No more dim lights at restaurants in Riyadh

Restaurants in the Saudi capital Riyadh are no longer allowed to turn the lights down under a new royal decision that also stipulated sex segregation, the Saudi online Arabic language daily Ajel reported on Saturday.

Restaurants were given three months to abide by the new rules, endorsed by Prince of Riyadh, Emir Sattam bin Abdul Aziz, the paper said.

“Under the new rules, all restaurants are not allowed to have dim lights and must have separate sections for women and families,” it said.

“The separation can be done by erecting barriers between the sections..…some of these barriers must be mobile so they can be used when the need arises.”

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