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Neom: Saudi Arabia's City of the Future

In 2024, the first computer-generated images of Aquellum, one of the future districts of the futuristic megacity Neom, were shared on TikTok. This urban utopia is a showcase for Saudi Arabia and is also intended to distract from internal problems. Alain Musset explores why not everyone will benefit from this ultramodern Saudi Arabia.