{"id":586,"date":"2017-09-23T10:43:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T10:43:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-09-23T10:43:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T10:43:11","slug":"the-saudi-ministry-of-education-explains-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/the-saudi-ministry-of-education-explains-1\/","title":{"rendered":"A Photo Of Yoda And The King Of Saudi In A School Book Has Been Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"
Image Credits (Shaweesh\/Gharem Studio)<\/em><\/p>\n Saudi’s Ministry of Education has stated an apology for a school textbook’s insertion of quite a peculiar photo. It is one of Star Wars’ Yoda placed in a photo alongside the late King Faisal during his signing of the UN Charter in 1945.\u00a0<\/p>\n High school students in Saudi Arabia found the ‘force’ with them, upon opening their social studies books, according to The Telegraph.<\/em> The artist of the said photo further added he had no knowledge on how the photos ended up in those books.<\/p>\n Remember when Yoda signed the United Nations charter back in 1945 with Faisal of Saudi, @starwars<\/a>? Saudi Ministry of Education does! pic.twitter.com\/T62mwtZppr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 SilentRuins (@SilentRuins) September 21, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n The Jedi master, Yoda (of the Star Wars trilogy), stood right next to the King in the photo.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nSaudi artist, Abdullah Al Shehri, says he meant no offence to the king<\/h3>\n
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In a lesson about the United Nations, a historic photograph of King Faisal was strategically placed- with a twist<\/h3>\n
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