On January 20, 2025, The Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication published Dr. Foley’s article on the film Industry in Saudi Arabia and Vision 2030. The article, entitled “To see the Kingdom through a New Lens: Vision 2030 and Saudi Film Industry,” discusses Mandoob, Hwjn and other key recent films and draws on Foley’s extensive in-country research in recent years. It focuses on the importance of these films and the emerging industry for distributing and for making films in the Kingdom. It builds on Foley’s extensive interviews with key directors and other creative figures in the film industry along with the men and women now building the facilities and global partnerships necessary to create films in AlUla and in other regions of Saudi Arabia. Importantly, many of these individuals have not been interviewed before about their work in developing film in Saudi Arabia or promoting the Vision 2030 reforms transforming AlUla and the rest of the Kingdom.
