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Apr 2025
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Neom, Pt 1: Skiing in the Desert

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
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In 2017, Saudi Arabia’s ambitious, young leader, Mohammed bin Salman, unveiled Neom: a futuristic new city Saudi Arabia would build in the desert. Neom would be a hotspot for tourism like the French Riviera, a center of innovation like Silicon Valley, and a global melting pot like Dubai. It would help transform the Saudi economy. But over the years, that alr ... Show More
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