Last September, American writers Bradley Hope and Justin Chic published the book “Blood and Oil”, which included the biography of Mohamed bin Salman since he was a child with a focus on the factors and circumstances that contributed to the formation...
Many human rights groups have called on all companies involved in the NEOM project to withdraw from the project and to review their decision to invest in the project, as it causes a major humanitarian crisis for thousands of citizens of Saudi...
The city of the future, the capital of leadership, the new global tourist destination; all these loose titles are made by the Saudi media to cover up the main crime of Neom, which bin Salman began building near the Red Sea, and seeks to bring finish...
Neom has promised to be many things. It is a $500 billion megaproject promising to be larger than its neighbour, the state of Israel. It is a megacity, a business region, a carbon-neutral vision of the future built using oil money. It will have...
Mohammed bin Salman has had an easy four years, in many respects. No matter who he wanted to be killed, where he wanted to bomb, or which countries he wanted to be sidelined, he knew his man in the White House had his back. MBS knew that offering...
The French newspaper Le Monde revealed that the majority of the Saudi people reject the crown prince's vision including Neom City project, in which bin Salman is using the state's funds to build it amid severe economic crisis in the country. Le...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that investments in the new city of Neom, is likely to reach 500 billion dollars. Following this, major investors withdrew from the project due to the bad reputation bin Salman enjoys abroad. Bin Salman started...
Neom: One of the ‘healthiest place in the world’ – for whom? A recent puff piece in Construction Weekly celebrates claims by Neom that it will be “one of the healthiest places in the world”, whenever – or if – it is completed. Neom’s executive...
Pressure grows on Neom-bound Dakar Rally Human rights activists are calling for a boycott of the Dakar Rally in support of jailed women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul. The rally, which goes in part through Neom, is currently underway in Saudi...
After languishing in a Saudi jail for three years, the Saudi regime has sentenced women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison after finding her guilty of spying for foreign parties and conspiring against the...











