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This was the critical event because Arabs have had good reason to doubt American sincerity: six decades of U.S. support for Arab dictators, a cynical "realism" that began with F.D.R.'s deal with Ibn Saud and reached its apogee with the 1991 betrayal of the anti-Saddam uprising that Bush 41 had encouraged in Iraq. Today, however, they see a different Bush and a different doctrine. What changed the climate in the Middle East was not just the U.S. invasion and show of arms. It was U.S. determination and staying power, and the refusal of its people last November...
...hijackers. Despite the vote's obvious shortcomings, Saudi newspaper headlines hailed the Kingdom's ?historic? election day and speculated that next on the reform agenda would be balloting for the 120-member Shura Council, a quasi-parliament whose members are appointed by King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al Saud...
...conservative opponent, part of a sweep of Riyadh's seven seats by the fundamentalists. As Al Ammari saw it going down to the wire, last week's vote was a test of support for Saudi liberals who have long been overwhelmed by conservatives loosely allied with the ruling Al Saud dynasty. A conundrum in President Bush's State of the Union call for democracy in Saudi Arabia, al Ammari says, is the risk that elections could entrench religious conservatives, not liberal reformers, in elected office. ?They will make the country more conservative, while we want it to open up,? says...
...year-old daughter Farah hopes that she and her mother will be able to make their own history in 2009, the year Saudi officials say women may be given the right of suffrage. ?We have been discussing the election at school,? says Farah, a medical student at King Saud University. ?We have our own ideas, our own hopes. Not only men are capable of doing things. We are trying.? But, as Farah adds, changing Saudi Arabia won't be easy...
Recent controversial works including Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 and House of Bush, House of Saud by former Crimson editor Craig Unger ’71 have focused national scrutiny on the current administration’s cozy relationship with the Arab nation’s rulers, but Kerry’s more mainstream approach had previously steered clear of such territory...