AS THE LONG-LOCKED DOORS TO SAUDI ARABIA ARE FLUNG ASUNDER, CULTURAL TREASURES AND ARCHEOLOGICAL WONDERS ONCE SOMETHING LIKE WHISPERS ARE WELCOMING THE WORLD. IN AL-’ULA, THE STORIED CIVILIZATIONS OF THE LIHYANITES AND THE NABATEANS ARE UNCOVERED, WHO CARVED HUGE TOMBS AND STRANGE SYMBOLS AND PICTURES – THE HISTORY OF THEIR PEOPLE – INTO THE SANDSTONE LIKE EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS. DRESSED IN BURBERRY – RICCARDO TISCI’S SPRING/SUMMER 20 PRE-COLLECTION – SAUDI MODEL SHAHAD SALMAN EXPLORES WITH SORBET, LIKE AN OTHERWORLDLY PRINCESS NEWLY ARRIVED IN AN ALIEN LAND, AN EPIC JOURNEY DOCUMENTED BY THE BRILLIANT PHOTOGRAPHER, MOHAMAD ABDOUNI.

END OF STORY