Original Title: Zwölf Wochen in Riad
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Hardcover with jacket,
320 pages,
13.5 x 21.5 cm,
5.3 x 8.5 in.
ISBN: 978-3-421-04786-1
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Publishing House:
DVA Sachbuch
Date of publication:
May 29, 2019
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Exclusive glimpses of a country re-inventing itself
Spiegel reporter Susanne Koelbl was able to embark on a project few other journalists have managed to do: travel through Saudi Arabia without any restrictions and with no state supervision. She spent several months roaming around a country going through the most far-reaching period of transition in its history. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aims to catapult society and the business world into the modern age, while in spite of all the reforms the royal family cracks down relentlessly on anyone seen as a dissident.
In which direction will Saudi Arabia continue to develop? How do women and artists, opposition members and deeply religious Moslems view the break with old traditions and certainties?
Susanne Koelbl gives us fascinating glimpses of a country whose future is of the utmost importance for the region and indeed the West.
"Koelbl writes a marvelous book on the recent developments in Saudi Arabia, a book full of analysis, anecdotes and the tensions generated by the change of geo-politics in the Arabian Gulf. Her access to Saudi officials, princes, shop-keepers and to ordinary women and men struggling with jobs, school and bringing up children is unique […]. This is […] the result of someone who has lived in the country and has got to know the people."
Ahmed Rashid, bestselling author of "Taliban and Descent into Chaos"
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