Behind the Kingdom's Veil: Inside the New Saudi Arabia Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Middle East History and Travel)

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 15 October 2020
Publisher: Mango Media

Few Westerners have been granted a closer glimpse into the inner workings of Saudi Arabia. Susanne Koelbl, a prize-winning journalist for the German news magazine Der Spiegel, lifts the veil obscuring numerous mysteries of this enigmatic kingdom. For years, she traversed the Middle East, and most recently resided in Riyadh during the most significant upheavals since the country's establishment.

Peek into the black box that is Saudi Arabia. Koelbl has cultivated relationships across every stratum of Saudi society and feels equally at ease with ultra-conservative Salafi preachers, oppositionists, and women from all walks of life.

Listen to intimate conversations with women about their newly afforded freedoms. Have breakfast with Royal Highnesses, meet Osama bin Laden's bomb-making trainer, enter the palaces of secret service chiefs, and view an in-depth portrait of the all-powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS).

If you have an interest in books such as Robert Lacey's Inside the Kingdom, Bradley Hope's Blood and Oil, or Kim Ghattass' Black Wave; expect unique insights into the new Saudi Arabia, travel through the rapidly changing kingdom, and be a witness to very personal encounters with the citizens of Saudi Arabia in Susanne Koelbl's Behind.

Weight: 558g
Dimension: 145 x 222 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781642503449