Author: Ahmed
Publisher: Pakistan Institute of Arts and Design of Book-Prod
Keywords: ummayad, khilafat, spain, rise, arabia, architecture, advent, islam, muslim
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1974-11-08
eBookDB-ID: B0007AN28A

Muslim architecture: From the advent of Islam in Arabia to the rise of the great Ummayad Khilafat in Spain Author: AhmedPublisher: Pakistan Institute of Arts and Design of Book-ProductionThis item is no longer availablePages: 128ASIN: B0007AN28APublication Date: 1974

Authors:Laura Werber Castaneda, Lawrence M. Hanser, Const
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: eskan, base, village, saudi, arabia, air, sultan, competency, deployments, development, experience, prince, role
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833035487
ISBN-13: 9780833035486

In fall 2001, the RAND Corporation conducted a survey of officers and enlisted personnel who had recently returned from a deployment to Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB) or Eskan Village in Saudi Arabia. This documented briefing reports the results of that effort, using survey data to consider the utility of a PSAB/Eskan deployment as a setting for broadening the skills and developing the competencies of Air Force staff. This briefing also addresses the larger issue of whether the learning that occurs during deployments merits tracking. The authors surveyed officers and enlisted personnel in the c

Authors:Frederic Wehrey, Theodore W. Karasik, Alireza Nad
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: cooperation, implications, policy, rivalry, saddam, iranian, relations, saudi
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046578
ISBN-13: 9780833046574

The often tense relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran has been at the center of many of the major political shifts that have occurred in the Middle East since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. This volume documents a study of how relations between the two powers have unfolded in the Persian Gulf, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine from 2003 through January 2009. Wehrey et al. detail the complex and multidimensional relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran and its implications for regional stability and U.S. interests. In doing so, the authors challenge conventional thinking about Saudi-Iran

Author: Dalia M. Spektor
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: illnesses, volume, oil, fires, war, gulf, scientific, literature, pertains, review
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 1998
ISBN-10: 0833026682
ISBN-13: 9780833026682

When the Iraqi army withdrew from Kuwait during the Gulf war, it left the Kuwait oil fields in flames. Burning crude oil produces a wide range of pollutants. This report examines the peer-reviewed scientific literature regarding possible health effects on U.S. troops of exposure to the oil well fires. The author reports that measurements taken in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, where most troops were assigned, showed concentrations of pollutants to be orders of magnitude lower than recommended occupational standards in the United States and comparable to ambient levels. The literature review revealed

Authors:James T. Bartis, Tom LaTourrette, Lloyd Dixon, D.
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: prospects, policy, issues, states, united, shale, development, oil
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833038486
ISBN-13: 9780833038487

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, when crude oil prices were high, government and private-sector energy experts took a hard look at the costs and benefits of extracting oil from the vast deposits of oil shale that lie beneath the western United States (much of it under government land). Oil prices soon subsided, and interest in the topic waned. With oil prices again spiking and global demand showing no signs of abating, it makes sense to reexamine the costs and benefits of oil shale development. In this report, the authors describe the oil shale resources (estimated at more than triple the pr

Author: John F. X. Sundman
Publisher: Rosalita Associates
Keywords: matter, series, over, mind, apostles, acts
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 1999-11-17
ISBN-10: 192975213X
ISBN-13: 9781929752133

As American-led forces assemble in Saudi Arabia for the largest military operation since Normandy, computer designer Todd Griffith discovers a secret function burried within the Kali chip. That night he is shot. Five years later, burnt-out Silicon Valley software engineer Nick Aubrey boards a "red-eye" flight to Boston and winds up seated next to a very disturbed man who claims to know the secret of Gulf War Syndrome. Over Utah Nick’s chance companion meets a dramatic demise, and the police accuse Nick of murder. Soon the police are the least of Nick’s worries. On the run from the

Author: Daniel Pipe
Publisher: Transaction Publisher
Keywords: eastern, politics, middle, islamic, views, miniatures
Number of Pages: 278
Published: 2003-11-11
ISBN-10: 0765802155
ISBN-13: 9780765802156

The volatility of Muslim and Middle Eastern politics has made these interrelated topics an overriding preoccupation of world and especially US politics. Perhaps no region of the world has ever so dominated the American public discourse as the Middle East does today. As Daniel Pipes shows, this results mainly, but not exclusively, from the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the ensuing war on terrorism. Other sources of trouble include militant Islam, Muslims in the West, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Iraq situation, relations with Saudi Arabia, the price of oil and gas, and US policy toward al