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Dr.
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ophthalmology department at Riyadh's King
Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research
Center, was named a visiting professor at
Johns Hopkins University in the United States.
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On
a Dagger's Edge -- "For Saudis, A
Hard Fight Over Faith," by Faye Bowers,
Staff Writer of The Christian Science
Monitor |
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On
a Dagger's Edge -- "How an Al Qaeda
Hotbed Turned Inhospitable," by Faye
Bowers, Staff Writer of The Christian
Science Monitor |
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"Special
Energy Supplement: The New Geopolitics
of Oil," by Joe Barnes, Amy Jaffe &
Edward L. Morse |
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Saudi-U.S.
Relations Information Service (SUSRIS) &
Saudi-American Forum (SAF) Quarterly Summary |
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Saudi
Arabia - 2003 GulfWire Digest Reporting |
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"Of
Virtue and Vice: The Saudi-American
Fight Against Terror Financing," by Tanya
Hsu and Grant F. Smith |
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Saudi
Arabia Accountability Act |
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"Thomas
Lippman - 'Inside the Mirage'- US-Saudi
Relations - SAIS Panel" |
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"Scapegoating
Saudi Arabia for 9/11," by Ahmad Faruqui |
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"Deputy
Secretary of State Richard Armitage Applauds
Saudi Arabia's Anti-Terrorism Efforts" |
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"A
Different View: A Young Saudi Woman Talks
About Society and Culture - An Interview with
Sahar al Husseini" |
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"Understanding
US-Saudi Relations: Challenging
Stereotypes - Amb. Chas Freeman at SAIS" |
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"Security
in Saudi Arabia and the Prospects for
Political Reform - Khaled al-Maeena, Editor in
Chief of Arab News at the Middle East
Institute" |
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"A
Change in the Kingdom," by William Tracy |
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"The
Arab Peace Initiative," by Shafeeq N.
Ghabra |
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"I
Trust Crown Prince Abdullah: Bush,"
by Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid |
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"Riyadh:
Rooting Out Al Qaeda," by Edward S.
Walker and Wyche Fowler |
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"President
Bush Nominates James Oberwetter to Serve as
the New Ambassador to Saudi Arabia" |
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"Same
Tactics, New Target," by Amir Teheri |
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"A
Clear and Present Danger: 'Wahhabism' as
a Rhetorical Foil," by Alexander Knysh |
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"Saudi
Pseudo Studies," by Amir Taheri |
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"Terrorists
Strike Riyadh Compound in Suicide Bombing -
[Special Report #2]" |
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"Terrorists
Strike Riyadh Compound in Suicide Bombing -
[Special Report #1]" |
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"Perspectives
on Developments in US-Saudi Relations: A
Saudi Woman Speaks on the Issues" |
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"President
Bush on Freedom in the Middle East" |
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"Redeployment
of the F-15 to Tabuk," by Anthony H.
Cordesman |
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"Saudization:
Development and Expectations Management,"
by Grant F. Smith |
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"Behind
and Beyond the Headlines: Saudi
Arabia," by Karen Miller Lamb |
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"Correcting
Misconceptions About Women's Role in Saudi
Society," by Maha Akeel, Arab News
staff |
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"Saudi
Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah Discusses
Relations between Muslim and Non-Muslim
Nations" |
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"
'In Defense of the Nation': Terror and
Reform in Saudi Arabia," by James A.
Russell |
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"Strengthening
Arab-US Relations: What Is Required?
A Saudi View of the Palestine Problem,"
by Amr Khashoggi |
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"U.S.-Arab
Economic Forum: One World. Two
Cultures. Endless Possibilities." |
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"HRH
Prince Saud Al-Faisal Foreign Minister of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the U.S. - Arab
Economic Forum" |
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"Saudi-U.S.
Relations Information Service (SUSRIS) &
Saudi-American (SAF) Quarterly Summary" |
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"The
United States Must Not Neglect Saudi Arabian
Investment," by Tanya C. Hsu |
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"Saudi-American
Forum Interview with Ambassador Chas W.
Freeman: Part III - A Relationship in
Transition: What Is to Be Done?" |
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"Saudi-American
Forum Interview with Ambassador Chas W.
Freeman: Part II - A Relationship in
Transition, 9/11, Then What?" |
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"Saudi-American
Forum Interview with Ambassador Chas W.
