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Nov. 12th, 2002 08:52 amMy dad clued me in on this. Very iinteresting. It seems Maureen Dowd, a columnist for the NY Times wrote some rather disparaging comments about Saudi Arabia so they gave her a tourist visa and invited her to come visit. A tourist visa to Saudi Arabia is fairly unheard of. A visa for a reporter who is also a woman? LIke I said, interesting.
She's been there for a few weeks now and has, thus far, written three columns here, here, and here. The last is actually about a run-in she had with the mutawwa, the enforcers for the Commission for the Promotion or Virtue and Prevention of Vice. ( Full column for those without NY Times access )
I'm not sure where I stand on this. I know they're opinion pieces, but some of her preconceived notions are a bit too much for me. She does have a few points, but I have trouble getting through the cloud of prejudice that she brought with her.
She's been there for a few weeks now and has, thus far, written three columns here, here, and here. The last is actually about a run-in she had with the mutawwa, the enforcers for the Commission for the Promotion or Virtue and Prevention of Vice. ( Full column for those without NY Times access )
I'm not sure where I stand on this. I know they're opinion pieces, but some of her preconceived notions are a bit too much for me. She does have a few points, but I have trouble getting through the cloud of prejudice that she brought with her.