We speak to Oscar-winning director Bryan Fogel about his new BAFTA-nominated film ‘The Dissident’, which focuses on the life and murder of Saudi-American Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He discusses his motivations to make the film as a journalist, Israeli software that the Saudis used to hack into the phone of Jamal Khashoggi, allegations that MBS was behind the hack of Jeff Bezos’ phone as revenge for its reporting of the Jamal Khashoggi murder, Saudi Arabia’s massive social media bot campaign, the CIA report on Khashoggi’s murder which points at Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman being behind the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Biden administration’s refusal to impose sanctions on Mohammed bin Salman himself and much more! Finally, we speak to President and Founder of the Saudi-American Public Relations Affairs Committee, Salman Al-Ansari. He argues that the Jamal Khashoggi case has been politicised to damage Saudi Arabia, and that the US and human rights organisations should not be lecturing Saudi Arabia after the US’ numerous wars in the Middle East, he denies Saudi Arabia’s alleged links to Al-Qaeda and ISIS, the proposal for Iran-Saudi Arabia peace and much more!
