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Neom - The Line to Oblivion

Despite the bafflement of many, Saudi Arabia's Neom continues to be developed. But who is it for? Will it ever come to fruition?

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Jan 14, 2021
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Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman unveils the new Neom project, “The Line,” in January 2021.

On April 13, 2020, Saudi Arabian security forces rolled up to the home of Abdur-Rahim al-Huwayti.

al-Khuraybah, situated on the shore of the Red Sea in the Kingdom’s northwest, had still retained some of the simple living of the Saudi Arabia of decades past. …

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