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Graveyard of Clerics: Everyday Activism in Saudi Arabia

Graveyard of Clerics: Everyday Activism in Saudi Arabia

Hardcover

Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and

IslamArabian PeninsulaGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0804799806
ISBN13: 9780804799805
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Published: Jul 7 2020
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

The inside story of political protest in Saudi Arabia--on the ground, in the suburbs, and in the face of increasing state repression.

Graveyard of Clerics takes up two global phenomena intimately linked in Saudi Arabia: urban sprawl and religious activism. Saudi suburbia emerged after World War II as citizens fled crowded inner cities. Developed to encourage a society of docile, isolated citizens, suburbs instead opened new spaces for political action. Religious activists in particular turned homes, schools, mosques, and summer camps into resources for mobilization. With the support of suburban grassroots networks, activists won local elections and found opportunities to protest government actions--until they faced a new wave of repression under the current Saudi leadership.

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