Labels:text | font | screenshot | white | black and white OCR: The government imposes total censorship and insists on strict morality in the Saudi press. In 1994, private citizens were banned from owning satellite dishes, reflecting the state's wish to keep CNN out of Saudi homes. Saudi publishers play a leading role in the Arabic media, however. "Sharq Al Awsat" (The Middle East), published in Saudi Arabia is considered one of the leading Arabic dailies. Saudi investors have bought the influential press agency United Press International.