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☆ Saudi Arabia Once Banned Videogames. Now, It Wants to Export Them.
  + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Humza Jilani | Donna Abdulaziz | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ A Saudi Rave Sparks Debate Over Kingdom’s Cultural Transformation
  + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Donna Abdulaziz | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Al-Balad, the historic district of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was the site of a music festival. JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia—Pulsating purple lights played across the traditional coral stone- and-wood facades of buildings in the center of this ancient Saudi port city on the Red Sea while electronic music boomed and young men and women in jeans and glittery tops danced with glow sticks. The recent musical festival in Jeddah’s Al-Balad neighborhood drew an audience of around 25,000 celebrating young people. It also stirred criticism of a rapid cultural shift in the kingdom being pushed by its day-to-day ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman .
☆ There Is Beer at the World Cup—if You Can Find It
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Stephen Kalin | Donna Abdulaziz | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
DOHA, Qatar—Duncan Farr, a stockbroker from Scotland, arrived at his five-star hotel here for the World Cup only to learn the establishment was dry. So he set out to build his schedule not only around soccer, but also around finding cold beer. “There’s no spontaneity,” Mr. Farr concedes. By his fourth day in the country, he was downing Stella Artois at the Irish Pub on the 14th floor of a Best Western hotel. “You’ve got to plan it,” he adds.
☆ Stunned Saudi Soccer Fans Celebrate Victory Over Argentina and Messi
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Donna Abdulaziz | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
DOHA, Qatar—Saudi fans erupted in ecstasy and disbelief on Tuesday following their national team’s stunning World Cup victory over Argentina and, in particular, Argentine global superstar Lionel Messi, who is hugely popular in the soccer-addicted kingdom and serves as its tourism ambassador. “It’s not just that we won. It’s that we beat Messi,” said Deena Abdulwahab, 45, a mother of four from the Red Sea city of Jeddah. She took her children out to celebrate among the honking cars and waving flags on the seaside boardwalk.
☆ Some World Cup Lodging in Qatar—Tents and Shipping Containers—Gets Mixed Reviews
  + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Stephen Kalin | Donna Abdulaziz | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
DOHA, Qatar—At the World Cup, where host country Qatar spent $220 billion of its vast wealth building infrastructure to accommodate a monthlong surge of visitors, not everyone is having a luxury experience. Inside a pop-up village north of Doha, fans who paid more than $100 a night are sleeping in white tents that heat up as daytime temperatures approach 90 degrees with only a fan for cooling—and are battered at night by howling winds. Shared toilets and showers offer little privacy and are missing towels. Brown water sometimes comes out of the tap, so visitors resort to buying bottled water.
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