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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ménoret, Pascal, 1976– author.

Title: Graveyard of clerics : everyday activism in Saudi Arabia / Pascal Menoret.

Other titles: Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.

Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020. | Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019040805 | ISBN 9780804799805 (cloth) | ISBN 9781503612464 (paperback) | ISBN 9781503612471 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Political participation—Saudi Arabia. | Political activists—Saudi Arabia. | Islam and politics—Saudi Arabia. | Suburbs—Political aspects—Saudi Arabia. | Saudi Arabia—Politics and government.

Classification: LCC JQ1841.A91 M46 2020 | DDC 322.409538—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019040805

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