Muna AbuSulayman: One on One

Interview with Saudi media personality, Muna AbuSulayman.

According to Wikipedia: "Muna AbuSulayman (born 1973) is a leading Saudi media personality in the Middle East. As a co-host of one of MBC TV’s most popular social programs, Kalam Nawaem, she has become an easily recognizable celebrity in the Middle East and abroad. As a public and media personality, major organizations and companies often ask her to speak on issues relating to Arab society, media, and building bridges of understanding between the East and West. In 2005, she became the first woman in Saudi Arabia to be appointed by the United Nations Development Program as a Goodwill Ambassador."

On the Power of the Media:

"One of the things that we did that was very instrumental in my realization of the power of media is child abuse, because when we did the first segment... and we discussed how it happened and the ramifications of it, very soon afterwards–this wasn't discussed anywhere on TV–very soon afterwards there was legislation that took place that almost verbatim did what we said should be done."

On Wearing the Scarf:

"People think that just because I wear the scarf I'm not intelligent it's almost like having a Southern accent to the 10th degree–that I can't be someone who makes her own choices, that I am actually part of a cult or, you know, someone who lives a very secluded life and it's simply not true."