News Summary

• The Riyadh Comedy Festival is just one part of a much bigger plan.
• Women drive, work in different sectors, and dress more vibrantly in Saudi Arabia.
• But the country’s leaders still jail and harass critics, and U.S. intelligence still suspects MBS of involvement in the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
• Human Rights Watch has been begging the comedians not to participate in the whitewashing of the horrors that are ongoing inSaudi Arabia.
• Ugh, what a cockblock Human rights Watch is for comedy.