Sunday, September 29, 2013

Saudi curriculum: sample from the social studies book of the second intermediate class

So I just read the textbook for the second intermediate class in social studies in Saudi Arabia (don't ask me why).  It is well-written but so funny.  Here is a sample of a page on the achievements of the GCC.  I have to say this, the section on Palestine is pretty good and not typically Wahhabi anti-Semitic but the only Palestinian organization mentioned in Palestinian history is Hamas and the only Palestinian figure mentioned is `Izz Ad-Din Al-Qassam whose revolt lasted weeks only, really.