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25 June 2022032 James M. Dorsey

Saudi religious soft power diplomacy eyes Washington and Jerusalem first and foremost

By James M. Dorsey Launched 12 years ago, my column, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, offers, to borrow a phrase from an early proprietor

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12 June 2022050 James M. Dorsey

Recognising Israel: Any Asian volunteers?

By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on  Soundcloud, Itunes, S

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2 June 2022071 James M. Dorsey

New Books Network: Interview with Peter Mandaville, editor of Wahhabism and the World

Peter Mandaville, Wahhabism and the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia's Global Influence on Islam, Oxford University Press, 2022 Saudi global expor

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22 May 2022068 James M. Dorsey

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s heady days

By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on  Soundcloud, Itunes, S

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18 May 2022086 James M. Dorsey

Saudi religious moderation: the world’s foremost publisher of Qur’ans has yet to get the message

By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on  Soundcloud, Itunes, S

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20 March 20220213 James M. Dorsey

In Saudi Arabia, dance maybe, dissent no

By James M. Dorsey   Three scantily dressed samba dancers wearing traditional feather headdresses laid bare the limits of social liberalisa

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In the bull’s eye: Turkish, not Saudi schoolbooks
21 March 20210631 James M. Dorsey

Turkish Schoolbooks Replaced Saudi Texts in Muslim Majority World

In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the bull’s eye of criticism of supremacist and intolerant curricula in the Mu

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Saudi Schoolbooks: What Does It Take to recontextualise Islam
20 February 20210593 James M. Dorsey

Saudi Schoolbooks: What Does It Take to recontextualise Islam?

Two decades of snail pace revisions of Saudi schoolbooks aimed at removing supremacist references to Jews, Christians, and Shiites suggest a willingne

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Saudi Islamic Moderation Put to the Test
8 February 20210631 James M. Dorsey

Saudi Islamic Moderation Put to the Test

Saudi Arabia’s combustible mix of religion, nationalism, and tradition as well as contradictions in the kingdom’s projection of itself as a driver of

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The Middle East Braces for Fallout of US–China Divide
13 January 20210634 James M. Dorsey

The Middle East Braces for Fallout of US–China Divide

China would like the world to believe that the Middle East and North Africa region does not rank high on its totem pole despite its energy dependence,

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