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Fast Facts

• Ruler King Adbullah ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud
• since August 2005
• State Religion Wahhabism Salafi branch of
  Sunni Islam
• GDP 376 million
• GDP per capita 15,500
• Unemployment 11.8

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People of Saudi Arabia

• Age Structure
• 0-14 - 38
• 15-64 59.5
• 65 and up 2.5
• Literacy
• Total Population 78.8
• Women - 70.8
• Men 84.7

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Rulers

• Ibn Saud 1930 1953
• Saud 1953 1964
• Faisal 1964 1975
• Khalid 1975 1982
• Fahd 1982 2005
• Abdullah 2005 to present

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What Matters?

• Energy
• Electricity
• Arms
• Military/Security
• Religion
• Militants
• Money

• Alliances
• Family
• Gender

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Words needed for understanding Saudi Arabia

• Fatwa
• Infidel
• Apostasy
• Jihad
• Shariah
• Madrassa
• Wahhabi
• Saud/Saudi
• Mutaween

• Ulama
• Najdi