Culture & Education | Sunday 29 December, 2019 1:51 am

The Royal Commission For Alula Unveils Maraya: A World Class Mirrored Concert Hall

The newly constructed Maraya concert hall in AlUla in Saudi Arabia has been unveiled as part of the Winter at Tantora festival.  ‘Maraya’, which in Arabic means reflection or mirror, is built close to Hegra Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO world heritage site.  The...

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Business & Money | Sunday 29 December, 2019 1:49 am

Azizi Developments sponsors HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Endurance Festival

As part of its long-standing pillar partnership with Meydan, Azizi Developments, one of the leading private developers in the UAE, sponsored the HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Festival Ride for Ladies for a third year running.  A prestigious stop on the world endurance riding ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 29 December, 2019 1:38 am

Ad-Diriyah Glows in the International Contemporary Art Scene

From Within art exhibition, organised by Ministry of Culture, took place from 8 to 26 December, and hosted 25 artists from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and internationally. The artworks at the exhibition are results of profound concepts and raise...

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Business & Money | Sunday 29 December, 2019 1:12 am

Fawaz Alhokair moves to AWS to accelerate digital transformation

Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair & Co., one of the largest franchise retailers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, MENA, Central Asia and Caucasus regions, announced that it is moving the vast majority of its technology infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to empower the company with the most...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 29 December, 2019 12:42 am

Kaspersky announces winners of its annual Secur’IT Cup student competition

Kaspersky has announced the winners of its international competition for students – Secur’IT Cup 2019. A team of students from the Russian National Research Nuclear University MEPhI was named at the final event, which took place at the Kaspersky Academy Partner’s Summit in Lisbon. ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 28 December, 2019 1:48 pm

200 Saudi women employed in Jeddah Airport client services

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) ground services have employed 200 Saudi young women in client services at King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah. Before employing them, the Saudi women underwent specialist training to provide them with experience and know-how to render the best...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 28 December, 2019 1:00 pm

Asian countries top list of pilgrims to Makkah

2,371,441 Umrah visas were issued between Aug. 31 and Dec. 20, 2019. These numbers are based on the weekly Umrah Index. It measures the number of Umrah visas issued, the total number of Umrah pilgrims arriving to the Kingdom through air, land and sea ports, nationalities of Umrah performers, and...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 28 December, 2019 12:25 pm

Saudi Arabia’s Hail Season inaugurate by region’s governor

Prince Abdul Aziz bin Saad Al-Saud, governor of Hail, inaugurated Hail Season 2019 at Al-Qishla Heritage Palace on Friday. In his speech for the occasion, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, chairman of the board of directors of the General Sports Authority (GSA), said: “During Hail...

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Business & Money | Saturday 28 December, 2019 10:52 am

GASTAT: Youth make up 67.02% of Saudi population

Youth make up 67.02 percent of the total Saudi population, that is those in the age category (0–34) years, the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) said in the report it issued on Friday. The report showed the results of the “Saudi Youth Development Survey for 2019”, which ...

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Sports | Friday 27 December, 2019 12:29 pm

Logistics in place as Dakar Saudi Arabia 2020 becomes ready to launch

The desert of Saudi Arabia is ready to be in action mode with all equipment and logistics in place ahead of the launch of Dakar Saudi Arabia 2020, which takes place in Asia for the first time and begins on Jan. 5. With less than 10 days to go until the attention of motorsport enthusiasts turns...

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