Men taking a ride on a metro line heading to King Saud University station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. — AFP
FOR decades, Zayed al-Ghamdi’s social circles in Saudi Arabia were more than predictable, bound by routine and kinship in a country where societal divisions have rarely been challenged. Then came the metro.
A decade after breaking ground, Riyadh’s gleaming new metro opened in December, offering the Saudi capital’s eight million residents an alternative to roads chronically clogged by its two million cars.
