Animal Farm The Next Generation

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The importance of the Middle East to the rest of the world is not in dispute. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia holds a crucial place in the world. This desert kingdom, its people, its ruler, & their future would be of no political consequence if not for the fact that more than a quarter of the world's oil reserves lie beneath the desert. To protect their interests in these resources, the western governments do their utmost to defend this area. This has led on several occasions to the support by the west of terrorist repressive regimes. The interplay between Middle Eastern rulers & the western governments has a direct impact on the world: the two holiest cities for Muslims, Mecca & Medina, are in Saudi Arabia. The Muslims of the world, who number approximately one billion & reside in most (if not all) countries of the world, distrust the rulers of these lands that are so integral to their religion & culture. This precarious situation in Saudi Arabia & its enormous consequences for the world is the subject of the book ANIMAL FARM: THE NEXT GENERATION by Adel Murad. This book uses fictional animal characters in an allegorical sense to depict the history of Saudi Arabia over the past five decades. Some of the characters were taken from George Orwell's "Animal Farm". Adel Murad has evolved the setting from George Orwell's book into one whereby Manor Farm is converted into a kingdom & renamed Napoleonia in honor of the ruler Napoleon. King Napoleon & his sons, Caes er & Panther, hire expatriates to build windmills & export the energy to the neighboring countries. Napoleon & his royal family become very wealthy & openly flout the 7 laws of Animalism. However, the royal family of Napoleonia does not practice what they preach to their subjects. Upon the death of King Napoleon, Caeser inherits the throne & begins to institute reform.