Arabian days. (modernization in Saudi Arabia)

From: National Review | Date: April 1, 1990| Author: O'Sullivan, John | Copyright information

The world's largest oil producer, a free-enterprise economy, and a U S. ally, Saudi Arabia has everything going for it. But can it modernize and stay true to Islam?

No ONE lies like an eyewitness," says the Russian proverb. First impressions of a closed society like Saudi Arabia must be taken with a pinch of cardamom. Nontheless they are: Riyadh Airport-an ornate marble palace from the Arabian Nights (of which a Saudi economist will later say, "I could have built three ...

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