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If Olaya Street Could Talk -- Saudi Arabia: The Heartland of Oil & Islamby John Paul Jones (Author)Publisher: The Taza Press (February 28, 2007)ISBN-10: 0979043603ISBN-13: 9780979043604Hardcover: 236 pagesItem Weight: 1.05 poundsDimensions: 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inchesIf Olaya Street Could Talk is a portrait of Saudi Arabia and its people, encompassing a 25-year period during the era of its dynamic transformation from being one of the poorer countries in the world to becoming a state with a modern physical and economic infrastructure. It is also a story about the western expatriates who worked and lived in the country--from the "free and easy 70's"--to the period when they became specific targets for execution by certain religious fundamentalists. The book addresses western perceptions of the country and how those perceptions were formed, from TE Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger to NY Times columnists Thomas Friedman, Maureen Dowd and David Brooks. The book's fundamental purpose is to examine the issue which…
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