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By: Free Fouad » Fouad Al-Farhan: We Have to Move On

Free Fouad » Fouad Al-Farhan: We Have to Move On — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:04:44 +0000

[...] one of my posts here back in October 2005 featured a post by Al-Farhan, when he left a meeting with Karen Hughes, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs at the US Department of State during a visit to Saudi Arabia. So, who is Fouad Al-Farhan?Fouad Al-Farhan is one of the pioneer Saudi bloggers. He was born in 1975 in Taif, west of Saudi Arabia, and received his higher education in the United States. He graduated from Eastern Washington University with a degree in marketing, then joined Ball State University for a masters degree in computer sciences. “Although Bush and his gang have been trying to remove all my good memories from my life in America, but I still think that I have lived the best years of my life there, moving between different states such as Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, and Indiana,” he told me during an interview via email. [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Fouad Al-Farhan: We Have to Move On

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:15:51 +0000

[...] If you have been following Global Voices for more than six months, then you probably have read the name of Fouad Al-Farhan in this space several times before this one. Actually, one of my posts here back in October 2005 featured a post by Al-Farhan, when he left a meeting with Karen Hughes, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs at the US Department of State during a visit to Saudi Arabia. So, who is Fouad Al-Farhan? [...]

By: Farah

Farah — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:24:32 +0000

T. Montoya: please, awaken from your ignorance. It’s sad what oversimplifications, a disgusting few, and the media has done to you. Once you actually meet, or try to befriend a Saudi, you’ll be surprised to see just how narrow your understanding of Saudi “values” are. We’re all humans in the end.

And Ahmed, I wouldn’t call people who approve of the Bush administration “liberals” I would call them back-stabbing, two-faced Arab leaders. There are many liberals who, just like Farhan, wouldn’t have really enjoyed such meetings.

By: charlie ehlen

charlie ehlen — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 01:16:58 +0000

I cannot stand the sight of ANY member of the most criminal administration in American history. This from a former US Marine and Viet Nam veteran. Ms. Hughes is a fraud, just like the Shrub is a fraud. Thie ENTIRE criminal gang needs to be locked up for life, making little rocks from big rocks. Oh, with NO possibility of ever getting parole.

By: ali

ali — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 09:23:42 +0000

Thanks Ahmed for the short translation. But Fouad’s blog address is http://www.daralasr.com/blog not http://www.daralasr.com

By: T. Montoya

T. Montoya — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:22:10 +0000

It really says something when Al-Farhen says he couldn’t stand the sight of women so he left. That says a lot about his values. And those Saudis have a lot of cheek to dare be angry at America for thinking of them as terrorists. I read during that meeting that Saudis were angry at America for thinking of them as terrorists. I wonder where on Earth Americans would get the idea that Saudis are terrorists? Maybe the whole thing of hijacking our airplanes, slamming into our buildings, funding terorists, shouting death to America, would make us think that Saudis…maybe wish to do us harm?
If they all want to kill us, does he expect us to be happy with Saudis or Arabs?
By the way thousands of Saudis have gone to Iraq and join Al-Quaeda.
To fight the “occupation”? yeah that too. But for every US soldier that has died in bomb attacks, 10 Iraqis have been killed by the foreign “freedom fighters”.

By: Rebecca MacKinnon

Rebecca MacKinnon — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 16:36:48 +0000

Thanks Ahmed for this very interesting post. So what are Al-Farhan’s readers saying about his decision? Do they agree or disagree or are they arguing?