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For younger readers
Broberg, Catherine. Saudi Arabia in Pictures. Lerner, 2002. For readers in grades 6 to 10.
Fazio, Wende. Saudi Arabia. Children's Press, 1999. In the True Books series, for readers in grades 3 to 5.
Goodwin, William. Saudia Arabia. Lucent, 2001. In the Modern Nations of the World Series, for readers in grades 5 to 8.
Heinrichs, Ann. Saudi Arabia. Scholastic, 2001. For readers in grades 6 to 9.
Kort, Michael G. The Handbook of the Middle East. 21st Century, 2002. For readers in grades 7 and up.
Saudi Arabia
AlMunajjed, Mona. Women in Saudi Arabia Today. Macmillan, 1997. How Islam, Saudi culture, and historical events have shaped the present opportunities in education and employment for Saudi women.
Brown, Anthony Cave. Oil, God and Gold: The Story of Aramco and the Saudi Kings. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Carefully researched story of the vast Arabian oil fields and the formation of the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco).
Choueiri, Youssef M. Arab Nationalism: A History. Blackwell, 2001. A concise survey that examines Arab nationalism as a historical movement and as a doctrine.
Fandy, Mamoun. Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent. St. Martin's, 1999. A candid look at Islamic opposition within Saudi Arabia.
Long, David E. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. University Press of Florida, 1997. Includes brief chapters on geography, history, politics, the oil industry, and foreign policies.
Mackey, Sandra. Passion and Politics: The Turbulent World of the Arabs. Plume, 1994. History of Arab culture and politics.
Peterson, J. E. Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia. Scarecrow, 1993. Comprehensive coverage.
Simons, Geoff. Saudi Arabia: The Shape of a Client Feudalism. St. Martin's, 1998. Outlines the challenges facing the royal family as an independent Saudi Arabia emerges. Examines human rights issues of free speech, corruption, the penal system, and repression of women.
Vassiliev, Alexei. The History of Saudi Arabia. New York University Press, 2000. Provides comprehensive coverage, from Saudi Arabia's emergence in 1745 to its position in the 1990s.
Yamani, Hani A. Z. To Be a Saudi. Janus, 1998. Brief portrait of contemporary Saudi Arabia.

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