A tentat­ive date of March 2018 has been setSaudi Arabia said on Monday that public cinemas would be allowed in the conservative kingdom and the first cinemas were likely to open early next year. He added that the first cinemas are expected to open in March 2018. Earlier, former chairman of the Saudi Cinema Committee Fahd al Tamimi stated that cinemas will be opened before the end of 2017. He stressed that there is nothing in the Ministry of Culture and Information laws that prevent cinema halls. The kingdom had some cinemas in the 1970s that are still banned but concerts have already started taking place across the country.

Source: The Express Tribune December 11, 2017 09:00 UTC