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ProvCast Ep. 16: The Case for Sobriety: US Relations with Saudi Arabia

By Drew Griffin & Sohrab Ahmari on November 14, 2018

Middle East & North Africa | Saudi Arabia | United States

Drew Griffin was managing editor for Providence. He holds a BA in political science from the University of Arkansas and a MDiv in biblical and theological studies from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a veteran of over a dozen political campaigns and is a featured writer and speaker on the intersection of faith and culture. For three years he served as director of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary extension center in NYC and was a professor of Theology at the New York School of the Bible.

Sohrab Ahmari is an Iranian-American columnist, editor, author, and the founder of the online publication Compact.

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