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Article: An Arab view: Saudi Arabia and the western media: is the battle winnable?(In My Opinion)
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- The Middle East
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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In an occasional feature in which The Middle East invites the opinion of guest columnists, Dr Ahmad Ajaj, a British educated lawyer and media consultant and Dr Mohammed Al Fal, a Saudi born author and media analyst with the Saudi Information Centre in London, comment on the ever controversial topic of how the western press portray Saudi Arabia.
Pundits in the western media adhere blindly to a self-proclaimed maxim: Saudi Arabia is the kernel of evil and terror. They argue, no matter how Saudis explain themselves, that Saudi Arabia's form of religion is the breeding ground of extremism. Ingrained in such belief; they continue to tarnish the image of the country ...