Toby Matthiesen: 2 books
Sectarian Gulf
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn't
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
As popular uprisings spread across the Middle East, popular wisdom often held that the Gulf States would remain beyond the fray. In Sectarian Gulf, Toby Matthiesen paints a very different picture, offering the first assessment of the Arab Spring across the region. With first-hand accounts of events...
The Other Saudis
Shiism, Dissent and Sectarianism
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
Toby Matthiesen traces the politics of the Shia in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia from the nineteenth century until the present day. This book outlines the difficult experiences of being Shia in a Wahhabi state, and casts new light on how the Shia have mobilised politically to change their position....