Some 20 years after public screenings of films were banned, the first cinema will open next month in ultraconservative Saudi Arabia, but showing only cartoons, a source from the firm handling the project said on Sunday. The cinema will open for women and children at a Riyadh hotel at the Eid Al Fitr feast at the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on November 2 or 3, said the source who requested anonymity.I'm guessing the lineup will be heavy on Wile E. Coyote blowing stuff up, and light on Porky Pig.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Saudi government to allow first cinema in decades
Saudi Arabia is allowing movies to be shown. Sort of:
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