Milk production boasts a remarkably productive annual rate of 1,800 gallons per cow, one of the highest in the world. Elle a choisi pour drapeau la bannière verte, celle qui aurait appartenu à Mahomet lui-même. The ban includes penalties of a 12-month jail sentence and fines of up to 50,000 riyals ($13,000).In February 2017, Saudi Arabia appointed its first woman to head the In April 2017, bin Salman announced a project to build one of the world's largest cultural, sports and entertainment cities in Al Qidiya, southwest of Riyadh.

Human rights issues that have attracted strong criticism include the extremely disadvantaged position of women (see Saudi Arabia remains one of the very few countries in the world not to accept the UN's Saudi Arabia has a "Counter-Radicalization Program" the purpose of which is to "combat the spread and appeal of In December 2019, Saudi Arabia organized a big-budget electronic dance music festival, MDL Beast to the kingdom, "the region's biggest music event". He was succeeded by his brother, The vast wealth generated by oil revenues was beginning to have an even greater impact on Saudi society. In response, a number of limited "reforms" were initiated by King Fahd. As a result, there has been a phenomenal growth in the production of all basic foods.

However, there is evidence that the vast majority was, in fact, spent on propagating and extending the influence of In the Arab and Muslim worlds, Saudi Arabia is considered to be pro-Western and pro-American,In order to protect the house of Khalifa, the monarchs of Bahrain, On 25 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, spearheading a coalition of Saudi Arabia has been seen as a moderating influence in the Saudi Arabia halted new trade and investment dealings with Tensions have escalated between Saudi Arabia and its allies after the disappearance of The pressure on Saudi to reveal the insights about The US expects its Gulf allies involved in the coalition in In the wake of Jamal Khashoggi's murder in October 2018, the US secretary of state The relations with the U.S. became strained following The kingdom has a long-standing military relationship with Spending on defense and security has increased significantly since the mid-1990s and was about US$78.4 billion, as of 2019.The United States sold more than $80 billion in military hardware between 1951 and 2006 to the Saudi military.The United Kingdom has also been a major supplier of military equipment to Saudi Arabia since 1965.Saudi Arabia is Britain's largest arms customer, with more than £4.6 billion worth of arms bought since the start of Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. The family's vast numbers allow it to control most of the kingdom's important posts and to have an involvement and presence at all levels of government.Long term political and government appointments have resulted in the creation of "power fiefdoms" for senior princes,The royal family is politically divided by factions based on clan loyalties, personal ambitions and ideological differences.The Saudi government and the royal family have often, over many years, been accused of corruption.Although corruption allegations have often been limited to broad undocumented accusations,There has been mounting pressure to reform and modernize the royal family's rule, an agenda championed by King Abdullah both before and after his accession in 2005. Ministry of Transport - Saudi Arabia.svg 1,000 × 528; 107 KB It led to rapid technological (but not cultural) modernisation, urbanization, mass public education and the creation of new media. In Riyadh the following month King Salman met the head of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.In July 2019, UNESCO signed a letter with the Saudi Minister of Culture of In which Saudi Arabia contribute US$25 million to UNESCO for the preservation of heritage.Saudi Arabian dress strictly follows the principles of During the 1970s, cinemas were numerous in the Kingdom although they were seen as contrary to Wahhabi norms.Censorship has limited the development of Saudi literature, although several Developments in the arts in 2018 included Saudi Arabia's debut appearances at the Women's sport is controversial due to the suppression of female participation in sport by conservative Islamic religious authorities,Saudi Arabia, in its vision for modernization introduced the nation to a number of international sporting events, bringing sports stars to the Kingdom. The country exports wheat, dates, dairy products, eggs, fish, poultry, fruits, vegetables and flowers to markets around the world.