Black American (Amreekie Aswad) in the Desert Kingdom (Paperback)

Twenty years after slavery was abolished in Saudi Arabia, Adam Sneed, Jr., a project manager from Washington, D.C., is recruited by the U.S. government to work on a construction project in the desert Kingdom. Adam sees this offer as a great opportunity and arrives in Riyadh at the height of a determined drive by the Saudi royal family to bring the Bedouin nation into the 20th century. Adam is one of a handful of Black Americans working on the project but none of the westerners in the Kingdom realize the times of easy interaction between Americans and Middle Easterners will soon end. However, collaboration between Saudis and Americans will bring about a historical transformation of the desert Kingdom that will be viewed with awe and wonderment worldwide. Just beyond the horizon, war and terrorism lie ahead which will erupt suddenly and without warning. In the not too distant future Adam and his colleagues will be looking back on those days in Arabia with a mixture of fondness and sadness. For Adam it will become a wonderful dream absorbed and likely forgotten forever by history. Yet, this dream is powerful and worth remembering. It raises the question, will the Middle East ever witness peaceful relations between its citizens and westerners again? Published by Sisyphean Tasks, LLC For more information please call (703)-498-7171 or contact unclelbj@yahoo.com.