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House Of Saud
A special history on Saudi Arabia, its uneasy relationship with America, and the challenges the kingdom confronts as tradition and modernity violently collide.
Introduction
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interviewsanalysischronology: house of sauda royal family tree

Saudi royal family members, officials, activists, religious leaders, and foreign experts

Prospects for reform, background on Saudi Islamists and, "the most pivotal issue"

Events in the U.S.-Saudi alliance, the reign of the Al Saud family and the region's geopolitics

The line of succession from Abd al-Aziz, with sketches of the kings and some of the princes

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introduction + interviews + anecdotes + chronology: house of saud + a royal family tree
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posted feb. 8, 2005

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