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Sussex Academic Press, Published 2015. Hardcover, xxii, 333 pp.; 25 cm; First Edition (with full number line); illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs and a map.
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In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Dark gray textured paper over boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine; mild shelf and edge wear. Binding tight. Mild creasing to half-title page; pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Gold dust jacket with iridescent blue Arabic calligraphy on front panel and photograph of Effat University on rear panel; 3/4-inch tear at top edge near fore-edge, a few smaller nicks, light creasing along edges, a few small dents, mild shelf and edge wear, and light soiling. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. The first political biography of a Saudi monarch's spouse. 'Iffat Al Thunayan (1916-2000), raised in Istanbul in an exiled Saudi family, returned to Arabia in 1932, married the future King Faysal, and became the leading figure in Saudi female society, with a central role in founding Dar al-Hanan school and Effat University in Jiddah and in the Kingdom's philanthropic and health institutions. Based largely on interviews with fifty-three members of the al-Faysal family, friends and acquaintances, listed in an appendix. Further appendices reproduce her diplomatic passport and visas, Ottoman identity card, letters to King Fahd and Crown Prince 'Abdallah, and her last will. Photograph sections include al-Faysal family photographs from the 1930s and 1940s, the royal family, Dar al-Hanan, Effat University and the King Faysal Specialist Hospital. Kechichian is a Senior Fellow at the King Faysal Center for Research and Islamic Studies and author of Faysal: Saudi Arabia's King for All Seasons. Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Transliteration; List of Illustrations; Map; Introduction; From Constantinople to Makkah; A Pillar of the Al Sa'ud; Education for a Re-born Nation; Health Priorities for a Growing Population; The Role of Women in the Kingdom; From the Hijaz to Najd; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.