Riyadh (AP): A senior member of royal family says he is certain that one day there will be movie theaters in the conservative kingdom.
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's who owns Rotana, a popular network of Arabic satellite channels airing movies and music videos, says cinemas and more Saudi movies are inevitable and have a "positive" social role in Saudi Arabia.
Alwaleed, whose company produced "Menahi," the first Saudi movie, added in today's statement that a new movie can be expected soon.
"Menahi," a comedy, has been shown in auditoriums in several Saudi cities in the past few months.
Movie theaters were banned 30 years ago in Saudi Arabia after the conservative clergy described them as un-Islamic.
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