Excerpt: The book captures the nuances of Saudi Arabia’s rationale for shaping and implementing migrant and refugee policies by discussing its engagement with various migrant and refugee communities since the Kingdom’s inception. […] The book will be a valuable reference material for scholars from different disciplines, especially Middle Eastern studies and migration and refugee studies. Most existing studies on migrants and refugees have been based on theories, norms, and practices set by the West. Books like this will inspire scholars to juxtapose Western narratives and produce vigorous academic works based on the experiences from the Global South, including the Middle East. (p. 118)
Recommended Citation: Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2024. ‘Joseph A. Kéchichian and Fahad L. Alsharif, Sa’udi Policies Towards Migrants and Refugees: A Sacred Duty (Brighton, United Kingdom: Sussex Academic Press and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, 2022, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-78976-144-3, Price: £60.00, 362pp).’ Contemporary Review of the Middle East, 11(1): 116-18.
Irfan Ahmed Nazir 