Is Saudi Arabia bringing sexy back?

The Saudi Commission on Public Entertainment announced May 20 it will start issuing permits for movie theaters to open next year for the first time in four decades. The idea is getting mixed reviews.

Movie theaters have been banned since the 1970s. Before that, theaters were always surveilled and often subjected to raids by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) to make sure movies did not contain racy scenes. Sometimes Saudis in Jeddah, Riyadh and Taif would unofficially show Arab, Indian and American movies in fenced-off areas in exchange for money.

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