Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia Clothing the book attempts to recast

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Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia Clothing the book attempts to recastThe production of history is premised on the selective erasure of certain pasts and the artifacts that stand witness to them. From the elision of archival documents to the demolition of sacred and secular spaces, each act of destruction is also an act of state building. Following the 1991 Gulf War, political elites in Saudi Arabia pursued these dual projects of historical commemoration and state formation with greater fervor to enforce their postwar