Comments on: Interview with John-Paul Jones, Author of “If Olaya Street Could Talk” http://americanbedu.com/2008/08/17/interview-with-john-paul-jones-author-of-%e2%80%9cif-olaya-street-could-talk%e2%80%9d/ Experiences and observations of a former American diplomat now married to a Saudi and living in KSA... Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:45:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: American Bedu http://americanbedu.com/2008/08/17/interview-with-john-paul-jones-author-of-%e2%80%9cif-olaya-street-could-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-6946 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:25:13 +0000 http://delhi4cats.wordpress.com/?p=1343#comment-6946 Pleased to advise this interview was picked up by the Chicago Sun Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blogentries/index.html?bbPostId=B6kcqoGH9Pf8Bzn7nRZ5sNNoBAxW7FDGPCtECz81L1aYR5WAF

]]> By: Aafke http://americanbedu.com/2008/08/17/interview-with-john-paul-jones-author-of-%e2%80%9cif-olaya-street-could-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-6942 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:51:43 +0000 http://delhi4cats.wordpress.com/?p=1343#comment-6942 I loved the comment: “Well, of course, we realize you have your CIA pension….”

Also the photo’s on your own site; they are great! except the ones of lake Layla, very depressing!
I múst get the book now….

]]> By: abutaza http://americanbedu.com/2008/08/17/interview-with-john-paul-jones-author-of-%e2%80%9cif-olaya-street-could-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-6940 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:26:49 +0000 http://delhi4cats.wordpress.com/?p=1343#comment-6940 A comment for Nadar:

I appreciate the information on the review at Al Arabiya. Even Google could not find it!, and I had been totally unaware of it for almost a year, but based on your info, went to their website, and have now posted a link to it on my own.

On page 196 of my book, I mentioned the area just north of Dewadmi being similar to Abu Kaab. It was Abdullah Al Sadhan who told us about it, as we were considering doing a show involving “Saudi tourism”, and since Abu Kaab was so difficult to reach, he was proposing to substitute the Dewadmi area. From the book you know that we did not reach that area that day, due to the mutawaa. Still we were determined to see it, and in late April, 2003, a Danish couple (he is still working at KFSH!) and my wife and I drove all the way to Dewadmi and back in the same day … we had a delightful lunch among the monoliths. It was our very final trip to the Saudi desert… fortunately we are able to explore the wonderful deserts and forests of the American south west, still camping, and likewise, if you should make it this way, I’d be happy to show you some of it.

- John Paul Jones

]]> By: American Bedu http://americanbedu.com/2008/08/17/interview-with-john-paul-jones-author-of-%e2%80%9cif-olaya-street-could-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-6933 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:38:04 +0000 http://delhi4cats.wordpress.com/?p=1343#comment-6933 Enjoying the comments!

Lofter – stay tuned…I’ve a post coming up quasi-related to what you have asked!

]]> By: coolred38 http://americanbedu.com/2008/08/17/interview-with-john-paul-jones-author-of-%e2%80%9cif-olaya-street-could-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-6929 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:53:23 +0000 http://delhi4cats.wordpress.com/?p=1343#comment-6929 Lofter…you can build your church soon as women are granted equal status as the men in that country…men in Arabia cant be bothered to worhsip anything but themselves…with the Prophet a close second…and God a distant third….anything other than that doesnt even make the scale.

]]> By: Aafke http://americanbedu.com/2008/08/17/interview-with-john-paul-jones-author-of-%e2%80%9cif-olaya-street-could-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-6926 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:17:41 +0000 http://delhi4cats.wordpress.com/?p=1343#comment-6926 Thanks for posting this excellent interview!

]]> By: Lofter http://americanbedu.com/2008/08/17/interview-with-john-paul-jones-author-of-%e2%80%9cif-olaya-street-could-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-6925 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:39:12 +0000 http://delhi4cats.wordpress.com/?p=1343#comment-6925 Well done, my friend… and I find that I can agree with much of what John has to say. We are all brothers and sisters, regardless of ancestry or skin tone, and we should certainly love one another as we are commanded to do.
So, I’d like to come to Saudi and build a Christian church to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with my brothers and sisters there. How would I go about doing that?

Yes, America needs to change. But we certainly aren’t alone, are we… and it won’t be politicians (at any level) that will get any of us where we need to be. Perhaps we need a wake up call, on both sides of the “river.”

]]> By: American Bedu http://americanbedu.com/2008/08/17/interview-with-john-paul-jones-author-of-%e2%80%9cif-olaya-street-could-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-6922 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:19:34 +0000 http://delhi4cats.wordpress.com/?p=1343#comment-6922 Thanks for your comment Marahm and another thanks to John for granting the interview.

]]> By: Marahm http://americanbedu.com/2008/08/17/interview-with-john-paul-jones-author-of-%e2%80%9cif-olaya-street-could-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-6921 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:09:15 +0000 http://delhi4cats.wordpress.com/?p=1343#comment-6921 This is one of the most enlightening posts I’ve read anywhere. I encourage readers to reread it at least three times; there’s too much “meat” to digest in an initial reading.

I especially appreciate Mr. Jones’ positive attitude toward Saudi Arabia, and his dedication to bringing together the more constructive aspects of East and West. His ideas are borne not of romantic infatuation (as befalls some expats when they first arrive) but of a combination of knowledge, experience, and intellectual honesty.

I’ve read the book, and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the subject. It is especially delightful for those of us who lived in the Kingdom during the years John lived there, or who worked at KFSH.

Thanks, Carol, and thanks, John.

]]> By: American Bedu http://americanbedu.com/2008/08/17/interview-with-john-paul-jones-author-of-%e2%80%9cif-olaya-street-could-talk%e2%80%9d/#comment-6914 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:47:50 +0000 http://delhi4cats.wordpress.com/?p=1343#comment-6914 Glad you enjoyed, Nader.

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