ENTERTAINMENT

Ministry of Culture and Information Launches Certified Saudi Cinema Account: ‘We are back’

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The Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information (MoCI) launched an official and certified account for Saudi cinema on Twitter yesterday and used its first tweet to proclaim the return of Saudi cinema.

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