02983cam a2200421 i 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007802000300009504000280012504100080015304200080016105000290016908200100019810000290020824500770023726000550031430000410036949000400041052009880045050400510143850501810148952001410167065100660181165100510187765000320192865000320196065000780199265000690207065000610213965000750220065100660227565100550234165000400239665000410243685600840247712467420230410103826.0140530s2014    nyuab    b    001 0 eng    a18170825  a  2014016638  a9781107618237 (paperback)  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  aEng  apcc14a403 DS 247.9bM443o 201400a953.81 aMatthiesen, Toby,d1984-14aThe other Saudis :bShiism, dissent and sectarianism /cToby Matthiesen.  aNew York, NY :bCambridge University Press,c2014.  axxiv, 277 p. :bill., maps ;c23 cm.0 aCambridge Middle East studies ;v462 a"Toby Matthiesen's work traces the regional politics of the Shia in the Eastern Province of Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia since the late nineteenth century. The first comprehensive book in English on the topic, it casts new light on the survival strategies and political mobilization of the Shia community as it confronts the repressive machinery of the Saudi regime. The spectrum of Shia opposition groups range from Communists, since the 1950s, to Khomeinists after the Iranian revolution, some of whom use violence against the Saudi state. While most Saudi Shia opposition activists ceased their activities after the agreement with King Fahd in 1993, the regional uprisings since 2011 have reinvigorated tensions between the Shia and the state. The Eastern Province is home to Saudi Arabia's oil and is therefore of immense geopolitical importance, featured in all assessments of Gulf security, national stability, oil markets and Saudi-Iranian relations"--cProvided by publisher.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction -- 1. Politics of notables -- 2. Oil and dissent -- 3. Shia Islamism -- 4. A decade of confrontation -- 5. Marginal recognition -- 6. Arab uprisings -- Conclusion.  aThis book traces the politics of the Shia in the oil-rich Eastern Province of Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia since the nineteenth century. 0aSharqiyah (Saudi Arabia : Province)xPolitics and government. 0aSharqiyah (Saudi Arabia : Province)xReligion. 0aShiahxRelationsxSunnites. 0aSunnitesxRelationsxShiah. 0aShiitesxPolitical activityzSaudi ArabiazSharqiyah (Province)xHistory. 0aIslam and politicszSaudi ArabiazSharqiyah (Province)xHistory. 0aDissenterszSaudi ArabiazSharqiyah (Province)xHistory. 0aSectsxPolitical aspectszSaudi ArabiazSharqiyah (Province)xHistory. 4aSharqiyah (Arabia Saudita: Provincia)xPolítica y gobierno. 4aSharqiyah (Arabia Saudita: Provincia)xReligión. 4aChiitas Relaciones con los Sunitas. 4aSunitasxRelaciones con los Chiitas.423Cover imageuhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/43046/cover/9781107043046.jpg