The departure of more than 1 million foreign workers since 2017 has added to a sense of uncertainty in Saudi Arabia. Mohammed Iqbal joined the throng of foreign workers bound for Saudi Arabia during the oil boom of the 1970s, after recruiters from Pepsi visited his native India and dangled an opportunity in the kingdom driving a delivery truck. The workers arrived from Asia and the Middle East, often on short-term contracts, to satisfy the Saudi government’s ambitious development plans. But Iqbal stayed, raising three children and finding work over the decades, even as the Saudi government’s priorities changed and its control over the foreign labor market tightened. Recent shifts in government policy, however, have forced Iqbal to consider pulling up stakes, at the age of 60. […]