Changing the Way Saudis Learn, Americans Complain About a Saudi School in Suburban Virginia

Sep 82009

By Kelly McEvers

Inside Saudi Arabia, debate about how to reform the education system began after the 2003-06 al-Qaida attacks there that killed nearly 200 people.

Outside Saudi Arabia, of course, it all started with 9/11.

When it became clear that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens, critics in America looked to Saudi schools and asked if they taught the kind of hatred espoused by the hijackers.