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Stories Set in Saudi Arabia
Across most of the Arabian Peninsula from Red Sea coast to Gulf dunes, Saudi Arabia is a kingdom of holy cities and oil towns. Unification in 1932 and oil found in 1938 turned scattered oasis towns into a centralized kingdom, so stories weigh tribal custom and faith against rapid city growth. Wadjda and The Kingdom carry that tension. Open Saudi Arabia on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 64 books, 33 movies and 3 games set in Saudi Arabia.

Malcolm X
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His…

Ava
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.

The Kingdom
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Wadjda
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Quran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.

The Message
Handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the prophet Mohammed.

A Hologram for the King
Alan Clay a struggling American businessman travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy a perpetually absent monarch and a suspicious growth…

The Dissident
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and…

Bitter Lake
An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

I Am Pilgrim
A breakneck race against time...and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A father publicly beheaded in the blistering heat of a…

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison…
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