Saudi Arabia is an enigma to most Americans. The country is home to Islam’s holiest sites and the world’s largest proven oil reserves. A strategic partner to the U.S. in the Middle
Lebanese scholar As'ad AbuKhalil examines the roots of the September 11 crisis, the causes for antipathy toward the United States, and the historical relations between the U.S. and the Islamic world.
Presents information otherwise difficult for English readers to find on the Middle Eastern region/country from the Canaanite occupation in 2800 BC to the Pope's visit in 1997, with particular focus on