Reform and repression go hand in hand in Saudi Arabia
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Brazil and Argentina played before a mixed crowd of Saudi football fans The hooligans were up high in the stands above the football stadium in Riyadh - they had stripped off part of their clothing and were waving it wildly in the air above their heads. The bunch of Saudi women were having the time of their lives - their headscarves transformed into billowing black flags. The showpiece game between Brazil and Argentina was the first football match I had been to in Saudi Arabia for more ...
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