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Empower okays $119.1m H2 2025 dividend

The dividend is equivalent to 43.75% of paid-up capital.

Alujain widens 2025 loss

The increase in loss is due to impairment charges, weaker prices.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Tasnee’s 2025 losses deepen

The petrochemicals' company's revenue also fell 17.7 percent.

DP World 2025 revenue $24.4bn

The profit for the year up 32.2% to reach $1.96bn.

Alicia Keys to perform at Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024 on March 9

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Jeddah is poised to host Alicia Keys, the legendary musician, singer, and multiple Grammy-award winner, at...

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Arabic in demand as non-English content rules market

This trend shift reflects not only changing consumer preferences but also highlights the significant potential for regional stories to gain...

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High up in Turkish valleys, Afghan shepherds dream of home

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan estimates that 300,000 Afghans now live in Turkey, which also hosts 3.7 million people from war-ravaged...
  • President Erdogan estimates that 300,000 Afghans now live in Turkey, which also hosts 3.7 million people from Syria
  • Tunceli native Mustafa Acun says the locals have grown used to Afghans taking care of their herds
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In the ‘borshch war’, Kyiv defeats Moscow

UNESCO inscribes the culture of cooking borshch soup in Ukraine on its list of endangered cultural heritage amid Moscow's opposition.
  • Ukraine considers borshch, a thick nourishing soup usually made with beetroot, a national dish.
  • UNESCO noted that the war had "threatened the viability" of the soup culture in Ukraine.
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Gentrified Cairo has no room for homes on Nile

Dozens of vibrantly colored floating homes have for decades dotted the banks of the River Nile, rare havens of leafy...
  • Residents of the 30 or so houseboats  that remain moored on the banks of the Nile last week received eviction orders
  • Barely a week after the eviction order, some boats have already been towed off and impounded in a state marina, despite petitions and campaigning
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Young Arab artists dream of freedom in unique talent show

The show was performed under the stars at a seaside theatre in the resort of Hammamet and broadcast across the...
  • The show was performed under the stars at a seaside theatre in the resort of Hammamet and broadcast across the region
  • The show, the fourth of its kind, also served as a showcase for up-and-coming talent, such as Ahmed al-Qrinawi from Gaza
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Iran craftsmen make ‘world’s largest’ kilim

Produced by the weavers in southern Fars province, the rug measures an enormous 1,100 square feet. It was commissioned by...
  • Kilims, which are flat and not knotted, have traditionally been woven by hand by nomads in Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, for use in tents.
  • The export of Iran's world-renowned carpets raise between $400 million and $500 million a year.
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Rich heritage buried under Gaza Strip

In January, workers at a construction site stumbled upon a Roman necropolis dating from about 2,000 years ago.
  • After the last war between Israel and Hamas in May 2021 left a trail of damage in Gaza, Egypt began a reconstruction initiative worth $500 million.
  • Authorities periodically announce discoveries in the territory, but tourism at archaeological sites is limited.
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Turkey’s banned musicians sing the blues in run-up to 2023 vote

Artists fear that the fun is being drained out of Turkey to flatter the conservative Islamic core of Erdogan's eroding...
  • Artists fear that the fun is being drained out of Turkey to flatter the conservative Islamic core of Erdogan's eroding support
  • The conservatives' resurgent cultural influence under Erdogan is most vividly visible on the Turkish music scene
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Dubai eateries earn Middle East’s first Michelin stars

Created in 1900 by the brothers Andre and Edouard Michelin of the tyre company Michelin for motorists, the guide has...
  • Two restaurants were given two-star ratings, another nine gained one star and 14 received the Bib Gourmand for value-for-money gourmet fare.
  • Sixty-nine restaurants serving 21 types of cuisine were listed, including Italian, Japanese, Arabic, French and Indian.
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Scientific session organized by Islamic Forum begins in Sharjah

The twenty-second scientific session organized by the Islamic Forum kicked off at Al Maghfirah Mosque, Sharjah. Dubbed "The Migration Route",...
  • Dubbed "The Migration Route", the session is running between 18th and 30th June.
  • More than 600 participants from inside and outside the country joined the program.
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Sharjah, Hungary discuss cooperation in cultural field

A high-level Sharjah's Department of Government Relations delegation was in Hungary to discuss mutual investment opportunities and outline ways to...
  • Chairman of Sharjah's Department of Government Relations expresses his admiration for the Liget Budapest project
  • The project aims to renew Budapest’s most iconic public park while fully respecting its 200-year-old heritage

Alicia Keys to perform at Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024 on March 9

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Jeddah is poised to host Alicia Keys, the legendary musician, singer, and multiple Grammy-award winner, at...
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Jericho pins tourism hopes on UNESCO listing

Despite many cultural treasures, there were only 32,535 hotel guests in the Jericho area in the first half of this...
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Archaeology talks unravel past’s influence on future

Insights from the recently held archaeology summit highlight AlUla's prominence as an archaeological epicenter, helping to bridge historical gaps and...
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Producer Baz Luhrmann to be head of jury at Red Sea International Film Festival 2023  

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - The Red Sea International Film Festival has said that internationally renowned writer, director and producer Baz...
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The ‘tyranny of thinness’ still dominates fashion

A handful of plus-size models such as Paloma Elsesser have grabbed media attention in recent years, but the figures show...
  • Vogue Business looked at 9,137 outfits unveiled during 219 shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris last season and found that 0.6 percent were plus-size.
  • Paolo Volonte, who teaches sociology of fashion in Milan, says brands use a few curvy models to deflect criticism.
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Picasso masterpiece ‘Femme a la montre’ on show in Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - A Pablo Picasso masterpiece expected to fetch at least $120 million at auction went on show...
  • "Femme a la montre", the 1932 portrait of Marie-Therese Walter, Picasso's mistress and "golden muse", is being exhibited for two days
  • "Femme a la montre" will be sold in November as part of a two-day auction of late New Yorker Emily Fisher Landau's prestigious collection
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Broadway musical ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ to Debut in Riyadh

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- The iconic Broadway musical 'The Phantom of the Opera' will be performed in Riyadh from Oct...
  • The musical will be performed 59 time at The Arena Riyadh. It consists of 100 cast, crew and orchestra members, and more than 230 intricately designed costumes.
  • The show is part of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City's Riyadh Life sector to provide entertainment options, in line with the objectives of Vision 2030 Quality of Life program.