Lebanese composer Samir Sfeir was released after being detained by the Saudi Arabia authorities since April 2021 for his political opinions.

Governor of Mecca Prince Khaled bin Faisal ordered authorities to arrest a female rapper, Asayel Slay for releasing the rap song Mecca Girl.

Three theatre performers were stabbed on stage during a live show in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

A Saudi woman has lost a two-year legal battle to marry a man who her family says is "religiously incompatible" with her because he plays the lute.

US rapper Nelly and Algerian singer Cheb Khaled are set to perform a concert in Jeddah to an only male audience, a move that has drawn mixed reactions.

Saudi artists use their craft to challenge society and resist political pressure to create a space for dialogue and change to define a new identity.

Ministry of Culture and Information pulled Dr Badria al-Bishr’s novel “Thursday’s Visitors” from bookstores after some called its passages pornographic.

After an absence of more than three decades, music and female singers’ voices returned to Saudi Arabia's official cultural TV channel.

Authorities arrested singer Abdallah Al Shahani for dabbing, a dance move that violates the regulations of the National Committee for Combating Drugs.

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture and Information banned and confiscated books by Egyptian writer Youssef Zeidan from the Riyadh International Book Fair.