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Weapons systems the U.S. sold to the Shah of Iran wound up in the hands of Islamic militants who seized power there in 1979; a comparable scenario in Saudi Arabia is hardly impossible.

Stephen Kinzer

Weapons systems the U.S. sold to the Shah of Iran wound up in the hands of Islamic militants who seized power there in 1979; a comparable scenario in Saudi Arabia is hardly impossible.

Stephen Kinzer

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Saudi Arabia isn’t just a conservative country with different values we shouldn’t judge. It is a modern Gilead.

Mona Eltahawy

Saudi Arabia isn’t just a conservative country with different values we shouldn’t judge. It is a modern Gilead.

Mona Eltahawy

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But Saudi Arabia is surprising in a lot of ways. Like any place, or any people, it relentlessly defies easy categorization.

Dave Eggers

But Saudi Arabia is surprising in a lot of ways. Like any place, or any people, it relentlessly defies easy categorization.

Dave Eggers

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I realised it is impossible to live with the rules they give Saudi women. Just impossible. You trying to do everything by the book, but you can never stay pure.

Manal al-Sharif

I realised it is impossible to live with the rules they give Saudi women. Just impossible. You trying to do everything by the book, but you can never stay pure.

Manal al-Sharif

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For 22 years, Bandar bin Sultan was Saudi Arabia’s influential, irrepressible ambassador in Washington.

Elliott Abrams

For 22 years, Bandar bin Sultan was Saudi Arabia’s influential, irrepressible ambassador in Washington.

Elliott Abrams

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I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I’d like to see them again. And I’d love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there.

Dave Eggers

I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I’d like to see them again. And I’d love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there.

Dave Eggers

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I chose to wear the hijab at age 16, soon after my family moved from Britain to Saudi Arabia.

Mona Eltahawy

I chose to wear the hijab at age 16, soon after my family moved from Britain to Saudi Arabia.

Mona Eltahawy

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For us, driving is not what we are looking for, but being in the driver’s seat of our only destiny. That means ending guardianship in Saudi Arabia, which means recognizing women as full citizens.

Manal al-Sharif

For us, driving is not what we are looking for, but being in the driver’s seat of our only destiny. That means ending guardianship in Saudi Arabia, which means recognizing women as full citizens.

Manal al-Sharif

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Saudi Arabia supplies much oil to the U.S. And it is the world’s largest consumer of American weaponry.

Stephen Kinzer

Saudi Arabia supplies much oil to the U.S. And it is the world’s largest consumer of American weaponry.

Stephen Kinzer

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Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America.

Stephen Kinzer

Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America.

Stephen Kinzer

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As a girl growing up in Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and then India, the idea of cracking the industry in America seemed crazy. So thankfully, the way I was raised was to be an open person.

Hannah Simone

As a girl growing up in Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and then India, the idea of cracking the industry in America seemed crazy. So thankfully, the way I was raised was to be an open person.

Hannah Simone

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The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

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If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.

John Bolton

If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.

John Bolton

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If, God forbid, a war with Iran breaks out, it will be a nightmare. And we will all be in it, including the Persian Gulf countries and Saudi Arabia. No one will remain unscathed.

Avigdor Lieberman

If, God forbid, a war with Iran breaks out, it will be a nightmare. And we will all be in it, including the Persian Gulf countries and Saudi Arabia. No one will remain unscathed.

Avigdor Lieberman

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As a woman in Saudi Arabia, you have one of two options. You either lose your mind – which at first happened to me because I fell into a deep depression – or you become a feminist.

Mona Eltahawy

As a woman in Saudi Arabia, you have one of two options. You either lose your mind – which at first happened to me because I fell into a deep depression – or you become a feminist.

Mona Eltahawy

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My father’s generation of Saudi men are more liberal than the men of my generation. But with women, it’s the opposite.

Manal al-Sharif

My father’s generation of Saudi men are more liberal than the men of my generation. But with women, it’s the opposite.

Manal al-Sharif

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Denying women the right to drive has imposed huge costs on Saudi citizens.

Manal al-Sharif

Denying women the right to drive has imposed huge costs on Saudi citizens.

Manal al-Sharif

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Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.

James Buchan

Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.

James Buchan

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While Saudi Arabia tries to usher in the post-oil era, its citizens struggle to adjust to a more diversified capitalist society.

Anthony Scaramucci

While Saudi Arabia tries to usher in the post-oil era, its citizens struggle to adjust to a more diversified capitalist society.

Anthony Scaramucci

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We have to review our foreign policy and stop rolling out the red carpet for countries we know to be funding fundamentalism: countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Marine Le Pen

We have to review our foreign policy and stop rolling out the red carpet for countries we know to be funding fundamentalism: countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Marine Le Pen

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Weapons systems the U.S. sold to the Shah of Iran wound up in the hands of Islamic militants who seized power there in 1979; a comparable scenario in Saudi Arabia is hardly impossible.

Saudi Arabia isn’t just a conservative country with different values we shouldn’t judge. It is a modern Gilead.

But Saudi Arabia is surprising in a lot of ways. Like any place, or any people, it relentlessly defies easy categorization.

I realised it is impossible to live with the rules they give Saudi women. Just impossible. You trying to do everything by the book, but you can never stay pure.

For 22 years, Bandar bin Sultan was Saudi Arabia’s influential, irrepressible ambassador in Washington.

I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I’d like to see them again. And I’d love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there.

I chose to wear the hijab at age 16, soon after my family moved from Britain to Saudi Arabia.

For us, driving is not what we are looking for, but being in the driver’s seat of our only destiny. That means ending guardianship in Saudi Arabia, which means recognizing women as full citizens.

Saudi Arabia supplies much oil to the U.S. And it is the world’s largest consumer of American weaponry.

Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America.

As a girl growing up in Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and then India, the idea of cracking the industry in America seemed crazy. So thankfully, the way I was raised was to be an open person.

The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.

If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.

If, God forbid, a war with Iran breaks out, it will be a nightmare. And we will all be in it, including the Persian Gulf countries and Saudi Arabia. No one will remain unscathed.

As a woman in Saudi Arabia, you have one of two options. You either lose your mind – which at first happened to me because I fell into a deep depression – or you become a feminist.

My father’s generation of Saudi men are more liberal than the men of my generation. But with women, it’s the opposite.

Denying women the right to drive has imposed huge costs on Saudi citizens.

Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.

While Saudi Arabia tries to usher in the post-oil era, its citizens struggle to adjust to a more diversified capitalist society.

We have to review our foreign policy and stop rolling out the red carpet for countries we know to be funding fundamentalism: countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar.