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Amr Al-Dabbagh, a
prominent Jeddah businessman, was appointed as
chairman of the
Saudi Arabian General
Investment Authority by the Custodian of the Two
Holy
Mosques King Fahd.
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WHAT'S
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
3," by Frances Meade |
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"Future
of Oil Supply: Saudi Arabia" |
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"Breaking
the Ties that Bind? U.S. Exports, Saudi Arabia
and the Accountability Act," by Grant F.
Smith |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
2," by Frances Meade |
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"The
Story of the Saudi Government Railroad," by
Frederick Haack |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
1," by Frances Meade |
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"The
Prospects for Stability in Saudi Arabia in
2004," by Anthony H. Cordesman |
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"Foreign
Students' Toughest Test: Getting In," by
Susan Taylor Smith |
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"Religious
Reform, from American and Saudi
Perspectives," by Jon Mandaville |
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"No
End to War," by Patrick J. Buchanan |
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"Has
Saudi Arabia Been a Positive Influence in the
Middle East?" by John Duke Anthony
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"Saudi
Arabia: Enemy or Friend?," Middle
East Policy Council [Part 5] |
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"How
the Saudis Can Defend Against American
Critics," by Jamal A. Khashoggi |
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"Saudi
Women and the Jeddah Economic Forum," by
Maggie Mitchell Salem and Reem Al Jarbou |
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"A
Mind-Bending Venture into Saudi Gender
Politics," by Judith Barnett |
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"Ten
Reasons for Reforging the US and Saudi
Relationship," by Anthony H. Cordesman |
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"United
States-Saudi Arabian Relations in Light of the
Current International Crisis," Summary by
Mary E. Morris |
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"Saudi
Arabia: Enemy or Friend?," Middle
East Policy Council [Part 1] |
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"Re-inventing
Saudi Arabia: The View from
Washington," by John R. Bradley |
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"A
Saudi Vision for Growth," by Lubna Olayan |
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"Joint
U.S.-Saudi Action Announced to Fight the
Financial War on Terror" |
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"Saudi
Reform," by Middle East Economic Survey |
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"On
a Dagger's Edge -- Saudi Women, Long Silent,
Gain a Quiet Voice," by Faye Bowers, Staff
Writer of The Christian Science Monitor |
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"On
a Dagger's Edge -- Saudi Students Face a
Changing System," by Faye Bowers, Staff
Writer of The Christian Science Monitor |
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"The
Quiet Revolution - Saudi Arabia," by Edward
S. Walker, Jr. |
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"Al-Ikhbariya
Makes Waves," by Raid Qusti |
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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 Taheri |
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"A
Clear and Present Danger: 'Wahhabism' as a
Rhetorical Foil," by Alexander Knysh |
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An
Item of Interest from SUSRIS
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 On
Relations and Reforms: Secretary of
State Colin Powell and Foreign
Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal
"..We're
united in the war against terror. I
expressed my appreciation to the
Foreign Minister and the Crown Prince
for all they have been doing in the
war against terror and we've seen some
real successes here recently in the
destruction of cells and in dealing
with those terrorists who are trying
to take advantage of Saudi Arabia's
hospitality and some very significant
individuals were killed recently who
were bringing terror not only to Saudi
Arabia but to other parts of the
region. So our relationship is strong
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Secretary of State Colin Powell
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Item of Interest from SAF
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 Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi
Arabia in the Sixties
By Frances Meade
Excerpt
from Chapter Four
"To
visit the souk, the central market,
was to go straight to the heart of
Riyadh; the one place, where as a
foreigner, one felt as much a part of
the city as any of its permanent
residents; where there were only
merchants and customers going about
the necessary business of daily life.
I shall always remember my
introduction.
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Who's Talking... The
Saudi-US Relations Information Service
web site features a discussion forum
for you to post your ideas, opinions
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Here. Among
the posts in current threads:
"This
[Honey
& Onions] is a great
remembrance, and I am so pleased to
see it posted here where everyone can
enjoy it. I thought I had a lot of
interesting stories to tell having
lived in Riyadh 18 years, but Fran
preceded me to pave the way to make
life easier for the rest of us! A good
friend to both the Western and Saudi
community. Thanks for your
contribution to understanding the
culture with both humor and
insight."
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"On
the Web" --
from time to time we
will use this space
to alert you to
articles, essays and
other items of
interest on the
Internet. If
you see web items
that other readers
might want to see
please let us know
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"Columbia
University
Delegation Tours
Eastern
Province"
By Aramco ExPats'
Staff
"March
15, 2004 marked the
commencement of the
Columbia University
Faculty visit to
Saudi Aramco hosted
by the National
Council on U.S. Arab
Relations Study to
the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia and Saudi
Aramco.."
Click
here to read the
complete article.
From
a recent series of
reports by NPR's
Mike Shuster in
Saudi Arabia:
"Saudi
Shiites Seek
Equality"
For
most of Saudi
Arabia's history,
the country's Sunni
majority has treated
minority Shiites as
second-class
citizens. A reform
process is currently
underway to bring
Shiites into the
mainstream of Saudi
life. But some
conservatives are
bent on keeping
Shiites excluded
from the Saudi power
structure. NPR's
Mike Shuster
reports.
Click
here to listen to
this report.
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From
The History of the Saudi-US
Relationship
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 Saudi
Arabia: Cooperation on Terrorism
Financing
Philip
T. Reeker, Deputy Spokesman
U.S.
Department of State
Press
Statement
Washington, D.C.
December 3, 2002
The
United States is pleased with the
continued cooperation we have received
from the Government of Saudi Arabia in
the Global War on Terrorism.
We
welcome today's announcement by Saudi
Arabia of enhanced mechanisms to
monitor and control financial flows
from the Kingdom. We believe that such
improved oversight of financial
transfers is essential to reduce and
impede financial support for terrorism
originating in Saudi Arabia. We
strongly support comprehensive
monitoring of charitable organizations
based in the Kingdom to ensure that
well-intentioned donations are used
for their intended purpose, not to
finance or abet terrorists. We believe
that such monitoring, especially of
donations leaving the Kingdom, can
prevent those who would assist
terrorists from using the charitable
generosity of Saudi citizens as cover
for their activities.
The
United States is encouraged by Saudi
efforts and will continue to provide
technical cooperation to Saudi Arabia
and other allies in the region as they
work to improve their capabilities in
monitoring and countering the
financing of terror. We expect
continued and comprehensive exchanges
of expertise with Saudi officials.
The
United States also looks forward to
convening the upcoming meeting of the
U.S.-Saudi Joint Working Group on
Terrorism in early January in
Washington. We believe that this will
further improve and formalize our
cooperative efforts in countering
terrorism. Chaired for the United
States by the Department of State's
Coordinator for Counterterrorism,
Ambassador Cofer Black, this Working
Group will serve as the primary
mechanism for the coordination of
joint activities, the exchange of
information, and setting mutual
priorities in the battle against
terrorism.
Source:
U.S.
Department of State
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newsletter -- all designed to enhance
your understanding of the historic
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The Saudi-US Relations Information
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