Arabian Peninsula Archive
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We Will Not Fail
Posted on October 7, 2001 | No Comments7 October 2001, Afghanistan: For a new kind of war, it had an old sort of start. In the places where soldiers and sailors live--in Norfolk, Va. -
Puncturing the Devil’s Dream About the Hadiths of Najd and Tamim
Posted on August 16, 1999 | No CommentsIt is striking that not one of the great muhaddiths, mufassirs, grammarians, historians, or legists of Islam has emerged from the region known as Najd -
The Wahhabi Who Loved Beauty
Posted on August 26, 1998 | No CommentsSpending three years in the desert heat of Saudi Arabia was for me a time of Ultimate Enlightenment, which raised the veil from the Umma’s most enigmatic and closely-guarded secret -
War in the Gulf
Posted on January 17, 1991 | No Comments17 January 1991, Iraq: Force. Derived from the Latin fortis, meaning "strong," it was the watchword of an extraordinary week. I am stronger than you; therefore you will do what I say. -
Iraq’s Power Grab
Posted on August 13, 1990 | No Comments13 August 1990, Kuwait: With hindsight it looks so obvious, so wickedly brilliant. -
War in the Persian Gulf
Posted on October 6, 1980 | No Comments6 October 1980, Iran & Iraq: Suddenly the nightmare, the conflict that had only been discussed as a worst-case scenario, was at hand -
Sacrilege in Mecca
Posted on December 3, 1979 | No Comments3 December 1979, Makkah: It was as great a sacrilege to devout Muslims
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