Saudi Arabia is lifting the alcohol ban for wealthy foreigners

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20260204-saudi-arabia-is-lifting-the-alcohol-ban-for-wealthy-foreigners

41 Comments

  1. Interestingly enough they initially banned it because a prince got wasted with a British diplomat. The prince later shot the diplomat for not giving him more alcohol when it was clear the prince was at his limit.

    I can totally see this happening again with the current Prince running around. lol

  2. BBQShapeshifter on

    The world is the wealthy’s playground, and the rest of us are just their staff.

  3. It’s so they can get rich foreigners to do their PR for them. Hopefully the plebs will still know it’s a horrible country.

  4. I was in Mauritania once for work where alcohol is also banned. One night after work my driver asked me where I would like to go to eat and I jokingly said “somewhere I can get a beer”. He took me to a hole in the wall takeout restaurant and told me to go inside. As soon as I entered the owner ushered me into a passage and through a doorway that opened into an opulent garden restaurant with trees and fountains, and alcohol. All the diners were either foreigners or rich looking locals.

  5. I really hope they dont. But they will. Its the only way to truly attract white ppl in large numbers.

  6. takesthebiscuit on

    My old boss used to travel to SA regularly on business

    All the locals would board the flight in London wearing their European suits and casual dress.

    Knock back some beers and whiskey on the plane and before landing don their dishdashah!

  7. Wait til jack dogerty gets there with 5 bottles of titos and him and that crazy prince go wild, theyll change it back quickly lmao

  8. RebelliousInNature on

    Ugh you could give me free Macallan for life and I still wouldn’t want to set foot in your shitty country.

  9. It says it’s for non-Muslim foreigners. I’m curious how they know what your religion is? Do you need to carry a card saying you’re *not* Muslim? If you personally started feeling like you wanted to become Muslim, are you required to tell someone?

  10. Effective_Mousse_769 on

    Masha allagh, islam is only for the poors. Royals, etc can do whatever alghamdulilah

  11. My dad worked in Saudi through the 80’s and he and all the other European guys he worked with always had a ton of booze in their compound. I doubt they were smuggling it into the country with them so they were obviously buying it there

  12. Saudi Arabia: the country perfectly described by the phrase: “you can’t polish a turd”.

  13. Kuwait was like this. Of course those of us stationed there couldnt have a beer, because of their country’s laws. Nevermind that we were the one thing protecting them from Iran or Iraq.

  14. GurgelBrannare on

    Can someone post the support of this from the Quran? I’m guessing it’s totally Halal…