Saudi Arabia held its first fashion show featuring swimsuit models on Friday, an envelope-pushing step in a country where less than a decade ago women were..
The law reforms, the openness for tourism -before 2019 tourists weren’t allowed- are changes are for the best, and have helped employ more people and increase the non-oil GDP to 50%, but I wonder if there is some bread and circuses to it. With the genocide in Gaza the timing of this fashion show shows a disregard for the suffering.
As for swimsuits they remain illegal except in private beaches and resorts, which have existed for years given the significant foreign population in Saudi Arabia. I don’t think they are legal to wear in public beaches yet. This event is on a private resort.
The law reforms, the openness for tourism -before 2019 tourists weren’t allowed- are changes are for the best, and have helped employ more people and increase the non-oil GDP to 50%, but I wonder if there is some bread and circuses to it. With the genocide in Gaza the timing of this fashion show shows a disregard for the suffering.
As for swimsuits they remain illegal except in private beaches and resorts, which have existed for years given the significant foreign population in Saudi Arabia. I don’t think they are legal to wear in public beaches yet. This event is on a private resort.