Riyadh

I go to Riyadh often for work. It has changed a lot just in the last few years. The city is bustling now, and it's turning into the business hub of the GCC (similar to how Dubai was a few years ago).

In terms of the digital nomad lifestyle, if you have work or contacts here it's a nice place to work. Hotels and Airbnbs can be relatively unexpensive, it has fast internet (you can get a very cheap esim with Virgin Connect Roam for example) and there are some coworking spaces (like Astrolabs) + a ton of coffee shops with free wifi.

If you want to try it out, I recommend you book a short trip and come to one of the events they put on (especially in the winter, they have a ton of concerts and networking events in the tech space).

I just recommend you get a place next to the metro line they just built because otherwise it's not very walkable, and try not to come in the summer because of the heat!