Saudi short ‘Assutur’ is ‘reshaping conversations’ around challenging topics

DHAHRAN: It was Ramadan 2025 when two seasoned Saudi storytellers from Jeddah — Sara Masry and Rulan Hasan — met for the first time. Masry, an actress and budding filmmaker, and Hasan, an established writer and director, connected instantly; bonding over shared traumas and exchanging ideas for potential collaborations for hours. “It started as talking with a stranger, or someone who I didn’t really know before, and it ended like I was talking to myself,” Hasan tells Arab News. By the end of a lo