Abdullah Al Turaigi Saudi Statesman and Disruptor of the Oil Industry
تاريخ النشر: 04/08/2022
الناشر: جداول للطباعة والنشر والتوزيع
نبذة الناشر:The book sheds light on the early days of the Arab oil industry and the circumstances pertaining
to the birth of an oil intellectual awareness in the region by tackling the biography of one of the
Arab oil industry’s founding fathers and one of the most important advocates of the liberation
of the ...Arab national resources through fighting the foreign oil companies’ monopolization of the
oil privileges in the Arab region. The author of this biography relied on information, documents,
photos and analysis in order to document the biography of the first oil minister in Saudi history
starting with his birth, his upbringing at his hometown, Al-Zulfi (in mid Saudi Arabia), his life
course and movement in Kuwait, India and Egypt all the way to America where he graduated in
1948 AD. The author then exposed his professional march in the field of the Arab oil industry
and him laying out the foundations of this industry through his long conflict with the foreign oil
companies in addition to his essential role in founding the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries, which allowed the governments to no longer be at the companies’ mercy.The author
documented the phase of an Arab generation that produced the first Arab group of individuals
who received their education in the West and returned, after gaining awareness, to confront the
western hegemony over the national resources thus launching a long and close relationship
between oil and politics. Al-Turaigi employed his efforts and political awareness to serve the
causes of his Arab nation by brandishing his slogan, «The Arabs’ oil belongs to the Arabs», which
then went beyond being a mere slogan to become a school and a headline for an economic plan
with political dimensions and a plan that has a structure and practical reasons. إقرأ المزيد