Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN)– The Economist magazine’s report on the personality of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has sparked controversy on social media, between supporters of the Crown Prince who attacked the report and the magazine, and his opponents, who found that the report “expresses reality.” “.
Under the title: “Mohammed bin Salman: A Tyrant in the Desert”, The Economist magazine published a report by its correspondent in the Middle East, Nicholas, about the personality of the Saudi crown prince. what he might do in the future.
In a kingdom where the word of the ruler is law, everything depends on that man’s character. Who is the real Muhammad bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia in charge of some of the world’s largest oil reserves? https://t.co/zx2mOIFaHj
Aside from the controversy between supporters and opponents of Mohammed bin Salman about the content of what the magazine’s correspondent wrote, the report’s image sparked a wave of angry comments among many of the tweeters, who considered the image “racist and offensive.”
The report’s picture was a drawing of a head from the back with a shemagh and a headband attached to it with a burning wick. The wearing of the shemagh and the headband is widespread in many Arab countries, and commentators saw it as an “abuse” of traditional Arab dress, “racism” and “associating Arabs with terrorism.”
CNN in Arabic requested a comment from the magazine about the use of the photo, and the angry reactions to it, but it has not received a response yet.
A frivolous racist cover from The Economist magazine, which is supposed to be sober, depicting the Arab Aqal as a time bomb… All the crimes of the West and the East and their brutal sectarian tools against our people in #Syria, #Yemen, #Iraq, #Libya, #Iraq, #Lebanon and ##Afghanistan The Economist Doesn’t See! https://t.co/PKkLY041AQ
@TheEconomist The Economist should apologize for its racism towards the Saudis, and its transgression against authentic Arab clothing, after it published a drawing describing the Saudis as explosive bombs, and the red shemagh appears over a man’s head with a bomb fuse coming out of it. An extremist, sleazy and unprofessional newspaper!! https://t.co/NvMlUEh3Dq
Western media has begun a new phase of demonizing #Mohammed_bin_Salman because, in short, he did not submit to the West. They are trying to dehumanize him and kill him politically with the nickname “Little Saddam”. The cover of the 1843 magazine published by The Economist, which was widely criticized for linking the traditional Arab dress of the agal and the shemagh to terrorism. https://t.co/8AKUDaLMH8
An attack on Arab visual identity.
What an abhorrently disgusting and racist cover from @TheEconomist. It’s disturbing to think that there are people that have agreed on putting this on the cover.
Shame on every single one of you. https://t.co/EMfxwJKhpX
The leftist mainstream media went all Imperialist “our oil” and racist attacking Arab identity in that cover, which shows the true colors of leftist ideology the end justifies the means.
No wonder the trust in the media is at an all-time low. A misleading article full of BS. https://t.co/2PTRjTLvFy
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