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People attend a concert during the Balad Beast music festival in Jeddah’s oldest neighbourhood, known as Al-Balad on January 18, 2024. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
BALAD BEAST MUSIC FESTIVAL

Ravers flock to dance floor in Saudi’s gateway to Mecca

Residents acknowledge some anxiety about the changes in a neighbourhood strongly associated with the annual hajj pilgrimage and Ramadan markets

  • Robbie Corey Boulet
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