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Madawi Al-Rasheed

Professor of Anthropology of Religion at Kings College, London

Madawi Al-Rasheed appears in the following:

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz attends the opening of the 30th Arab Summit in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, March 31, 2019.

Saudi Arabia Continues Bloody Crackdown on Dissent

Thursday, April 25, 2019

37 people were executed on vague charges related to terrorism.

Backstory: The House of Saud

Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Saudi Royal family has been a close ally with the United States for decades; they are also one of the most repressive regimes in the Middle East. Madawi Al-Rasheed, Professor of Anthropology of Religion at Kings College, London, looks into the history of the family, how they rule the country with an iron fist and why a nascent protest movement there has been suppressed.