council provided a fellowship that brought computer engineer jamiel shaw well back from the us. i did not imagine myself staying in saudi long term and the. idea changed more recently coming to cows seeing how things are changing in a direction that i appreciate and that i like. to use a simple one. because all the time. in the past we have seen problems to be as something to be avoided or ignored rather than opportunities to be. braced and this is a cultural mindset not just in the middle east but worldwide if we're honest but what we're seeing now is is a reevaluation of the problems that exist like that and a new way to address them. are mad and jamila trying to reconcile innovation with the country's traditions. making it has a lot of young people a lot of people want to see the kingdom change and that doesn't mean their traditions just gone but it means that things can exist at the same time. foreign investment would also help saudi make the break from oil. but the 2018 investors conference in the capital riyadh attracted far fewer western guests than it did the year before