Title: Pro-American; Anti-arab
Product review: If you want a book that will describe Saudi culture from the perspective of Saudis themselves, look elsewhere. I was disappointed to find that the author seems to focus primarily on the things he dislikes about Saudi culture. He almost seems to go out of his way to make Saudis look ridiculous.On political issues, the author seems almost like a mouthpiece of the US government, agreeing with official US positions on everything. A ridiculously large portion of the book is devoted to terrorism and re-hashing the 9-11 attacks. I wish more pages would have been devoted to telling me about customs and taboos that would actually be useful for a visitor to Saudi Arabia to know about. It does include some of this, but not enough. The section on the oil industry is pretty good.And no, I am not an Arab or a Muslim.
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