The Afghanistan File

The Afghanistan File

by | May 11, 2021 | Featured Titles

The Afghanistan File, written by the former head of Saudi Arabian Intelligence, tells the story of his Department’s involvement in Afghanistan from the time of the Soviet invasion in 1979 to Nine Eleven 2001. It begins with the backing given by Saudi Arabia to the...
The Imam, The Pasha & The Englishman

The Imam, The Pasha & The Englishman

by | May 10, 2021 | Featured Titles

The dramatic encounter between Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha, Ottoman governor of Egypt, and his vanquished Saudi foe, Imam ‘Abd Allah, in Cairo in November 1818 marks the symbolic end of the First Saudi State. ‘Abd Allah was in transit to public execution in Istanbul, the...
Across Arabia

Across Arabia

by | May 10, 2021 | Featured Titles

  A vivid portrait of the early days of Saudi Arabia from the unique perspective of the first Western woman to travel openly across Saudi Arabia as a non-Muslim. At the end of March 1937, Geraldine Rendel found she had achieved a trio of unintended distinctions....