Saudi Arabia: the oil revolution

An examination of the four faces of Saudi Arabia: the Arabia of the soil (the fellahin), the urban Arabs, the sea and the desert Bedouins. Traditional Arab life is contrasted with the sophisticated oil industry.
, After learning the history of the country, we see the four faces of Arabia: the Arabs of the soil, of the sea, the city Arabs, and the still unchanged desert Bedouina.
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An examination of the four faces of Saudi Arabia: the Arabia of the soil (the fellahin), the urban Arabs, the sea and the desert Bedouins. Traditional Arab life is contrasted with the sophisticated oil industry.
, Probes the internal tensions of Saudi Arabia and the reforms made by King Faisal since the oil boom of the mid-1960s. Points out the contrasts between Muslim orthodoxy and the demands of modernization., After learning the history of the country, we see the four faces of Arabia: the Arabs of the soil, of the sea, the city Arabs, and the still unchanged desert Bedouina.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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  1. Saudi Arabia: the oil revolution 1975
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