Saudi ‘Matchstick’ TV host takes over state broadcaster
- 28-Nov-2017
RIYADH: With a furrowed brow and wagging finger, Dawood Shirian for years skewered top officials on Saudi television, but now the firebrand host is taking over the country’s state broadcaster. Deploying a pull-no-punches style rarely tolerated in Saudi Arabia’s tightly controlled media landscape, Shirian spent nearly six years as the host of “Al Thamina” (Eight […]