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Karen Elliott House

    Karen House est diplômée de l'Université du Texas à Austin. Elle a étudié et enseigné à l'Institute of Politics de l'Université Harvard et détient des diplômes honorifiques de l'Université de Boston et du Lafayette College. Elle a également été chercheuse principale à la John F. Kennedy School of Government de l'Université Harvard.

    Behind the Kingdom's Veil
    On Saudi Arabia. Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future
    • Behind the Kingdom's Veil

      Inside the New Saudi Arabia Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

      • 384pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      "It's like watching a movie - just better," Dr. Elisabeth Kendall , Oxford University, Arabic and Islamic Studies.2020 Finalist Sarton Women's Literary Award for Nonfiction#1 Bestseller on Saudi Arabia, Social Group Studies, Islam, Civil Rights, Islamic Banking & FinanceWitness the mysterious world of Saudi Arabia. Understand Saudi culture, politics, history, human rights, and women´s rights as seen through the intimate and insightful experiences of an award-winning journalist.Few Westerners have been allowed a closer look at the inner workings of Saudi Arabia. Susanne Koelbl, prize-winning journalist for the German news magazine Der Spiegel , strips away the veil covering many secrets of this mysterious kingdom. For years she traveled the Middle East, and recently lived in Riyadh during the most dramatic changes since the country’s founding. Peek inside the black box that is Saudi Arabia. Koelbl has cultivated relationships on every level of Saudi society and is equally at ease with ultra-conservative Salafi preachers, oppositionists, and women from all walks of life. If you have an interest in books such as Robert Lacey’s Inside the Kingdom , Bradley Hope’s Blood and Oil , or Kim Ghattas’s Black Wave ; expect unique insights into the new Saudi Arabia, travel through the rapidly changing kingdom, and be a witness to very personal encounters with the citizens of Saudi Arabia in Susanne Koelbl’s Behind the Kingdom’s Veil .

      Behind the Kingdom's Veil2020
    • With over thirty years of experience writing about Saudi Arabia, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and former publisher of The Wall Street Journal Karen Elliott House has an unprecedented knowledge of life inside this shrouded kingdom. Through anecdotes, observation, analysis, and extensive interviews, she navigates the maze in which Saudi citizens find themselves trapped and reveals the sometimes contradictory nature of the nation that is simultaneously a final bulwark against revolution in the Middle East and a wellspring of Islamic terrorists. Saudi Arabia finds itself threatened by fissures and forces on all sides, and On Saudi Arabia explores in depth what this portends for the country’s future—and our own.

      On Saudi Arabia. Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future2012
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