Graveyard of Clerics: Everyday Activism in Saudi Arabia

by Pascal Menoret

Book Overview

The inside story of political protest in Saudi Arabia-on the ground, in the suburbs, and in the face of increasing state repression.

Graveyard of Clerics takes up two global phenomena intimately linked in Saudi Arabia: urban sprawl and religious activism. Saudi suburbia emerged after World War II as citizens fled crowded inner cities. Developed to encourage a society of docile, isolated citizens, suburbs instead opened new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503612465
• ISBN13: 9781503612464
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"