Why there are no cinema theaters in Saudi Arabia? No one exactly knows. "There are no rules banning cinema theaters," Badr Kurraiem, member of the Shoura Council, told Asharq Al-Awsat.
Unlike satellite channels, movies can be easily censored to suit the conservative minds of Saudis. However, this is not the problem. "It is not about the content. It is about mixing of men and women," a sociologist said. "But I think time is changing, and it is possible solve the problem now," he added.
Okay, but what about the Islamists? "Even if men and women were separated, I won't let my children go there," a consultant to the minister of Islamic affairs, said. "I would let my children go, provided that I go with them." However, the man eats his own words. You know, "I'm a bearded man, adhered to Sunnah. It is a shame on me to go there and set next to someone who smokes or laughs out loud," (!!) he added. "I avoid places like that, and therefore I would like my children to do so," he said. He thinks that locations of youths' gatherings "must be under strict monitoring."
Director Hayfaa Al-Mansour says she noticed a lot of Saudi boys who go to Bahrain to watch movies. Actually, I'm one of those boys. I occasionally go to Bahrain to enjoy the latest movies. Do I expect to see cinema theaters here? Not sure, but I think eventually there will be. I'm jut not optimistic that will happen anytime soon. # »
Unlike satellite channels, movies can be easily censored to suit the conservative minds of Saudis. However, this is not the problem. "It is not about the content. It is about mixing of men and women," a sociologist said. "But I think time is changing, and it is possible solve the problem now," he added.
Okay, but what about the Islamists? "Even if men and women were separated, I won't let my children go there," a consultant to the minister of Islamic affairs, said. "I would let my children go, provided that I go with them." However, the man eats his own words. You know, "I'm a bearded man, adhered to Sunnah. It is a shame on me to go there and set next to someone who smokes or laughs out loud," (!!) he added. "I avoid places like that, and therefore I would like my children to do so," he said. He thinks that locations of youths' gatherings "must be under strict monitoring."
Director Hayfaa Al-Mansour says she noticed a lot of Saudi boys who go to Bahrain to watch movies. Actually, I'm one of those boys. I occasionally go to Bahrain to enjoy the latest movies. Do I expect to see cinema theaters here? Not sure, but I think eventually there will be. I'm jut not optimistic that will happen anytime soon. # »
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