House sat down with reza akhlaghi of foreign policy association to talk about her new book on saudi arabia. To participate in the project, please visit its page, where you can join the project and discuss matters related to book articles. She spent 30 years traveling to saudi arabia meeting hundreds of princes, paupers, women, men, modernizers and conservatives to write this book. Karen elliott house born december 7, 1947 is an american journalist and former managing editor at the wall street journal and its parent company dow jones. The new yorker did some longform journalism on the state of. From the pulitzer prizewinning reporter who has spent the last thirty years writing about saudi arabiaas diplomatic correspondent, foreign editor, and then publisher of the wall street journalan important and timely book. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read on saudi arabia. Since her book, however, the new king, salman, who ascended in 2015 with abdullahs death. Its people, past, religion, fault lines and future by karen elliott house 2012, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. But, according to karen elliott house, things in this shrouded kingdom could well change. She studied and taught at harvard universitys institute of politics and holds honorary degrees from boston university 2003 and lafayette college 1992. Pulitzerprize winning author, karen elliott house takes the readers on a journey into the kingdom of saudi. Karen house is a graduate of the university of texas at austin.
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