Thursday, October 25, 2012

MIDDLE EAST - Saudi Arabia's History and Future

"Shifting Sands for Saudi Arabia's Future: A Peek Inside the Closed Kingdom" PBS Newshour 10/24/2012

Excerpt

GWEN IFILL (Newshour): ..... an inside look at the shrouded kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The country seemed an oasis of calm during the turbulent Arab spring, but that stability is shifting.

Within the last decade, there have been a number of terrorist attacks, including one in 2003, when suicide bombers struck a compound housing foreigners, killing nine Americans.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Karen Elliott House has covered Saudi Arabia for 30 years, often getting rare access to a vast spectrum of its society.

Judy Woodruff talked with her recently about her new book, "On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines and Future."

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