“Saudi Arabia operates according to the belief that God made young men and women so utterly and completely without self-control that they must be physically segregated every moment of the day and night.” MenMadeSelfMomentsYoungNightBeliefMen And WomenYoung ManSelf ControlDay And NightArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:James Buchan
“Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.” StatesVirtueClaimsMonopolyArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:James Buchan
“The rise to prominence of the Saudi novel in Arabic is the great man-bites-dog of recent world literature. Saudi Arabia is a country without a free press, where European styles and forms are distrusted and where the female half of the population became literate only in this generation.” MenWorldCountryFormLiteratureHalfNovelGenerationsDogStyleFemalePressesPopulationGreat MenBitesArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisThis GenerationFree PressProminenceWorld Literature Author:James Buchan