Sultana's circle

2000
A continuation of the life story of Saudi Arabian Princess Sultana in which she exposes the human rights abuses inside the country's royal family, discussing her niece's forced marriage to a depraved older man, and her discovery of her cousin's sex slave harem.

Finding Nouf

2008
The family of sixteen-year-old Nouf calls upon desert guide Nayir ash-Sharqi to investigate her disappearance; however, when her body is found in the desert and it is determined she died from drowning, Nayir teams up with lab worker Katya Hijazi to find out what really happened.

Saudi Arabia

1978
Discusses the history, geography, people, and culture of Saudi Arabia and its evolvement during the past 50 years from a poor backward country to one of the wealthiest in the world.

City of veils

a novel
2011
Policeman Osama Ibrahim, forensic scientist Katya Hijazi, and Bedouin guide Nayir Sharqi investigate the murder of a young Muslim woman washed up on the shores of Jeddah beach.

The battle for Saudi Arabia

royalty, fundamentalism, and global power
2004
Examines Saudi Arabia's ideology and its relationship with the U.S., discussing, among other topics, treatment of women and human rights.

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