UAE views creativity through the lens of openness

The UAE’s far-sighted and rhythmic alignment with others has a great impact on the intercultural convergence it has made possible across creative sectors

The country threw up a new model to catalyze creative growth in the music scene, through its ‘jazzy’ venture to provide a conducive environment

Five things to know about Egypt’s pharaoh Tutankhamun

The walls of the chamber in which Tutankhamun was laid to rest were covered in gold

Several months after the 1922 discovery, Britain's Lord Carnarvon, who financed the research, was diagnosed with infections and died

Egypt cuts the feed to wildly popular ‘mahraganat’ electro music

The mahraganat singers who fail to impress will be called "vocal performers" and they will have to renew their licence every three months

The syndicate will judge whether the performer has demonstrated "respect for the union, the nation, and the young people."

Saudi Arabia’s embassy in United States participates in ‘Cat Walk’

The Saudi ambassador to the United States, and a number of embassy staff were present on the occasion

The participation included a number of embassy staff walking a distance of 7 kilometers to raise awareness about the conservation of 40 species of endangered wild cats

After PIF takeover, Newscastle gains new motivated fan community in Saudi Arabia

And customers now prefer to watch Newcastle matches on big-screen televisions in the city's cafes, even though the club does not boast any of the sport's top stars.

"There is a greater patriotic motive than an athletic one, because Newcastle has become a Saudi club," said Ibrahim al-Habjar, who runs one such cafe in Riyadh.

Qatar authorities seize 144 counterfeit World Cup trophies

The Qatari ministry has released a photo showing the 144 life-sized trophies laid out across a floor and stated that "further legal procedures will be followed".

In June, Qatar warned drivers for having illegal World Cup logo on car number plates, after special plates were sold in online auctions.

The eight stadiums that will host World Cup 2022 matches in Qatar

Al Khor, Al Bayt Stadium, the second biggest, is constructed in the form of a Bedouin tent although there are plans for the upper tier to be removed after the competition.

Excavators uncover artifacts at site of last Mayan stronghold in Guatemala

The excavation project began in June 2021 in an effort to understand more about the Tayasal outpost where Mayan inhabitants first settled in 900 BC.

Tayasal was the last Mayan city to fall to the Spanish conquest in 1697, a century after Europeans entered the western highlands of what is now Guatemala.

Saudi culture ministry provides training in UNESCO program

MAB is an intergovernmental scientific program that seeks to enhance the relationship between people and their environments through natural and social sciences.

Delivered in partnership with the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science in the Arab States, the course brought together 17 local and international participants.

Israel to shell out millions of dollars on Einstein museum

The new museum will house the entire Einstein archive, and serve as an innovative space for scientific and technological education.

Einstein's theories of relativity revolutionized the field by introducing new ways of looking at the movement of objects in space and time.