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Sandra Mackey lived in Saudi Arabia for four years. As far as the authorities knew, she was simply the wife of an American doctor. But she saw things and traveled to places rarely viewed by any outsider, let alone a Western woman, & she succeeded in smuggling out a series of crucial articles on Saudi culture & politics. The Saudis offers a fascinating portrait of Saudi life, chronicling Mackey's extraordinary travels & experiences & depicting Saudi Arabia's strange metamorphosis from backward desert kingdom to world power. Mackey reveals the chaos of a country in grappling with modernity, coming to terms with its own wealth, & battling to maintain an influential stance in an altogether new world.
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