Freeman: Part I - A Relationship in
Transition -- And Then 9/11" |
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"Saudi
Officials Take on
Challenges in the Media: Prince Saud
Al-Faisal and Prince Turki Al-Faisal Respond
to Charges" |
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"Flogging
the Arabs? The 2004 U.S. Presidential
Election and the Middle East," by David
T. Dumke |
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"Whither
Saudi Arabia? Three Authors Try to
Penetrate a Middle East Enigma," by David
Long |
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"At
Your Service: Future U.S. Service
Exports to Saudi Arabia," by Grant F.
Smith |
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"Saudi
Arabia: Current Issues and U.S.
Relations," by Alfred B. Prados,
Congressional Research Service |
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"The
Crucibles: 9/11, Afghanistan and the
Fashioning of a Foe [Part II]," by
Gregory J. H. Dowling |
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"On
Terrorism, Methodism, Saudi 'Wahhabism,' and
the Censored 9-11 Report," by Gary Leupp |
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"Saudis
Reject Bin Laden and Terrorism," by Dr.
James J. Zogby |
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"Saudi
Government Counterterrorism - Counter
Extremism Actions," by Anthony H.
Cordesman |
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"The
Crucibles: 9/11, Afghanistan and the
Fashioning of a Foe [Part I]," by Gregory
J. H. Dowling |
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1. "Saudi
Reform,"
Middle East Document, Middle East
Economic Survey
2. "On A
Dagger's Edge"
by Faye Bowers, Staff Writer for The
Christian Science Monitor
Part
3 - "Saudi Students Face a
Changing System"
Part
4 - "Saudi Women, Long Silent,
Gain a Quiet Voice"
3. "The
Quiet Revolution - Saudi
Arabia," by Edward S.
Walker, Jr.
4. "Al-Ikhbariya
Makes Waves,"
by Raid Qusti, Riyadh Bureau Chief, Arab
News
5. From the
History of Saudi-U.S. Relations
6. On the Web -
"Presenting the 'Other'
American Point of View," by
Adrienne McPhail, Arab News
7. On the Bookshelf - The
Making of Saudi Arabia 1916-1936:
From Chieftaincy to Monarchical
State by Joseph Kostiner
8. What is SUSRIS?
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 Saudi
Reform
Middle East Document
Middle
East Economic Survey
Vol. XLVII, No. 02
January 12, 2004
In
pursuance of Shari'a principles
based on safeguarding people's
interest and concern with the public
good, carrying out the
responsibility borne by the
country's clergy and intellectuals,
and taking up from the First
National Intellectual Dialogue which
was followed by a Royal Decree to
establish the King ΄Abd al-΄Aziz
Center for National Dialogue, the
Second National Intellectual
Dialogue meeting was held in Makkah
on 4-8 Dhu al-Qa΄da 1424 H,
corresponding to 27-31 December 2003
AD. The purpose was to establish the
idea of dialogue as a part of the
way of life and the main means to
get to know the realities and trends
of public opinion in order to
present them to the authorities
responsible for introducing reforms.
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An
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 On
A Dagger's Edge --
Saudi Students
Face a Changing
System
[Part
3 in a Series]
By Faye Bowers,
Staff Writer of The
Christian Science
Monitor
Amal
is a
twentysomething
fourth-year
medical student
whose parents
taught her to
dream big. She
does: Amal wants
to be Saudi
Arabia's first
famous female
plastic surgeon.
Mansour
al-Nogaidan is a
thirtysomething
writer who grew up
with a different
dream - he wanted
to become a devout
Muslim and rid the
region, if not the
world, of
infidels. Mr.
Nogaidan did live
his dream - for a
time. He became a
jihadist, and
attempted to purge
his country of
"infidels."
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A Dagger's Edge --
Saudi Women, Long
Silent, Gain a
Quiet Voice
[Part
4 in a Series]
By Faye Bowers,
Staff Writer of The
Christian Science
Monitor
Selwa
al-Hazzaa is
exceptional; she
says so herself.
She
is a woman living
in Saudi Arabia.
She not only holds
a job, but heads
the most
prestigious
ophthalmology
clinic in Riyadh.
As a doctor, she
treats more males
than females -
from "the
most distinguished
[i.e., King Fahd]
to the janitors,
and I love them
all," she
says.
She
also was recently
appointed
associate
professor at the
Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine
in Baltimore. Add
to that a husband,
three lively
children, and a
role as a very
vocal advocate for
women's issues. In
fact, the Saudi
government calls
on her for advice
on women's issues.
