The Royal Deal

Download or read book Saudi Arabia written by Geoff Simons and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simons describes the current human-rights situation in Saudi Arabia with reference to corruption, the treatment of dissidents, the penal system, the suppression of women, slavery and other aspects. A detailed history, from pre-Islamic times to the present, is provided, with attention to the influence of Mohammed, the Saudi ascendancy, the role of the West, the discovery of oil and the wars in the region. Finally attention is given to the various (economic/political/religious) problems that today face the Saudi regime and to the Saudi response.