WITHSTANDING THE WINDS OF CHANGE? LITERARY REPRESENTATIONS OF THE GULF WAR AND ITS IMPACTS ON SAUDI SOCIETY.
This article argues that the 1991 Gulf War had a deep transformative effect on Saudi Arabia. It aims to analyze the extent to which this war brought about major ideological changes to a society seemingly deemed unchangeable. Through the study of three Saudi novels which drew on this war as a source...
| Publicado en: | Arab Studies Quarterly Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 973 - 996 |
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