The Wrong Person
Since Selwa Press announced the banning of Arabian Knight in Saudi Arabia, we have received a myriad of replies, one Saudi friend wrote to say that “the wrong person in the MOIC read it” and another said that “No one at the MOIC can even read,” but a distressingly large number of people, both Saudi and Americans wrote to say, ” What do you expect from a country that banned Pokemon cards?”
I spent the first 30 years of my life in the kingdom and yes I do expect much more from the government of a people who are so smart, hard-working, deadly funny and absolutely devoted to their children and their education. It’s the 21st century and today’s elite Saudi teenagers will one day lead the Arab world, but they won’t do it because they watched a 1000 music videos or 1000 soccer games, they will do it because they studied hard in their chosen discipline, were able to read widely and decide for themselves the facts of their own history, not what was dictated to them by the wrong person.