Welcome to AL-MONITOR Riyadh. P.S. Have feedback or tips on Riyadh's culture scene? Send them my way at contactus@al-monitor.com. Despite the security tensions and uncertainty gripping the region, ...

As Saudi Arabia’s skyline rises to match the ambition of Vision 2030, one name has rapidly emerged as a symbol of design excellence and lifestyle innovation — Ajdan. Founded in 2016 in Al Khobar, the ...

From the moment I landed in Riyadh, I could tell things would be different from what I’ve been told all these years. Yes, women were covered in their traditional abayas, hijabs, and niqabs (and yes, ...

Saudi Arabia's beauty sector is undergoing a transformation that is both commercially significant and culturally defining. What was once a fragmented landscape of small, founder‑led labels has rapidly ...

Rapper Cardi B praised life in Saudi Arabia, saying it is much “cleaner,” albeit more authoritarian in the Middle Eastern country. Cardi B was the latest of many famous American performers to ...

(CNN) — It’s the train set to whisk people across the largest country in the Middle East — and to do so in style, according to the designs that have just been released. Saudi Arabia’s Dream of the ...