Filling the Saudi humor Gap

ARTICLE: 'A Young Saudi's Online Gambit: Comedy Writer Launches Site for 20-Something Arabs Starved for Entertainment,' By Faiza Saleh Ambah, Washington Post, July 19, 2007; Page A10

To me, Saudi Arabia, despite its concentrated wealth, remains very Gap. You get a sense of that taboo-based, denial-of-outside-influences disconnectedness in this piece.

Very interesting.

You can see why the elite find globalization so scary with its flood of accessible entertainment and taboo material.

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[TEJ]

Sikhan's next project is a political comedy set in the near future. In it, President Bush, having just finished his second term in office, answers a president-wanted ad. He takes the job -- and becomes leader of a fictitious Arab country, Arabistan.

I'll buy that for a dollar!