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Crossing the kingdom : portraits of Saudi Arabia /
"For many people, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia evokes images of deserts, camels, and oil, along with rich sheiks in white robes, oppressed women in black veils, and terrorists. But when Loring Danforth travelled through the country in 2011, he found a world much more complex and inspiring than h...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2016]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Can oil bring happiness? alternate visions of Saudi Aramco
- Driving while female: protesting the ban on women driving
- Saudi modern: art on the edge
- Finding science in the Qur'an: creationism and concordism in Islam
- Roads of Arabia: archaeology in service of the kingdom
- Saving Jeddah, the bride of the Red Sea
- Who can go to Mecca? conversion and pilgrimage in Islam.