[Nick Danger]

Although it is essentially an expression of classic Saudi pragmatism, it is fascinating, nonetheless, to see this coming out of Riyadh!

This author has clearly lived most of his life in the United States. His English is that of a native speaker, peppered with figures of speech and even wry humor that require extensive knowledge and daily experience with the language. I wouldn't be surprised to find out he lives here, or was even born here.

[Shermy]

Link at #7 will confirm what you said.

[dighton]

Good call.

Turki also wrote Exile's Return: The Making of a Palestinian American:

Fawaz Turki (Soul in Exile, 1988, etc.) was born in Haifa and raised after 1948, when he was eight, in the refugee camps of Beirut. His exile took him to places as diverse as Melbourne, Singapore, and Washington, DC. In the early '90s he returned to his ``homeground'' after a 40-year absence.

-- Kirkus Associates.

[RobRoy]

Yes, the added phrase, "with feeling," was the dead giveaway for me.