“Whoever wins society will win this war.”says Prince Mohammed bin Nayef” — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“We try to transform each detainee from a young man who wants to die to a young man who wants to live. Prince Mohammed bin Nayef” — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
I lived in Saudi Arabia in the late 1970s. It was, for a Westerner, pretty idyllic. There were the religious police; there were the… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“MODERN SAUDI HISTORY IN FIVE EASY LESSONS If you did not go hungry in the reign of King Abdul Aziz, you would never go… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“Always in life carry this motto with you: When you lose your money, you lose nothing. When you lose your health, you lose something.… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“on December 7, 2001, Osama announced that he was leaving. “He deserted us,” remembers Al-Hubayshi bitterly. “After five weeks his people came round telling… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“Compared by one commentator to “the death rattle of a seagull,” Costello’s voice was later said to have provided the model for Marlon Brando’s… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“There was no law that explicitly banned women from driving in Saudi Arabia. There is none today—the Kingdom’s notorious female driving ban is a… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“Of all the varieties of modern pollution, noise is the most insidious.” — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“We were not willing to be the tool of a foreign government,” remembers Sheikh Hassan today. “There were a number of people in authority… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“What, they had asked Meyer, did he do for a living? “Business,” he replied. “What kind of business?” came the question. “My business,” came… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
Fear generates anger, and fear generates violence, and those were part of what built the Saudi state. — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“The challenge of carving an honest and accurate accounting out of the hidden casino syndicates of Las Vegas in the early 1960s was a… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
