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The central section of this chapter uses our interviewees’ own words to describe their childhood and education. This is preceded by an outline of the Saudi education system which has grown spectacularly over the last 50 years.
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Fadaak, T.H., Roberts, K. (2019). Education. In: Youth in Saudi Arabia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04381-0_4
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