Friday, November 11, 2011

Saudi/Hariri media

"A commentator for the pro-Saudi Al-Mustaqbal newspaper wrote on the 15th of October an article showering praise on Ben Ali’s great achievements in almost all fields, and he referred to his wife’s Layla Tarabolsi role as proof Tunisian women’s “pioneer role”. Exactly 30 days later, the same author wrote a front page commentary on Ben Ali, citing that the latter thought of himself “a semi-God capable of reducing Tunis to his own self and his wife’s family and … become a president for life”." (thanks Rudy)