Saudi Official Fired After Image Of Jedi Master Yoda In Textbook Goes Viral

Via TheAntiMedia.org,
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Education has been given the boot for allowing the image of a pop culture icon to be published in his country’s high school curriculum.
From the Associated Press on Monday:
‘A senior Education Ministry official in Saudi Arabia has been fired after high school students opened their textbooks to find an image of Yoda from the ‘Star Wars’ films seated next to a Saudi king. ‘The image produced by Saudi artist Abdullah Al Shehri, known as Shaweesh, shows the late King Faisal, who was foreign minister at the time, signing the United Nations Charter in 1945 with the diminutive green Jedi master seated to his right.’
Shaweesh, who spoke to the New York Times after posts about the gaffe began popping up on social media last week, says he meant no disrespect to King Faisal and that, in fact, he selected the legendary Jedi to join the late king in the piece because of the positive attributes of both figures.
‘He was wise and was always strong in his speeches,’ Shaweesh said of Faisal.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Sep 29, 2017.