Culture & Education | Sunday 12 June, 2016 1:34 pm

LVSA Colleges OPEN for admissions

High School graduates can now apply to Laureate Vocational Saudi Arabia (LVSA) Colleges for the Academic Year 1437-1438 Hijri. The colleges are spread across 5 provinces and 8 different cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Male colleges are located in the cities of Riyadh, Jeddah and Al-Madinah...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 11 June, 2016 5:26 am

Tomouh Graduates Reap Benefits

KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY’s Tomouh job fair provided graduates of the city’s training and qualification program the opportunity to apply for 1,200 jobs offered by 22 national and international companies. Named after the Arabic word for ambition, the fair is one of the city’s...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 9 June, 2016 3:59 pm

OSN and NBCUniversal International Networks announce exclusive launch of science fiction channel Syfy

OSN, the region’s leading pay-TV network, will mark the exclusive launch of Syfy, NBCUniversal International Networks’ dedicated science-fiction entertainment channel, from July 8.   Underlining OSN’s focus on delivering ‘nowhere else’ content, Syfy will...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 8 June, 2016 3:12 pm

Doha Film Institute to present 4th Ajyal Youth Film Festival from Nov. 30 to Dec. 5

The Doha Film Institute today announced that the fourth edition of the Ajyal Youth Film Festival will be held from November 30 to December 5, 2016.   ‘Ajyal’, Arabic for ‘generations’, brings people of all ages together through screenings and events that inspire...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 8 June, 2016 4:46 am

Two Holy Mosques Architecture Exhibition opens

Visitors are welcome to visit the Two Holy Mosques Architecture Exhibition in the holy city of Makkah on Fridays and Saturdays throughout the month of Ramadan. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Dakhil, the exhibition director, told the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) that said the exhibition area has been expanded...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 7 June, 2016 5:52 am

Free online course offers a taster of what it is like to be an English teacher

  Cambridge English launches free course for individuals planning a career in teaching English. It is designed to give a taster of the skills and knowledge needed before setting foot in the classroom.   People planning to travel and teach English in the UAE can now enrol on a...

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Culture & Education | Monday 6 June, 2016 5:17 pm

NETFLIX ANNOUNCES THE WORLDWIDE DEBUT OF JULIE’S GREENROOM

Netflix, the world’s leading Internet TV network, announced that award-winning actress will star in Julie’s Greenroom, a new preschool show from The Jim Henson Company that features an all-new puppet cast of kids learning about the performing arts. The series will be available...

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Culture & Education | Monday 6 June, 2016 12:21 am

Wishing Everyone Ramadan Kareem

Wishing Everyone Ramadan Kareem ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 5 June, 2016 2:05 pm

KAUST-Based Startup Nomadd Closes $1M Investment Round With KAUST Innovation Fund

KAUST-based startup NOMADD (NO-water Mechanical Automated Dusting Device) recently closed a Series A funding round from the KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Innovation Fund totaling USD 1,000,000. NOMADD is a smart and ecological desert solar panel cleaning system...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 1 June, 2016 9:41 am

Saudi Female Awarded SAR 68,260 by Women Empowerment Initiative ‘Creativity for a Cause’

A Saudi national and a faculty-member from Dar Al Hekma - a leading Saudi University - received the region-wide women’s empowerment Creativity for a Cause 2016 Award, led by Philadelphia from Mondelēz International.  With a total of 3652 votes, the GCC winner title was awarded to Manar...

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