Resource May 27, 2015

Meet the Journalist: Elizabeth Dickinson

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Saudi Arabia's King Salman has been on the throne since January 2015, but already has signaled...

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A billboard on the side of a Riyadh expressway congratulates Saudi Arabia's newly-named crown prince and deputy crown prince. Photo by Elizabeth Dickinson. Saudi Arabia, 2015.

A new generation of leaders is now in power in Saudi Arabia and shape the Kingdom's future for decades to come. They are arriving just as the Kingdom is seeing a broad demographic shift; roughly two-thirds of the population is under the age of 30. Journalist Elizabeth Dickinson travels to Riyadh at a crucial moment to find out what this shift means for Saudi Arabia at home—and in the broader Middle East.