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Saudi Arabia grooves to new beat as entertainment sector opens up

 Saudi Arabia grooves to new beat as entertainment sector opens up
Riyadh: With pumping hip hop beats and electrifying dancers, Saudi Arabia has launched what’s being hailed as an entertainment revolution for the conservative kingdom, which usually tightly restricts music, dance and theatre.
Hundreds of men and women, side-by-side, hooted their appreciation and clapped to the beat as New York-based theatrical group iLuminate took to the stage in Riyadh on Thursday evening.
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Saudi king rejects mixing Haj with politics

Saudi king rejects mixing Haj with politics
MAKKAH: Saudi King Salman said Tuesday the kingdom rejected any attempt to play politics with Haj, the annual pilgrimage which has added to tensions between Riyadh and Tehran.

For the first time in nearly three decades, Iran's 64,000 pilgrims are not attending the Haj in Saudi Arabia after the two regional rivals failed to agree on security and logistics.

Among its concerns, Riyadh said Tehran had demanded the right to organise demonstrations.
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