KATHERINE ZOEPF – Dammam Journal via The New York Times – Published 18 Sept, 2008
“The Oprah Winfrey Show,” with Arabic subtitles, is broadcast five days a week on MBC4, a channel developed by the MBC Group.
DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia—Once a month, Nayla says, she writes a letter to Oprah Winfrey.
A young Saudi homemaker who covers her face in public might not seem to have much in common with an American talk show host whose image is known to millions. Like many women in this conservative desert kingdom, Nayla does not usually socialize with people outside her extended family, and she never leaves her house unless chaperoned by her husband.
Ms. Winfrey has not answered the letters. But Nayla says she is still hoping. . .
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