Did Desert Shield lead to Desert Hate? A Case Study of Anti-Americanism in Saudi Arabia

Michael Schmid, M.A., was born in 1980 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He successfully completed his Masters in North American Studies at the Free University of Berlin and the Indiana University of Bloomington in 2009 as Master of Arts. During his studies, the author acquired extensive knowledge with regard to the relations between the United States and the Arabic/Islamic world. Fascinated by the Arabic language and culture, he studied at an Arabic Language School in Morocco to learn the language and to better understand the peculiarities of the language and the cultural region. His research in the United States at the University of Indiana and the events of 9/11 motivated him to dedicate himself to this topic.