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Vol. 1 Issue 58 August 2023 ELITE
Analytical Review for The Saudi Crown Prince’s
Interview with Fox News.
Habeba Mahmoud, fourth year, political science
"We have lost so many opportunities In our point of view, the interview carried
in the past, and we are not seeking to more than one message through which bin
lose more," This’s how Saudi Crown Salman sought to re-promote himself and
increase the promotion of his kingdom to
Prince, Mohammed bin Salman or
the world in general and to decision-makers
MBS, opened his talk and answers in
and the Western media in particular. At the
the interview conducted by Bret
forefront of these messages is the Prince's
Baier, chief political anchor, on Fox
attempt to deny and rectify his image
News Channel. It is worth noting that
portrayed by the Western media and
less than half a century ago, the international human rights organizations
kingdom of Saudi Arabia witnessed due to the human rights violations his
the incident of the Storming of the record and the tightening of the noose on
Grand Mosque in Mecca, led by political and human rights activists. As
Jahman Al-Otaibi in opposition to such, Saudi Arabia has been subject to
the reform efforts under King Khalid repeated and massive campaigns led by
Amnesty International, Human Rights
bin Abdul Aziz. Today, in 2023, the
Watch and others against it, to the extent
kingdom is undergoing deeper and
that Mohammed bin Salman topped the list
more far-reaching reforms, especially
of human rights violators around the world
on the social level, than ever before,
in the International Conference on
led by the "de facto" ruler of the
Freedom held in Oslo 2022. Therefore, it
country, Mohammed bin Salman. In was not surprising that the interview
a first - of - its-kind interview hosted included questions about the heinous
on Saudi Arabia's Sandal Island, the murder of Khashoggi and the execution of
36 interviewer and interviewee discussed a citizen because of a "tweet" he posted,
about which the crown prince felt sorry, but
the Saudi-US relations, Iran's nuclear
ambitions, course of negotiations the judicial system applies the laws, which
he believes in need to be reformed to be
with Israel, and dynamics of the
more realistic, but more realistic for them
Saudi economy.
"as Saudis, not for foreigners".
