It’s all about Saudia in the foreign press

It’s a mixed bag for Saudi in the foreign press today, with Saudia’s historic narrow-body aircraft order from Airbus and a rock band making the rounds. Saudia’s announcement — which we cover in this morning’s news well, above, is getting ink from Bloomberg | Reuters | Associated Press | AFP | CNN | The Telegraph.

Meanwhile, a recent performance by a local all-women psychedelic rock band in Riyadh got ink from the Associated Press. Seera’s music style is inspired by life experiences of its four members using the local dialect. “We didn’t know how people would react,” Meesh, the Seera band’s bassist, said. “We believe strongly in self-expression. To our surprise, they really had open arms for us.”