Saudi sports: The dark side of Crown Prince Mohammed’s reforms

Jan 11, 2018

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By James M. Dorsey

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will be putting his best foot forward when enthusiastic women soccer fans this week attend for the first time a men’s soccer match in the kingdom.

The event symbolizes the social and economic changes Prince Mohammed is introducing in his effort to turn Saudi Arabia into a 21stcentury autocracy with…

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