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Iffat al Thunayan: An Arabian Queen

Iffat al Thunayan: An Arabian Queen


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Iffat Al Thunayan, spouse of the late King Faysal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (r. 1964-1975), was a pillar of the ruling Al Saud family. Born and raised in Istanbul to an uprooted Saudi family, she returned to the Kingdom in 1932, a few months before the founder ruler, Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman, reinstituted the monarchy. Iffat used her influence to infiltrate many progressive ideas into the Kingdom, including significant strides in education for both boys and girls as well as major advances in health care. An astute observer and a doer par excellence, Queen Iffat left her mark on the contemporary history of the Al Saud, as she protected and empowered her kin. She raised a formidable family, listened carefully, guided conversations as necessary, spoke with moderation, recommended policies to her husband and, after the latter was assassinated, to her brothers-in-law who succeeded him. A politically conscious spouse, Queen Iffat played the leading role in Saudi female society, attended many state functions, and received female state guests. She traveled extensively, especially in Europe and the United States, supported myriad charities, and cajoled many to invest in the Kingdom. Universally respected, many people sought her advice for she shared her ambitions and ideas to benefit the entire country. Based on multiple interviews conducted with members of the al-Faysal family, friends, and acquaintances of the late Queen, Joseph A. Kechichian offers the first political biography of a Saudi monarch's spouse. This work is an important resource for social scientists and political analysts, and of interest to all who wish to learn about Arab women in general, and Saudi women in particular.

About the Author :
Joseph A. Kéchichian is the author of several published books, including Succession in Saudi Arabia (2001), Faysal: Saudi Arabia’s King for All Seasons (2008), Power and Succession in Arab Monarchies, (2008), and Legal and Political Reforms in Saudi Arabia (2013). His most recent publications are Iffat al Thunayan: An Arabian Queen (2015), From Alliance to Union: Challenges Facing Gulf Cooperation States (2016) and the forthcoming A Sultanate that Endures: Oman In the World from Qaboos bin Sa‘id to Haitham bin Tariq.

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A major academic achievement. The author paints an image of a liberalized Queen who seldom condemned the traditions of her society, and while she imported the best from what the West offered, her forte was to truly invest in her people and country. What comes across in this dramatic story, which highlights the life of a girl who lived under modest circumstances in Istanbul but became a lady in Riyadh and Jeddah, is a story of successes and failures, which makes the book a historical document that complements the authors earlier work on King Faisal, her husband. Kechichian has written the first biography of the life of a Saudi Queen and, in doing so, provided students of Saudi Arabia an important historical document. - Ibrahim Darwish, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 24 January 2015


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  • ISBN-13: 9781845196851
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Liverpool University Press
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Sub Title: An Arabian Queen
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1845196856
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 2014
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Weight: 820 gr


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