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Cultural circles bid farewell to Mohammed Al-Ali; culture and media ministers lead mourners

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Saudi official and cultural circles mourned the poet and thinker Mohammed Al-Ali, who died aged 94 after a career spanning seven decades. Culture Minister Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan led the mourners and described him as one of the pioneers of modernism, while Media Minister Salman Al-Dossary said Al-Ali combined poetry, thought and journalism, including his time as editor of Al-Yaum newspaper.

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