In Saudi Arabia, sometimes things are more expensive than they should be. Why? Because Saudi has strict laws that state all product cover must not reveal something too sexually suggestive, else the moral conduct and religious faith of the populace may be threatened.
Retail stores that fail to comply with this law would be fined or in worst scenario, have their license revoked. It is therefore, they need to assume additional cost in hiring someone to do the product censorship manually. The extra cost is passed to consumers. Some examples of product cover censorship include:
In Saudi Arabia, you cannot sell cats & dogs, dolls & teddy bears, and pokemon because it is deemed those materials will destroy the public morals of its society as a whole. More information can be found here;
Cats & dogs - http://en.rian.ru/world/20080731/115354126.html
Dolls & teddy bears - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/de ... anwhitaker
Pokemon - http://www.kidzworld.com/article/669-pokemon-banned
Today we will take a look at how Saudi censorship photoshopped Mariah Carey's albums. I can assure you that at the end of this article you'd be wowed at their editing skills
