Healthcare experts must keep up with tech innovations
She emphasizes the significant impact of technology on the healthcare sector and highlighted the 'Let's Talk Innovation' Symposium's focus on...Arts & Culture Health
Qatar eyes second successive Asian Cup in final against Jordan
Doha, Qatar - An Asian Cup full of late goals and surprises reaches a climax on Saturday when hosts and holders...Arts & Culture Uncategorized Sports
Dubai embraces enigma of costliest black diamond
The design of the bloack diamond Enigma is based on the Middle Eastern emblem of the palm — also known...The diamond will see a "without price limit" auction, meaning whoever offers the highest proposed price will win it
Enigma can be dated between 2.6 billion and 3.8 billion years, and its components include nitrogen and hydrogen
Women attend Iran-Iraq match in Tehran stadium
The last time Iranian women were allowed to attend a football match of their national team, after decades of being...FIFA ordered Iran in September 2019 to allow women access to stadiums without restriction and in numbers determined by ticket demand
A month later, women were able to attend the 2022 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Cambodia in the Azadi Stadium
Not selling NFTs, says Picasso family
They said the only work being auctioned was by Picasso’s great grandson Florian and his collaborators.The assertion followed an interview with Picasso’s granddaughter Marina and her son Florian
They apparently planned to auction 1,000 digital copies of a ceramic bowl Picasso painted in the 1950s
Three-day ALESCO meet to discuss promotion of Arab integration
The Executive Council of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) are likely to discuss strategic directions to...The meeting will be held in the 116th session of ALECSO in AlUla, northwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Director-General of ALECSO Mohamed Ould added that 20 agreements were signed in 2021 to support the ALECSO’s executive programs.
Israeli film revisits 1948 massacre of Palestinians
Israeli director Alon Schwarz concedes he might face a backlash over his documentary, but says the Jewish state's citizens need...After the film's release, the Palestinian foreign ministry called for "an international commission of inquiry" into the "crimes and massacres".
The film in part focuses on Theodore Katz, who as a masters history student in the 1990s collected testimonies -- from ex-Israeli soldiers and Arab witnesses.
Exiled sculptor depicts devastation in Syria
Artist Khaled Dawwa, a Syrian exile and prison survivor who now works in France, is recreating vistas from back home.Several installations by Khaled Dawwa, including one in bronze, are being exhibited for the first time this year in France
His street-scene artwork, he says, is an attempt to convey ‘all that is no longer there; families, memories’
Museum pulls Arafat caricatures after outrage
The 35-piece exhibit at the museum in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, faced immediate backlash after it was installed on Sunday....Activists from Fatah, the Palestinian movement Arafat founded, demanded an investigation into how the images came to be displayed.
In a statement, the museum insisted the images were merely artistic impressions of a revered Palestinian leader.
Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group to bring its top shows to Saudi Arabia
The agreement with Saudi Ministry of Culture will also see the two parties develop a plan to establish a regional...The entertainment group will bring its touring shows like The Illusionist, Now You See Me, Paw Patrol Live – Race to Rescue, Trolls Live, and Blue Man Group World Tour
In addition to this, Saudi Arabia may soon play host to a brand new Cirque du Soleil resident show unique to the Kingdom
Iraq reclaims five new artifacts from US
Farid Yassin, the Ambassador of Iraq to the America says that the recovered artifacts are part of the history and...Iraq reclaimed five new artifacts from Washington that had been stolen during the past 30 years
The recovered artifacts include an ivory plaque bought for $400,000 in 2010 and a Golden bowl bought in 2020 for $150,000
Cairo International Book Fair to host Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Center
The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre will also hold a ‘Cultural Retreat’ at the eventThe Book Fair is one of the largest cultural events in the region, taking place in the Egyptian capital from Jan 26-Feb 7.
The Centre will showcase its various publishing and translation projects, which are designed to firmly cement the status of Arabic language.