This book uses the youth life stage as a window through which to view all domains of life in
present-day Saudi Arabia: family life education the impact of new media the labour market
religion and politics. The authors draw extensively on their interviews with 25-35 year olds
selected so as to represent the life chances of males and females who grow up in different
socio-economic strata and typically face different futures. The book presents an account of
the ways in which family life education religion employment and the housing regimes
interlock and how and why this interlocking is subject to increasing stresses. The chapters
which are built on documentary research official published statistics and the authors'
original evidence provide invaluable insights into Saudi youth which has never before been
examined in such depth. Youth in Saudi Arabia will be of interest to students and scholars
across a range of disciplines including Sociology Politics and Middle East Studies.
