Non-Oil GDP Share: 76% ▲ -7.7pp vs 2020 | Saudi Unemployment: 3.5% ▲ -0.5pp vs 2023 | PIF AUM: $941.3B ▲ +$345B vs 2022 | Inbound FDI: $21.3B ▼ -6.4% vs 2023 | Female Participation: 33% ▲ -1.1pp vs 2023 | Credit Rating: Aa3/A+ ▲ Moody's / Fitch | GDP Growth: 2.0% ▲ +1.5pp vs 2023 | Umrah Pilgrims: 16.92M ▲ vs 11.3M target | Non-Oil GDP Share: 76% ▲ -7.7pp vs 2020 | Saudi Unemployment: 3.5% ▲ -0.5pp vs 2023 | PIF AUM: $941.3B ▲ +$345B vs 2022 | Inbound FDI: $21.3B ▼ -6.4% vs 2023 | Female Participation: 33% ▲ -1.1pp vs 2023 | Credit Rating: Aa3/A+ ▲ Moody's / Fitch | GDP Growth: 2.0% ▲ +1.5pp vs 2023 | Umrah Pilgrims: 16.92M ▲ vs 11.3M target |

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The Howeitat: How Saudi Arabia Dismantled a Tribe to Build a City That Doesn't Exist

20,000 people displaced from ancestral lands. Homes destroyed. Electricity cut. Elders bribed. A propaganda campaign manufactured. The forensic account of how Saudi Arabia dismantled the Howeitat tribe to clear land for a megacity that was never built.

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The Killing of Abdul Rahim al-Huwaiti: The Man Who Filmed His Own Death to Stop NEOM

On 13 April 2020, Abdul Rahim al-Huwaiti posted a video from his roof in al-Khuraybah. He filmed the Saudi security forces surrounding his home. He predicted they would plant weapons. Hours later, they shot him dead. This is the full reconstruction.

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