{"id":16151,"date":"2025-04-18T20:09:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=16151"},"modified":"2025-04-18T20:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:09:51","slug":"lavish-dog-festivals-in-saudi-arabia-amid-gazas-tragedy-spark-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/18\/lavish-dog-festivals-in-saudi-arabia-amid-gazas-tragedy-spark-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavish Dog Festivals in Saudi Arabia Amid Gaza\u2019s Tragedy Spark Outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watan<\/strong>-While the children of Gaza are surrounded by death\u2014through starvation, disease, and relentless bombings\u2014Saudi Arabia, through the head of its General Entertainment Authority, Turki Al Sheikh, proudly promotes grand dog festivals, spending millions from the state\u2019s budget\u2014despite claiming to be the &#8220;beating heart of Arabism&#8221; and a defender of the region\u2019s causes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1552\">Videos from the 2024 \u201cMada\u201d Saluki Dog Racing Festival went viral, sparking shock and outrage across social media platforms. The footage shows dogs in lavish outfits participating in competitions like \u201cMost Beautiful Dog,\u201d receiving awards and honors\u2014scenes that starkly contrast the daily images of starvation and death coming out of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1554\" data-end=\"1926\">The festival, organized by Turki Al Sheikh under the General Entertainment Authority, is not the first of its kind. It\u2019s part of a broader \u201cvision,\u201d which now even includes producing films about dogs. Al Sheikh announced a new movie titled \u201cSeven Dogs\u201d with a massive budget exceeding $40 million\u2014reportedly one of the most expensive productions in Saudi cinema history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1375\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1375 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mohammed-bin-Salman-and-Turki-Al-Sheikh-1024x717.jpeg\" alt=\"The festival, organized by Turki Al Sheikh under the General Entertainment Authority,\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mohammed-bin-Salman-and-Turki-Al-Sheikh-1024x717.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mohammed-bin-Salman-and-Turki-Al-Sheikh-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mohammed-bin-Salman-and-Turki-Al-Sheikh-768x538.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mohammed-bin-Salman-and-Turki-Al-Sheikh-150x105.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mohammed-bin-Salman-and-Turki-Al-Sheikh-450x315.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Mohammed-bin-Salman-and-Turki-Al-Sheikh.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohammed bin Salman and Turki Al-Sheikh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"19\" data-end=\"85\"><strong data-start=\"19\" data-end=\"85\">Contradictions of Saudi Arabia\u2019s Priorities Amid Gaza\u2019s Crisis<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1928\" data-end=\"2261\">Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinian children in Gaza are being killed daily. They\u2019re deprived of water, electricity, and medicine, while hospitals and shelters are bombed\u2014with a suspicious official silence and no tangible action from the so-called \u201cbig sister\u201d Arab nations that are supposed to represent the heart of the Arab world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2263\" data-end=\"2359\">Social media users have voiced their anger at what they call a &#8220;systematic provocation,&#8221; asking:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2361\" data-end=\"2576\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2361\" data-end=\"2440\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2363\" data-end=\"2440\">How are dogs honored in Riyadh while Gaza\u2019s children are buried under rubble?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2441\" data-end=\"2507\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2443\" data-end=\"2507\">Has entertainment noise become more important than saving lives?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2508\" data-end=\"2576\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2510\" data-end=\"2576\">Has Saudi money now become solely for shows, spectacles, and dogs?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2578\" data-end=\"2809\">In the so-called &#8220;Great Saudi Arabia,&#8221; as dubbed by pro-government media, spending has shifted from supporting oppressed peoples to funding dog races and pet fashion\u2014while the Palestinian human being is left to face his fate alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2811\" data-end=\"2964\">So, is there any explanation for this contradiction?<br data-start=\"2863\" data-end=\"2866\" \/>Or has merely asking the question become a crime in an era where dogs come first\u2026 and people last?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-While the children of Gaza are surrounded by death\u2014through starvation, disease, and relentless bombings\u2014Saudi Arabia, through the head of its General Entertainment Authority, Turki Al Sheikh, proudly promotes grand dog festivals, spending millions from the state\u2019s budget\u2014despite claiming to be the &#8220;beating heart of Arabism&#8221; and a defender of the region\u2019s causes. Videos from the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[903,71,4930],"class_list":["post-16151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","tag-israeli-war-on-gaza","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-seven-dogs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lavish Dog Festivals in Saudi Arabia Amid Gaza\u2019s Tragedy Spark Outrage - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gaza suffers from starvation and bombing, Saudi Arabia spends millions on dog festivals and films. 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