Hero for hire: Meet Saud Al-Hazzani, Saudi Arabia’s first professional cosplayer

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Adam Grundey

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Adam Grundey

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Sat, 2019-04-13 18:39

DUBAI: “Being creative in general, I think, kind of fades out as you grow up. It’s there, still, but it’s untouched.”

Saud Al-Hazzani is discussing his, let’s say ‘niche,’ hobby — cosplay — and the reason why, in his early thirties, he quit his job to focus on making a living doing something that, to all intents and purposes, is what — if he were a child — would be called ‘playing dress-up.’