{"id":51595,"date":"2021-11-14T11:55:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T08:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=33953"},"modified":"2021-11-21T13:39:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T09:39:02","slug":"a-slew-of-foreigners-were-granted-saudi-citizenship-in-the-wake-of-the-new-citizenship-law-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/jeddah\/en\/latest\/a-slew-of-foreigners-were-granted-saudi-citizenship-in-the-wake-of-the-new-citizenship-law-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Slew Of Foreigners Were Granted Saudi Citizenship In The Wake Of The New Citizenship Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a bid to attract \u201cbrilliant minds\u201d to meet its ambitious Vision 2030 goals, Saudi Arabia HAS begun granting citizenship to foreigners following a royal decree last week. In the wake of the royal decree, several foreigners were granted citizenship over the weekend and here are a few of them. The list of those granted citizenship includes prominent academics, a calligrapher and even a theater director among a host of other eminent professionals.<\/p>\n

Semaan Al Ani<\/h2>\n

One of the pioneers of the Saudi theatre scene, Samaan is credited with directing one of the first Saudi theater performances, “Qitar al-Haz.” Since then there\u2019s been no looking back for him and has participated in a number of foreign theatre festivals.<\/p>\n

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