important to print his final thoughts. i think of my year of knowing him and working with him. this was the thing, free expression, having a platform for free air voices was the one thing he felt the most passionate about. and it s striking to me that for whatever headaches that he may have caused in life, writing for us, for the post, and his constructive criticism of the saudi authorities, now in his death at saudi hands, he could cause shockwaves of consequences for the saudi authorities. so i think the fact that his last message to us was a gentle prodding of all of us to respect freedom of expression and to give arab voices a chance to be able to speak to their people to improve their societies as a fitting reminder. and another sign that we ve just