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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

Or so says Shaykh 'Abd al-Muhsin al-'Abaykan of Saudi Arabia.

Or so says Shaykh ‘Abd al-Muhsin al-‘Abaykan of Saudi Arabia.

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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Or so says Shaykh ‘Abd al-Muhsin al-‘Abaykan of Saudi Arabia.

Leadership masterclass: Nike, Jordan, and James Baldwin