There are 2 reasons for this situation in the GCC countries. 1) developed nations do care about how their citizens are treated abroad, any offence won't pass unnoticed, third world countries governments on the other hand hate their citizens and they treat them like dirt, the GCC countries know nothing major would happen no matter what happens to those expats. 2) many arabs do have colonial mentalities, they think high of white people, and low of people darker than them, sad but true.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.