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Tiësto Under Fire for Performing with Mariah Carey In Saudi Arabia

Tiësto and Mariah Carey lately carried out in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the primary time ever, changing into some essentially the most excessive prile acts to carry out within the nation. While attendees undoubtedly loved an ideal night time music, the present has stirred up some main controversy.


Multiple artists are receiving backlash for performing whereas human rights activists are behind bars, together with David Guetta. There are a number of reviews merciless and inhumane remedy by the Saudi authorities, even threats to the lives individuals combating for girls’s rights. Here’s simply one report that particulars the continuing wrestle.

In the midst this moral outrage, Saudi Arabia appears to be like to change into one the world’s main leisure capitals in 2019, therefore the rise concert events and occasions throughout the nation. Officials simply introduced their goal to “usher in a Year Entertainment in 2019” and change into a “prime 10 vacation spot for leisure.”

Mariah Carey is one the primary artists being bashed for her efficiency, notably as a result of she’s a powerful feminine determine and the primary lady to take the stage in Saudi Arabia. She, nonetheless, stands by her determination and sees her look as “a constructive step in the direction of the dissolution gender segregation.”

Her spokesperson says, “As the primary feminine worldwide artist to carry out in Saudi Arabia, Mariah acknowledges the cultural significance this occasion and can proceed to assist world efforts in the direction of equality for all.”

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Sources: Daily Pakistan, Washington Post | Daily Dot / @whodouglas