Think you have nothing to do?

AuthorSciolino, Elaine
PositionInternational - Brief Article

A rebellion of the bored is being waged on the streets of Saudi Arabia.

Young men are luring police officers into 120 mile-an-hour chases on the freeways and tossing firecrackers into crowds at soccer matches. By all accounts, such incidents have been touched off not by politics, but by youths with nothing to do. Saudi Arabia is a theocratic kingdom that bans dating, cinemas, concert halls, discos, and theaters. It offers few oases like museums, libraries, or gyms.

Young people are...

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