Moda Al-Khalaf, former assistant to the Saudi cultural attache for the cultural and social affairs in Washington, seen with her co-workers in this file photo, has vowed to go to court to file complaints against tweeters accusing her of financial and ethical corruption. — Okaz/SG photo Ahmed Muaidi Okaz / Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A Saudi woman diplomat said she would go to the court to file complaints against a number of tweeters, who used aliases or fictitious names on the Twitter accusing her of financial and ethical corruption soon after she was terminated as an assistant to the Saudi cultural attache in Washington. Moda Al-Khalaf, former assistant to the Saudi cultural attache for the cultural and social affairs in Washington, said as soon as the news of her termination went viral, many tweeters wrote abusive tweets accusing her of financial and moral corruption. The anonymous tweeters said she was relieved from her post because she had opened a restaurant in which she had employed Saudi scholarship students. "I was not relieved from my post. I was assigned to work in the attache for four years, which were extended by two more years. I was informed about the end of my mission about six months ago," she said. Al-Khalaf admitted that she does own a restaurant near the attaché, which she has named Al-Dirah (home village). "I have not violated the system by opening this restaurant," she added. Al-Khalaf, a linguist, had worked before at the Saudi Embassy in Washington before she was seconded to the attache where she was publishing a special magazine covering the activities of scholarship students. She was also organizing the graduation ceremonies and supervising more than 260 Saudi Students' Clubs in the US.