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 The
Quiet Revolution -
Saudi Arabia
By
Edward S. Walker,
Jr.
Middle East
Institute
There
is a quiet
revolution going
on in Saudi
Arabia.
No one
knows its depth,
its breadth or its
ultimate impact,
but the reform
effort is very
real and is
probably
unstoppable.
There was a
note of caution
sounded by
government and
business alike
during my
discussions in the
Kingdom in
December. King
Faisal's reform
effort and
ultimate
assassination were
on people's minds
and on their lips.
The Crown
Prince made it
clear to me that
he was dealing
with a traditional
and strongly
religious society.
He did not want to
follow the example
of Kuwait where
the government had
to back away from
a proposed reform
in the face of
parliamentary
opposition.
He
advocated one step
forward at a time
and none back.
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 Al-Ikhbariya
Makes Waves
By
Raid Qusti, Riyadh
Bureau Chief, Arab
News
Buthaina
Al-Nasr made
history by
becoming the first
Saudi woman to
read the opening
news bulletin of
the Kingdom's
all-news satellite
channel launched
on Sunday.
Modestly
dressed in a black
headscarf and
white jacket,
Buthaina read the
news with
incredible
confidence. Reema
Al-Shamikh and
Sausan Abdul Qader
were the other two
Saudi female news
anchors who
appeared on the
new channel.
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From
The History of the Saudi-US
Relationship
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 United
States - Saudi Arabia
Joint Statement
February
26, 1997
His
Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Second Deputy
Prime Minister, Minister of Defense
and Aviation, and Inspector General,
and his delegation was received at
the Pentagon today by Secretary of
Defense William S. Cohen for
in-depth discussions of bilateral
security relations and other
matters. Prince Sultan was accorded
a full honors parade and inspected
the honor guard upon his arrival.
In
their talks, the two ministers
reaffirmed the close ties in the
defense area that have characterized
the relationship between their two
countries for many years. The two
ministers discussed in detail the
arrangements that have been made in
recent months to improve the
security and safety of American
military personnel, and Secretary
Cohen praised the support and
cooperation given in this regard by
Saudi Arabia. The Saudi minister
confirmed the Kingdom's continued
commitment.
As
evidence of the close security ties
between Saudi Arabia and the United
States, the two ministers reaffirmed
their commitment to close
consultations, especially in time of
crisis, and agreed to establish a
Direct Telephone Link for secure
communications between their
respective offices.
The
ministers noted the sixth
anniversary of the cease-fire ending
the Gulf War which will be
commemorated this week. In this
regard, they noted the findings
stemming from United Nations
Security Council-directed
inspections that confirmed the grave
risks from chemical weapons that
were faced by the Coalition forces
that liberated Kuwait in 1991. The
importance that both countries place
on the Chemical Weapons Convention
as the principal means to eliminate
this form of weapons of mass
destruction was confirmed. Secretary
Cohen praised the leadership of the
Kingdom in having already ratified
the Convention and set an example
for the region and the entire
international community.
His
Royal Highness invited Secretary
Cohen to visit the Kingdom at his
earliest convenience to see for
himself the progress made by Saudi
Arabia in modernizing its military
forces for the defense of the
country. Secretary Cohen accepted
the invitation and hopes to travel
to the Gulf later this year, when he
will also visit U.S. military forces
and review recent force protection
initiatives.
Source:
U.S.
Department of Defense
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time we will use this space to alert
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Thanks.
 "Presenting
the 'Other' American
Point of View"
By
Adrienne
McPhail, Special to Arab
News
"RIYADH,
12 January 2004 - As I prepare to
leave the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, I
find myself reviewing the past two
years I have spent here.
"I
have kept a binder with the articles
I wrote that were published by the
Arab News during the past year and I
just re-read them reflecting on the
year 2003 not only as a journalist
but also as an American who has
lived inside the Arab world."
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The
Making of Saudi Arabia:
1916-1936:
From Chieftaincy to Monarchical
State
(Studies in Middle Eastern
History)
by Joseph Kostiner
Book
Description
Kostiner
tells the story of how Saud, with
British backing, expanded the Saudi
state to embrace most of the Arabian
peninsula and establish a family
monarchy that survives to this day.
Drawing on an impressive range of
materials, this is the most complete
study of the creation of the Saudi
state to date.
Description
source: Oxford
University Press
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