Khalifa Bin Salman
Author : Tawfiq Al Hamad
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 29,56 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Arabian Peninsula
ISBN :
Author : Tawfiq Al Hamad
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 29,56 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Arabian Peninsula
ISBN :
Author : Omar Al-Hassan
Publisher :
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 42,87 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Bahrain
ISBN : 9781840510386
Author : Andrew Wheatcroft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 35,13 MB
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317848179
First published in 1995. In this book the author presents an analysis of Shaikh Salman's role in the process of development. It is not a full, narrative, history of Bahrain during his period of rule, but an investigation of the forces that propelled Bahrain forward into the modern age.
Author : Tawfīq Ḥamad
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Bahrain
ISBN :
Author : Andrew Wheatcroft
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 11,75 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Bahrain
ISBN :
Author : Mohamed Matar
Publisher : Gerlach Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 44,41 MB
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 3940924849
The Al Khalifa of Bahrain is a long-standing dynasty that has established dispute resolution measures to overcome intra-tribal ambitions for power and wealth, replacing extra-constitutional rulership succession with primogeniture. Since their control over Bahrain began in 1783 until the British withdrawal from the Gulf in 1971, the Al Khalifa introduced ten senior ruling shaykhs, seven of whom experienced turbulent successions, and faced in-house rivalries and power-seeking disputes. This book provides valuable insights into how the Al Khalifa tribe managed to shape and maintain their patrimonial rule for over 240 years, ultimately emerging as one of the most prevailing and enduring royal families in the region today. It delves into their strategies and tactics for overcoming local contexts, external challenges, and intra-tribal rivalries. The book is an essential read for anyone interested in the history and politics of Bahrain and the Gulf region.
Author : Ben Hubbard
Publisher : Crown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 28,36 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1984823841
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A gripping, behind-the-scenes portrait of the rise of Saudi Arabia’s secretive and mercurial new ruler “Revelatory . . . a vivid portrait of how MBS has altered the kingdom during his half-decade of rule.”—The Washington Post Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Kirkus Reviews MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia’s sprawling royal family to overhaul the economy and society of the richest country in the Middle East—and gather as much power as possible into his own hands. Since his father, King Salman, ascended to the throne in 2015, Mohammed bin Salman has leveraged his influence to restructure the kingdom’s economy, loosen its strict Islamic social codes, and confront its enemies around the region, especially Iran. That vision won him fans at home and on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, in Hollywood, and at the White House, where President Trump embraced the prince as a key player in his own vision for the Middle East. But over time, the sheen of the visionary young reformer has become tarnished, leaving many struggling to determine whether MBS is in fact a rising dictator whose inexperience and rash decisions are destabilizing the world’s most volatile region. Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, MBS reveals the machinations behind the kingdom’s catastrophic military intervention in Yemen, the bizarre detention of princes and businessmen in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton, and the shifting Saudi relationships with Israel and the United States. And finally, it sheds new light on the greatest scandal of the young autocrat’s rise: the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul, a crime that shook Saudi Arabia’s relationship with Washington and left the world wondering whether MBS could get away with murder. MBS is a riveting, eye-opening account of how the young prince has wielded vast powers to reshape his kingdom and the world around him. Praise for MBS “Saudi Arabia is testing the extremes of tradition and innovation, of half-baked visions and intensifying repression. Ben Hubbard’s authoritative reporting on the inner sanctums of its society offers a perfect synthesis of journalism and area expertise: the best description we have at the moment of why things happen as they do in the kingdom.”—Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Return of Marco Polo’s World
Author : New Zealand
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 25,82 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Visits of state
ISBN :
Author : Carola Richter
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,96 MB
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1800640625
This volume provides a comparative analysis of media systems in the Arab world, based on criteria informed by the historical, political, social, and economic factors influencing a country’s media. Reaching beyond classical western media system typologies, Arab Media Systems brings together contributions from experts in the field of media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to provide valuable insights into the heterogeneity of this region’s media systems. It focuses on trends in government stances towards media, media ownership models, technological innovation, and the role of transnational mobility in shaping media structure and practices. Each chapter in the volume traces a specific country’s media – from Lebanon to Morocco – and assesses its media system in terms of historical roots, political and legal frameworks, media economy and ownership patterns, technology and infrastructure, and social factors (including diversity and equality in gender, age, ethnicities, religions, and languages). This book is a welcome contribution to the field of media studies, constituting the only edited collection in recent years to provide a comprehensive and systematic overview of Arab media systems. As such, it will be of great use to students and scholars in media, journalism and communication studies, as well as political scientists, sociologists, and anthropologists with an interest in the MENA region.
Author : Noah Feldman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0691227934
The Arab Spring promised to end dictatorship and bring self-government to people across the Middle East. Yet everywhere except Tunisia it led to either renewed dictatorship, civil war, extremist terror, or all three. In The Arab Winter, Noah Feldman argues that the Arab Spring was nevertheless not an unmitigated failure, much less an inevitable one. Rather, it was a noble, tragic series of events in which, for the first time in recent Middle Eastern history, Arabic-speaking peoples took free, collective political action as they sought to achieve self-determination.