New tone

Fresh soundtrack for life in Saudi Arabia as the religious police go quiet

Jan 4

Saudi fans attend “MDL Beast”, an electronic music festival held in outside Riyadh in December 2019 (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty)

As the year 2020 was coming to an end, Saudi Culture Minister Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan had an announcement to make:

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