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Asalaamu alikum you lot,

Okay, so I'm truly impressed with this Saudi Women called Muna Abu Sulayman, I saw a lecture she delivered at Yale University and she is intelligent, elegant and a great presenter MaashaAllah. Here is some stuff about her:

. She used to formerly co-host of one of MBC TV’s most popular social programs, Kalam Nawaem (“Softly Speaking”). Before agreeing to do the show, she asked her father if he had any objections to that, because his name was also going to be publicized. His reply to her was that he liked to live a private life and if she wanted to do the show, it was her life and she is free to do whatever she wanted.

Isn't her father so cool MaashaAllah? She later left that show, because of the travelling and the foundation and her daughters needed her.

. She was born in the US and had most of her education there. She later moved with her family to Malaysia were her father headed the International Islamic University Malaysia. “My two years there were absolutely the most wonderful years of my life. I appreciated the rich culture where Indians, Chinese and Malaysians all lived peacefully. Living abroad and experiencing different cultures helped me with different perspectives. I owe this to my family who gave me this opportunity to shape my personality.”

. Muna has her own fashion accessories line, which adheres to Islamic code of clothing. The reason she started her own line is because she couldn't find clothes that were both contemporary and Islamic. The clothes are designed and prepared in Italy and Matthew Williamson is one of her designers.

. Ms. AbuSulayman is the mother of Shahad and Sereen. She has a unique parenting style, with a no-TV rule at home. "I have two daughters; a 17-year-old and a 10 year old. I didn’t like them watching things that I don’t know about and they weren’t reading as much as I wanted them to. They were also bored most, if not all, the time. But since then (the rule) they aren’t bored. They exercise, learn ballet and read now. And on Fridays, for example, if they have nothing to do, I let them watch DVDs. I want them to be able to utilize their time,"

. She is divorced but maintains a good relationship with her daughters' father who fully supports the kids. She said its been wonderful post divorce.

A video of her with Riz Khan:

I liked Muna on Kalam Nawa3em, she always had interesting opinions. Another equally intelligent Saudi replaced her, Heba Jamal.

I remember being told that there are no female presenters on Saudi television stations?

No one watches state owned channels, so it could be right that there are no female presenters on the saudi channel. But the private owned satellite channels have Saudi presenters. I think there is one state saudi english speaking channel with female presenters.

kalaam nawa3im was the silliest show on MTV,talking about the same mundane stuff over and over.but i used to watch it cuz I had a crush on the syrian farax bsiso bk in the days
p.s:last time I checked there was nothing intellectual on muna,or is she glamorized just for the mere purpose of repping saudi woman?

samadoon-waaxid wrote:kalaam nawa3im was the silliest show on MTV,talking about the same mundane stuff over and over.but i used to watch it cuz I had a crush on the syrian farax bsiso bk in the days
p.s:last time I checked there was nothing intellectual on muna,or is she glamorized just for the mere purpose of repping saudi woman?

I beg to differ, maybe you watch it mute for the sake of Besiso

From Wiki:
"Controversial topics of discussion have included homosexuality, gender equality, terrorism, masturbation, incest, sexual harassment, rape, child abuse, infidelity and divorce. The presenters also read correspondence from viewers. Parts of the show have been censored by MBC."

There is nothing silly about it.