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Saudi inches towards modernity with Prince Mohammed’s Initiatives
Global Village Space |
James M. Dorsey |
Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s powerful deputy crown prince, is moving the country forward and to do so has put sports, culture, and entertainment at the cutting edge of his effort to culturally and socially take his conservative kingdom into the 21st century. To achieve anything, he needs the approval of the country’s powerful, Sunni Muslim ultra-conservative religious establishment to legitimize his bid to upgrade Saudi autocracy and ensure the survival of his ruling family.
Prince Muhammed’s goals to modernize Saudi society
Prince Mohammed’s Vision 2030 sets out his plans to diversify the kingdom’s fossil fuel-dependent economy and enhance the role of women but not totally free them.
Prince Mohammed being 30 years of age, he is in tune with the aspirations of Saudi youth, is believed to be widely popular in the kingdom. The Saudi youth taken aback by the violence engulfing the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of the 2011 popular Arab revolts, want change but largely do not question the Al Saud family’s claim to the right to rule.
Read more: The year Saudi Arabia wants to forget
Prince Mohammed’s Vision 2030 sets out his plans to diversify the kingdom’s fossil fuel-dependent economy and enhance the role of women but not totally free them from the shackles of in part tribally-inspired ultra-conservatism. It envisions sports, culture, and entertainment as a way to address frustrations of Saudi youth without surrendering political control.
Why does it matter for Saudi Arabia?
This may sound pedestrian in a world in which sports, culture, and entertainment are important fact totems of everyday life. In Saudi Arabia, a country with no cinemas, that only in the last year authorized a limited number of public concerts and Western-style entertainment events, and that has yet to introduce sports in girl’s schools, it is bold, tricky, and risky.
The degree to which Prince Mohammed succeeds in liberalizing Saudi society is likely to determine to what extent he can ensure that the kingdom’s ultra-conservatives do not lose out to militant scholars.
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Saudi inches towards modernity with Prince Mohammed’s Initiatives
Global Village Space |
James M. Dorsey |
Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s powerful deputy crown prince, is moving the country forward and to do so has put sports, culture, and entertainment at the cutting edge of his effort to culturally and socially take his conservative kingdom into the 21st century. To achieve anything, he needs the approval of the country’s powerful, Sunni Muslim ultra-conservative religious establishment to legitimize his bid to upgrade Saudi autocracy and ensure the survival of his ruling family.
Prince Muhammed’s goals to modernize Saudi society
Prince Mohammed’s Vision 2030 sets out his plans to diversify the kingdom’s fossil fuel-dependent economy and enhance the role of women but not totally free them.
Prince Mohammed being 30 years of age, he is in tune with the aspirations of Saudi youth, is believed to be widely popular in the kingdom. The Saudi youth taken aback by the violence engulfing the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of the 2011 popular Arab revolts, want change but largely do not question the Al Saud family’s claim to the right to rule.
Read more: The year Saudi Arabia wants to forget
Prince Mohammed’s Vision 2030 sets out his plans to diversify the kingdom’s fossil fuel-dependent economy and enhance the role of women but not totally free them from the shackles of in part tribally-inspired ultra-conservatism. It envisions sports, culture, and entertainment as a way to address frustrations of Saudi youth without surrendering political control.
Why does it matter for Saudi Arabia?
This may sound pedestrian in a world in which sports, culture, and entertainment are important fact totems of everyday life. In Saudi Arabia, a country with no cinemas, that only in the last year authorized a limited number of public concerts and Western-style entertainment events, and that has yet to introduce sports in girl’s schools, it is bold, tricky, and risky.
The degree to which Prince Mohammed succeeds in liberalizing Saudi society is likely to determine to what extent he can ensure that the kingdom’s ultra-conservatives do not lose out to militant scholars.
Read full article:
Saudi inches towards modernity with Prince Mohammed’s Initiatives
