![Veiled Saudi women work at a coffee shop in Tabuk, 1500 km (932 miles) from Riyadh November 30, 2013. Saudi Arabia's crackdown on foreign workers has thrown millions of lives into turmoil and caused rioting in big cities, but the economy should benefit in the long run as Saudi nationals fill the gaps and cut their dependence on the state. REUTERS/Mohamed Alhwaity (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT) - RTX15YWV](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2015/03/RTX15YWV.jpg/RTX15YWV.jpg?h=717f26e4&itok=1jj9IQBX)
Caryle Murphy is a veteran journalist specializing in the Middle East and the author of Passion for Islam and A Kingdom's Future: Saudi Arabia Through the Eyes of Its Twentysomethings. She was a 2011-2012 public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. On Twitter: @CaryleM
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![Saudi's intelligence chief Prince Muqrin bin Abdul-Aziz, brother of Saudi's King Abdullah, gestures during a news conference in Riyadh November 24, 2007. REUTERS/ Ali Jarekji (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) - RTR33OJ3](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/04/RTR33OJ3.jpg/RTR33OJ3.jpg?h=aeb4e5e1&itok=WdF5VP72)
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![Grooms take part in a mass wedding ceremony in Tabuk, 1500 km (932 miles) from Riyadh, May 2, 2012. Governor of Tabuk Prince Fahad Bin Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz and a local group organised the mass wedding for about 1600 couples to help youths who are unable to afford expensive ceremonies because of the rising cost of living. REUTERS/Mohamed Alhwaity (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTR31J79](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/02/1-RTR31J79.jpg/1-RTR31J79.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=O-XR9SOn)
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![A demonstrator holds an image of Rizana Nafeek, jailed in Saudi Arabia on charges of murdering a four-month-old baby who was in her care, during a protest demanding her release in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Colombo July 8, 2011. Nafeek, arrested in May 2005, is currently facing execution by beheading for the crime; a charge which she has denied. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte (SRI LANKA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/01/1-RTR2OLZH.jpg/1-RTR2OLZH.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=Y9DY8FUj)
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