If there was a "target audience" for the book, it would be "NPR Americans", that is those Americans who listen to National Public Radio, and are searching for a way to end endless war. The larger audience is all the citizens of the world desiring a better understanding of the very heartland of Oil and Islam, Saudi Arabia. It is indeed heartening that Al Hayat, as well as various other Saudi nationals, consider the book a fair portrait of their country, and a reasonable examination of how Western perceptions of their country are formed.

From Al Hayat:

Front page review, 01 September 2007 (pdf format - 3 megabyte file)

Continuation of 01 September 2007 review, page 12 (pdf format)

Scanned photo of Front page review, 01 September 2007

Scanned photo of continuation of 01 September 2007 review, page 12

Editorial in 29 October 2007 edition