Reem Al-Saleh wrote a great column at today's Asharq Al-Awsat about the effect of freedom in our culture. She says "when I heard about the first conference of the Saudi intelligentsia, I wanted to publish a column composed of only one word: 'Freedom'." "When Yousef Al-Muhaimeed told me about his new novel Al-Qaroura, I involuntarily sent him an email asking him if it would be available in Riyadh, because if it would be available in Riyadh it will not be worth reading it!" She added.
She also cannot believe that we can trust Ghazi Al-Gosaibi to be responsible for our energy (he was the minister of water and electricity) and the future of our kids (the ministry of labour) but when it comes to his creative, we kick all that out of the country!
She is right. Why do we import everything from every part in the world, but in the same time we have to go to Beirut and London to read a book by one of our compatriots?
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She also cannot believe that we can trust Ghazi Al-Gosaibi to be responsible for our energy (he was the minister of water and electricity) and the future of our kids (the ministry of labour) but when it comes to his creative, we kick all that out of the country!
She is right. Why do we import everything from every part in the world, but in the same time we have to go to Beirut and London to read a book by one of our compatriots?
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