Red Sea Fund opens applications for production cycle
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The prestigious Red Sea Fund has thrown open its doors to filmmakers across Arab and African...Arts & Culture
Emiratis battle to preserve dying art of embroidery
The art of hand-weaving braided shiny ribbons to adorn traditional clothing and bags is called Al Talli, and is on...Arts & Culture
Saudi Arabia, Qatar sign MoU to enhance cultural cooperation
Doha, UAE - Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance cultural cooperation in...Prince Badr led the Saudi delegation in the inaugural meeting of the Culture, Tourism, and Entertainment Committee, a subsidiary of the Saudi-Qatari Coordination Council
The committee meeting, held in Doha, saw the participation of government representatives from various sectors, and it served as a platform to discuss collaborative initiatives
New life breathed into Tunisia’s bagpipes
Known as Mizwad, the Tunisian bagpipe was once banned from airwaves but has now been embraced by artists infusing its...Most musical historians agree the mizwad first appeared in Tunisia at the beginning of the 20th century and was confined to working-class suburbs for decades.
The mizwad spawned its own musical style that was frowned upon by authorities for associations with alcohol, drugs and prison -- where many songs were composed.
AI meets VR to keep Holocaust memory alive
Through AI, users of a VR headset can have a "conversation" with Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher, asking about her encounters...The project is a collaboration between Los Angeles-based company StoryFile, the World Jewish Congress and Facebook-owner Meta,
StoryFile co-founder Stephen Smith, who has worked in Holocaust education, said the technology allows users to "talk to history through the people who went through it".
Ronaldo puts swagger in Saudi football
Al Nassr forward's first season in the kingdom ended with a whimper, but Saudi football has never enjoyed such attention.Al Nassr's Twitter followers have jumped from 800,000 to more than four million and swelled from two million to 14 million-plus on Instagram.
Ronaldo has pledged to stay in Saudi next year and backed the Saudi league to eventually become one of the world's top five.
Jordanian-Saudi royal wedding marks historic union
The couple exchanged their vows in a traditional Muslim wedding ceremony called "katb al-ketab" in an open-air gazebo adorned with...The couple exchanged their vows in a traditional Muslim wedding ceremony called "katb al-ketab" in an open-air gazebo adorned with flowers
The bride, adorned in an exquisite white dress designed by Lebanese designer Elie Saab, arrived at Zahran Palace in a 1968 Rolls-Royce Phantom V
‘UAE is laboratory of past, present and future’
"Aside from the obvious things - the construction of museums and large collections - it seems to me that the...La Biennale di Venezia president, Roberto Cicutto, commends the UAE's dedication to cultural development and youth education
On UAE Pavilion's "Aridly Abundant" theme, he says it aligns with the Venice Biennale's focus on addressing environmental challenges
Abu Dhabi event transforms global falconry
The exhibition has become a popular platform for falconers to purchase elite captive-bred falcons from local and international farms.Last year's exhibition saw the sale of the most expensive falcon in its history, the American-bred "Pure Gyre - Ultra White" for $275,000.
The breeding of falcons in captivity represented a real revolution in falconry and sustainability and the revival of this heritage.
AlUla’s Jabal Ikmah listed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register
AlUla, Saudi Arabia -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) listed AlUla's Jabal Ikmah in its Memory...Jabal Ikmah is one of the most prominent historic sites in AlUla and is designated as one of the largest open-air libraries in the Arabian Peninsula.
It includes hundreds of carved inscriptions and stone carvings along the mountain made in different eras and civilizations, some thousands of years ago.
Watch owned by China’s last emperor sells for $5m
Emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi had brought the watch with him to a Soviet prison camp where he was brought after the...Emperor at the age of two in 1908, Puyi was immortalised by Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning film but left a mixed legacy.
A Patek Philippe "Grandmaster Chime" sold for $31 million in 2019. It is said to be the most complex timepiece the luxury watchmaker has ever created, with 20 complications.
Iraq artist battles to save old boating tradition
The elegant water craft have long been vastly outnumbered by modern, motorised vessels and are threatened further as Iraq's waterways...Iraq must save "from extinction an essential facet of our civilisation which has existed for four or five millenia", said Salim, co-founder of Safina Projects
The flotilla on the Tigris in Baghdad was a landmark event in Salim's efforts -- 18 of the boats took to the water on a spring afternoon as part of a cultural festival
