Cradle of Islam: The Hijaz and the Quest for an Arabian Identity by Mai Yamani

Cradle of Islam: The Hijaz and the Quest for an Arabian Identity

Mai Yamani

248 pages first pub 2004 (view editions)

nonfiction religion informative reflective medium-paced
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Is Saudi Arabia really a homogeneous Wahhabi dominated state? In 1932 the Al Saud family incorporated the kingdom of Hijaz, once the cultural hub of the Arabian world, in to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The urban, cosmopolitan Hijazis were absorbe...

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