The opening of the first movie theater in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday April 18,2018 has been highly anticipated across the country, after over 35 years of prohibition for religious reasons.
The first film screening is to be in the capital Riyadh, where a mixed Saudi and foreign audience is set to watch the Marvel superhero film Black Panther
As part of Saudi Arabia's social and economic reform programme under Vision 2030, spearheaded by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Ministry of Culture and Information announced a landmark decision in December 2017 to allow commercial cinemas to operate in the Kingdom from early 2018
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