Agree, mostly.
“Sweet, loving treatment of children that I observed, was what was most endearing and helpful to me in that respect.”
That I have seen, but also I have seen where they encourage their children to steal from non-believers, especially in Saudi.
Interestingly, the most honest muslims I ever ran into (and dealt with) were the Bedouin.
You mentioned honesty, and that has been a downside with me, in terms of Arabs. Relative to the average, they seem to lie more (maybe it is to infidels).
I have known a few people who had really bad experiences with Saudis while living there, and came away hating them. They are famously dislikable. I found one that I liked, and a few that I found to be repugnant people. Most of the folks that I dealt with were non-Saudi employees.
I guess that like a lot of places, the country folk (like the bedouin) are more honest than the city folk, or the rich.