I had all abut forgotten about this long article, in two parts, adapted from a presentation I made at the Institute for the Desert Arabian Horse’s February 2005 Symposium on Preservation. Both parts were previously published in Al Khaima, the Institute’s magazine (part 1 in vol. II no. 2; part 2 in vol. 3 no. 1) as “The State of Arabian Breeding in its Area of Origin.” Oh, how much worse has it gotten since 2005… 2020 update: I added a link to this blog, in case the page it is on is taken down.