Reversing 35-Year Ban, Saudi Arabia Will Allow Public Movie Theatres
(ArtsJournal Music)

Although satellite television and video downloads have made the ban on commercial theaters all but moot, the announcement highlights the diminishing power of the kingdom´s conservative clerics. The grand mufti, Saudi Arabia´s highest religious authority, publicly called commercial films a source of `depravity` and opposed the opening of movie theaters as recently as a few […]