Saudi Arabia: the oil revolution

Series: The Arab experience

Duration: 25

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Learning Corporation of America

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: 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.

Complete Record: 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.