Word: tribalization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Faisal consults senior princes and tribal chiefs on important matters, but final decisions are still his own. Unlike neighboring Bahrain and Kuwait, which are experimenting with legislatures, Faisal has no parliament, which he considers to be the crutch of a weak ruler...
...years until 1891, when they were driven out by stronger tribes. In 1901, however, Faisal's father, crusty Abdul Aziz, popularly known as Ibn Saud, roared out of what is now Kuwait to recover power. Ibn Saud gradually regained the kingship in rolling battles that involved shifting tribal loyalties and, eventually, British intrigue. Finally, in 1925 a force of 45,000 Bedouins led by Faisal - then his father's fa vorite lieutenant - recaptured Mecca by driving out Sharif Hussein, great-grandfather of the present King of Jordan...
Faisal's concern is fostered not only by tribal tradition but also by a deep religious faith. The King prays, as Islamic law commands, five times a day. When he is in Jeddah, he likes to take a prayer rug to the shore and meditate beside the sea. On Thursday evenings, when he visits a mosque for prayers, other worshipers are often invited home with him for a post-prayer repast. His personal life continues to be more ascetic than that of many of his subjects. The King dislikes opulence. Succeeding Saud, he declared his brother...
...anthropologists. These days a candidate had better have outstanding credentials, the ability to prove he is not with the CIA, eagerness to share his findings with the host country and a total absence of subtle colonial attitudes. Even at home, the growing militance of American Indians is making traditional tribal research by white scholars more difficult...
Despite the tribal ways, the capital of Port Vila is being rapidly transformed into a flourishing business center. Reason: when political tensions were rising in the Caribbean during the late 1960s, a number of financiers discovered that the New Hebrides were both peaceful and taxfree. In the last five years, 950 overseas companies have moved in, including eight active banks and representatives of 47 others...