Описание: It's All About Preserving the Power of the House of SaudReligious extremism and oppression of women over the past forty years support a single goal-preserving the power of the House of Saud.
Take a deep dive behind the veils and walls of one of the most secretive countries in the world. Few people have first-hand knowledge of who lives, suffers, and wields power in Saudi Arabia. Behind the Kingdom's Veil is a unique and personal portrait of a country critical to our future.
Become an eyewitness to the inner workings of two Saudi Arabias-new and traditional. Author Susanne Koelbl reveals the not-so-obvious facts of Saudi Arabia's history, politics and customs. An award-winning journalist and military and foreign correspondent for the German news magazine Der Spiegel, Koelbl helps us understand the intricate and often hidden power relations within the kingdom.
Chapter-by-chapter the black box that is Saudi Arabia opens. The author has traveled to the kingdom for years and recently lived in Riyadh during the most dramatic changes since the country's founding. She has long cultivated relationships on every level of Saudi society and is equally at ease with ultra-conservative Wahhabi preachers, oppositionists, and women from all walks of life.
Share Koelbl's experiences:
- Have breakfast with Royal Highnesses, meet Osama bin Laden's bomb-making trainer, and enter the palaces of secret service chiefs and diplomatic legends.
- Listen to intimate conversations with women about their homes as prison, contrasted by newly offered freedoms.
- Get to know journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered and brutally dismembered at the order of the current regime.
- See an in-depth portrait of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and the contradiction between the liberalization of Saudi society and its ruthless oppression of dissenters.
If you have read books such as Karen Elliott House's On Saudi Arabia or Robert Lacey's Inside the Kingdom, Behind the Kingdom's Veil is your next read.
