The Khashoggi I knew: mentor, guide, bridge between cultures
(WorldNews Europe)

NEW YORK (AP) - Sitting in my suburban American kitchen, it is easy to feel that Saudi Arabia is a world away, that events at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul - as gruesome as they may have been - have little to do with me. Except for one thing. Almost 25 years ago, Jamal Khashoggi was my friend and mentor when I was a young reporter in Yemen on a fellowship studying Islamic movements. I got to see him in action, and experience his remarkable kindness and wisdom. He changed my life, and may even have saved it. In an age when cultural stereotyping is too frequent and when the #MeToo movement highlights how commonplace bad behavior truly is, Jamal was a gentleman and an unfailingly perceptive...