American Bedu

When I was in the US foreign service and also even now, I continue to enjoy reading the State Department’s magazine.  This magazine provides interesting stories and interviews about diplomatic life, movements and promotion of foreign service personnel as well as very interesting reads on policy, cultures and customs.  Therefore I was delighted to learn that the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs also publishes its own magazine called the Diplomat.  It is published in English and is a very well done professional publication.  It is published under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Institute of Diplomatic Studies while actually published and distributed by Saudi Specialized Publishing Company.  The Diplomat always has a collection of articles of current interest, interviews, a feature on activities of a Saudi embassy and its mission abroad as well as occasional historical articles, editorials and other pieces of interest.  Not surprisingly the July issue featured the World Conference on Dialogue as its leading story.  I was also happy to see a detailed article on Madain Salah and how its designation as a UNESCO site will boost tourism to the Kingdom.

Online editions of the magazine are available for viewing and/or download at the web site of the Diplomatic Studies Institute.  I highly encourage everyone to visit the web site and peruse the magazine if you have not seen it before.  It is a good publication giving a nice general overview on differing aspects of Saudi Arabia.

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