1 A cowboy never takes unfair advantage – even of an enemy.
2 A cowboy never betrays a trust. He never goes back on his word.
3 A cowboy always tells the truth.
4 A cowboy is kind and gentle to small children, old folks, and animals.
5 A cowboy is free from racial and religious intolerances.
6 A cowboy is always helpful when someone is in trouble.
7 A cowboy is always a good worker.
8 A cowboy respects womanhood, his parents and his nation’s laws.
9 A cowboy is clean about his person in thought, word, and deed.
10 A cowboy is a Patriot.
 
The Cowboy Code (Hadith) compares two codes of ethics, one from the American West and one from the Islamic code referring to statements or actions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), known as the Hadith.
 
The Hadith (Translation)
1 The Prophet (pbuh) cautioned to always march in the name of God.
2 He cautioned to always march in the path of God.
3 He cautioned never to be extreme or fanatic.
4 He cautioned never to desecrate the bodies of your fallen enemy.
5 He cautioned never to take unfair advantage of your enemy.
6 He cautioned never to harm the elderly.
7 He cautioned never to harm children.
8 He cautioned never to harm women.
9 He cautioned never to harm holy men.
10 He cautioned never to cut down trees.
“I am the son of this strange, scary oil civilization.” In Saudi, the old and traditional beliefs collapsed. I denied my existing values. I went through an inner turmoil but still learned from traditional teachings imposed on me, whether religious, cultural, social or political. I assimilated all these ideas and then tried to destroy them. Out of this turmoil emerged a great dilemma that gave birth to many experiments in my art: my rejection, my obedience, my religion... everything that surrounds me. I am searching, like so many of my generation in Saudi, for ideas, for music, for poetry, for a glimpse of a different kind of life... The Illumination series is some of my most recognizable work, showing how I have injected my life into the objective world of modern medicine with my subjective world of faith and spirituality. Often using DNA codes embedded into traditional Quranic manuscripts, I want my works to illuminate, to give light. Most people will read Evolution of Man as an unabashed critique of humanity’s dependence on oil and what “black gold” represents to those living above the reserves. But Evolution of Man is more than just a political statement:
 
“I am a doctor and confront life and death every day, and I am a country man at the same time. I am the son of this strange, scary oil civilization”.
 
In ten years, our lives changed completely. It is a drastic change that I experience every day. The Cowboy Code is something I have thought about for years. When I was a child, the cowboy was always a symbol of freedom and adventure, an ideology that came from the West and assimilated itself into my culture. I challenge anyone who reads the code not to be impressed. Like many of my generation, I have taken a lot from the West, our food, our clothes, our language and so I wanted to present this code as a way almost to steal it back. It’s a strong side and I want to reclaim it from the politics, and the films, and the media and give it back to the people.