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Riyadh, between shadows and lights

2021-12-03T12:10:26.619Z


SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE - Skyscrapers, restaurants, cinemas. In just a few years, the Saudi capital has radically changed its face, but behind the glitter of trendy clubs still lurks a government that does not tolerate dissent. The disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in ...


By Francesca Caferri (la Repubblica)

If you want to dine at Billionaire, you'll need to get there early enough, because while there aren't any alcoholic cocktails on the menu and overly gaudy clothes aren't allowed, demand is particularly high.

And it often happens that the establishment is full on weekends.

If you can't find a seat, however, you will have no difficulty in consoling yourself, as there are equally exclusive restaurants not far from Flavio Briatore's new establishment.

Japanese, Thai, Lebanese and, of course, Italian, you are spoiled for choice.

In all of these restaurants, the clientele is relaxed, the quality is high, and the prices are equally so.

Welcome to Riyadh, which was until recently the very closed capital of the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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In this case, we are almost obliged to speak in the past tense.

Because in a few years - five to be precise, since the launch of the Vision 2030 program, a series of

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Source: lefigaro

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