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Article: The kingdom faces the future.(Saudi Arabia)(Statistical Data Included)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- January 22, 1999
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As Saudi Arabia celebrates the centenary of the recapture of Riyadh by King Abdulaziz al-Saud, MEED Publishing Director and Editor-in-chief Edmund O'Sullivan looks at the origins and achievements of the modern Saudi state
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has two personalities that present contrasting faces to the outside world. Its cities ave been physically transformed by three decades of development. The people of Saudi Arabia are more engaged than ever before in international commerce and the technological revolution. At the same time, tradition expresses itself strongly in family and tribal ties, loyalty to the ruling Al-Saud family and diligent attention to the ...