Saudis express outrage over residents displaced from Jeddah slums

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Saudis have taken to social media to condemn the displacement of residents after many were evicted as authorities demolished entire neighbourhoods across the city of Jeddah. More than 30 neighbourhoods are thought to have been levelled. According to*Al-Mayadeen, the move forms part of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's Vision 2030 announced in 2016 and which aims to establish four main international landmarks: an opera house, a museum, a stadium and an aquarium in place of the destroyed homes. However, the plans go back farther to 2007 when Prince Khaled Al-Faisal was appointed governor of the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region which includes Jeddah. Several months after his appointment he announced the project in redeveloping Jeddah, which has over 50 slums, most of […]

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