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Muna is promising to rid the bilingual country of the corruption and bad governance that he says have soiled its image at the international scene.

Black-and-white photographs and films showed miners in hard hats and soiled uniforms as they stood smoking cigarettes, climbing into open rail cars and running machinery that scooped and loaded piles of rocks.

“Rather than throw away the soil we soiled, why not regenerate it? Unless you’re planning to farm on that soil, the best bet is to put down mulching and observe.”

She wears gloves only when she uses degreasers, which can be corrosive but are necessary to really clean out an especially soiled pot or pan.

Desert X is still co-organizing installations there, in what is a blatant case of art-washing to polish the soiled international reputation of a murderous, absolute monarchy where free expression is forbidden.