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We are not opposed to our government and care deeply about Saudi Arabia. It is the only home we know or want. Yet we are the enemy.

— Jamal Khashoggi

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We are going through a major economic transformation that is supported by the people, a transformation that will free us from total dependence on oil and restore a culture of work and production.

When I speak of the fear, intimidation, arrests and public shaming of intellectuals and religious leaders who dare to speak their minds, and then I tell you that I’m from Saudi Arabia, are you surprised?

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