New York Times: Halloween celebrations in Saudi Arabia are like a distraction from economic challenges

WORLD, Oct. 30 (YPA) – Halloween celebrations in Saudi Arabia push feels like a distraction from economic challenges, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

 This is not the first time Halloween has been held in Riyadh, specifically at Boulevard City.

In private, some Saudis complain that the entertainment push feels like a distraction from economic challenges, like high youth unemployment, and political ones, like the lack of freedom of speech, the paper said

According to the newspaper, “These changes have left some Saudis in a state of astonishment, others angry, as the country is almost unrecognizable to foreigners and citizens alike.”

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