DOSSIER – A hereditary multinational

Straddling the Koran and Aramco, the Saudis – theoretically more mystical than socialite – are well instated in the crucial boards of directors of major international companies.

The family council (an offshoot of the original Al Saud dynasty linked by appropriate marriages to the dynasty of the 18th-century reformer al Wahhab) and not a parliament produces all legislation, and the king is an absolute temporal and religious monarch. The Koran is the constitution.Hyenas, foxes, panthers, gazelles, falcons and ostriches are all included in the Saudi Arabian animal kingdom.
Top-quality dates and the largest oil reserves in the world, besides vast natural gas fields. Royal dates, gas and oil are all owned by the Saudi family. A major client of the United States’ arms industry and unwavering strategic partner of the West in the Middle East since the First World War. That is, until today.

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