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.