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Saudi Arabia Opens First Liquor Store in More Than 70 Years – Voice of America – VOA News

Saudi Arabia Opens First Liquor Store in More Than 70 Years – Voice of America – VOA News

JERUSALEM — A liquor store has opened in Saudi Arabia for the first time in more than 70 years, a diplomat reported Wednesday, a further socially liberalizing step in the once-ultraconservative kingdom that is home to the holiest sites in Islam.While restricted to non-Muslim diplomats, the store in Riyadh comes as Saudi Arabia’s assertive Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aims to… 

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