The Arab King Who Defied America
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 26 March 1975 at around 10:30 am. King Faisal bides his time in the Royal Palace in between his many meetings today. He is a man renowned throughout the Islamic world as an unfaltering servant of God. So too is he adored by his countrymen as generous and just. Even his rivals across the globe have a begrudging bitter respect for his exceptional shrewdness as a statesman and politician. Whether friend or foe, the diplomat king’s ability to balance progress and social change on one hand with unquestionable devotion to Islam and its traditions is unparalleled – he is the glue that keeps Saudi Arabia bound together and boundlessly mobile. In a moment this will all permanently end: the king is shot by his nephew, Faisal bin Musaid, and the equilibrium will forever shift. But Faisal’s legacy is essential to understanding modern Saudi Arabia as a nation. Struggling to choose between evolutionary policies to increase geopolitical power versus embracing the conservative t
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