Saudi Arabia: Abdelaziz Bin Fahd seeks to block MBC series


Issue 929 - 03 Aug 2012 | 1 minute read

Prince Abdelaziz, son of the late King Fahd, was in the news in mid-July as he vowed to block a series from being broadcast during Ramadan. He took umbrage at the Middle East Broadcasting Company’s (MBC’s) intention to show the ‘Umar Al-Farooq’ series about some of the Prophet Mohammed’s close companions.

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