I linked to an article a few days ago about Al-Arabiya ratings. The full article (available through subscriptions) contained remarks by director of Al-Arabiya (former editor-in-chief of Prince Salman's mouthpiece, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat). He said that his favorite work as a journalist was covering the space program of NASA. Only later I realized what he was talking about. No, he did not cover the space program. He covered Prince Salman's son, Sultan, when he obtained (through hard work, I assure you) a seat on one of the shuttle trips in space. Back then, all Arab journalists and editors were dispatched to US to cover the daily routines of Prince Sultan. But they were objective. They said that he was by far the most talented and best looking astronauts to date. Mr. Ar-Rashid miss those years.