These two episodes are an overall detailed presentation of the various elements of the intellectual, religious, and political movements in Saudi Arabia with interviews with its symbols, experts and the specialists.
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia embraces several far-reaching religious and intellectual movements which are particularly imposed by; Social, political and economic conditions. Nevertheless, these movements represent the various facets of the Arabic and Islamic scenes where many sects and religions interact. The successive advancements and the interaction among the provinces of the Islamic world had a great impact on Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has been affected by the incoming movements such as the movement of the Muslim Brothers. Some of the early interactions have led to violence that was characterized by the phenomenon of Jheiman El- Outeibi. Other successive interactions, especially the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the War in Afghanistan, had a bigger role in the advancement of groups calling for the use of violence.
The phenomenon known as the Awakening, whose sheikhs have played a major role in the 80s and the 90s was nurtured. Since the Gulf War in the early 90s, the Saudi region witnessed the appearance of further more intellectual and political movements representing different views and which continue to increase progressively.
PRODUCED BY: O3 Productions
GENRE: Religion
EPISODE: 2
DIRECTOR: Ahmed Kamel
YEAR: 2006