Jihad Al-Khazin

Jihad Al-Khazin is a typical story: a Lebanese-Palestinian journalist who is willing to prostrate himself before the House of Saud no matter what.  Nothing comes between him and the House of Saud, and their allies.  The enemies of House of Saud are his enemies, and their friends are his, politically speaking.  Al-Khazin, however, unlike those Lebanese who work for House of Saud, is talented: he is a good writer and a good conversationalist.  He first got the attention of King Fahd when he was assigned to give a press summary to King Fahd when he would spend a vacation in Europe (I am talking about months-long vacations here).  He would sprinkle his press briefing with anecdotes, gossip, and references to Arabic poetry.  King Fahd liked him and his fortune rose with the House of Saud.  He worked first for Prince Salman and his sons, before switching to the service of Prince Khalid bin Sultan.  I am told that in Al-Hayat's offices in London, all reporters and writers there aspire to be like Khazin: the story is told how Khalid bin Sultan came one day and bought him a house in a fancy neighborhood in London (knighsbridge?).  This is my introduction to the lousy piece of sycophancy that he wrote for the King of Jordan and his wife.  He said: "King `Abdullah II and his Queen Rania represent the Age of Enlightenment."  Yes, when the King was pushing tribal values and reactionary religion on people of Jordan for much of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and beyond to oppose the secular and progressive opposition of Jordan, he was representing the enlightenment, unless Al-Khazin means that peace with Israel means "enlightenment" but I know he can't mean that because he often poses as enemy of piece with Israel.