I would say that there are two sides to every story- the truth is that Saudi Arabia is very reclusive as it is the host of the two holiest cities in Islam, Makkah and Madinah and as such they tend to be very reclusive so as to safeguard the holy cities which they believe to be a sacred right and that is the basis of all their laws, the Sharia. I am not denying that there are problems but I believe that one cannot put a blanket term on a country without having ever lived there and I believe that there are positives that outweigh the bad.