Tag: Saudia Arabia

  • SAUDI BLOWBACK LEADS TO CHANGE OF GUARD

    SAUDI BLOWBACK LEADS TO CHANGE OF GUARD

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    Hafeez Khan
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    STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Rub al Khali, the Empty Quarter covers a third of the Arabian Peninsula. It hugs the belly of Saudi Arabia in the south linking it to Yemen, Oman and UAE. Our farm was on the edge of Rub al Khali, south of Riyadh close to an oasis town Al Kharj,…

  • THE EMERGING NEW MUSLIM ORDER

    THE EMERGING NEW MUSLIM ORDER

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    Hafeez Khan
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    STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I moved to Saudi Arabia in 1979. The fruits of oil wealth were beginning to show. Development was happening at a frantic pace all over the country. Based in the capital, Riyadh, the skyline was full of construction cranes. Those were the heady days of a new frontier attracting intense…