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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.

Empowering Arab women Sheikha Bodour’s key focus

Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi, from the American University of Sharjah, advocates for diversity, inclusion, and continuous learning in leadership roles...

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Arab women: Pioneers in arts, sports, and culture

Outstanding Arab women leave a lasting impact in their respective fields, inspire countless individuals, and shape the future of the...

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Israeli maestro woos fans in off-limits Iran

Eliyahu's ethereal music, partly inspired by his Jewish roots from the Dagestan region of the Caucasus, is gaining recognition in...
  • Eliyahu's ethereal music, partly inspired by his Jewish roots from the Dagestan region of the Caucasus, is gaining recognition in Israel
  • Despite the bitter hostility between the Israeli government and Tehran, he also has a growing following among Iranians
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Saudi youth excel in event management in Jeddah Season

Saudi youth make their mark in event management during Jeddah Season where they comprise over 80 percent of the workforce...
  • Saudi youth are over 80 percent of the workforce in event management in Jeddah Season
  • Saudi youth demonstrate their ability and success to manage and organize events
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A ballet with machines: Is Artificial Intelligence the future of art?

To many they are art's next big thing -- digital images of jellyfish pulsing and blurring in a dark pink...
  • The field has begun to attract huge interest among art collectors -- and even bigger price tags at auction.
  • Artists in Germany and the United States blazed a trail in computer-generated art during the 1960s.
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‘Stan Lee Super Con’ exhibition begins in Jeddah, woos fans of superheroes

The activities of the 'Stan Lee Super Con 2022' exhibition begins in Jeddah Superdome in the presence of a number...
  • 'Stan Lee Super Con 2022' exhibition kicks off in Jeddah Superdome in the presence of a number of Hollywood stars
  • There was a large turnout on the first day from fans of international comic characters and visitors
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Turkish site holds secrets to dawn of civilization

On a sun-blasted hillside in southeast Turkey, the world's oldest known religious sanctuary is slowly giving up its secrets.
  • Thousands of our prehistoric ancestors gathered around its highly-decorated T-shaped megalith pillars to worship 7,000 years before Stonehenge or the earliest Egyptian pyramids
  • Academics believe the history of human settlement began in these hills close to the Syrian border some 12,000 years ago
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Auction gathers horse-lovers from across divided Libya

Libyan horse-lovers have managed to keep their traditions alive, including the crafts of making saddles and tack -- and breeding...
  • Despite years of conflict and division since the fall of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, breeders and buyers from across Libya were able to attend.
  • Equestrianism has a prominent place in Libya as in other parts of the Arab world, with weekly horse races as well as shows and parades.
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Sufi dervishes of Egypt keep alive old tradition

In a 500-year-old stone theatre in the Egyptian capital, two young dervishes spin ceaselessly. Slowly, then all at once, they...
  • The kaleidoscopic performance is a world away from whirling dervishes of Turkey, who trace their origins to the teachings of Sufi poet and mystic Jalal al-Din Rumi
  • Though the Egyptian version of the art has become a festive occasion, most practitioners hold to the roots of the ritual in the mystical tradition of the Muslim Mevlevi Order
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Widening cultural offerings add to Dubai’s growth

Alternative cinematic content is helping the emirate's creative economy diversify and contribute to its GDP, Butheina Hamed Kazim, Founder and...
  • Alternative cinematic content is helping the emirate's creative economy diversify and contribute to its GDP, Butheina Hamed Kazim, Founder and MD of Cinema Akil tells TRENDS
  • The Dubai Creative Economy Strategy seeks to raise the economic contribution of the creative economy to 5 percent of the emirate’s GDP by 2025
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UAEU initiates research program to support scientific activities

The funding for each project ranges from AED 250,000 for literary, social, and humanities proposals to AED 400,000 for other...
  • The initiative aims to support scientific research and empower faculty members to achieve distinction in scholarly activities
  • The university is likely to support the dissemination of the outcomes of research projects at international conferences
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Indian Oscars return as Abu Dhabi hosts Bollywood bash

Bollywood's brightest stars will gather in Abu Dhabi on Saturday as the Indian Oscars return for the first time since...
  • The glitzy show follows a box office slump when movie-mad India was hit hard by Covid-19
  • The awards have been held at venues around the world including London, Madrid, Johannesburg and Singapore

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Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi, from the American University of Sharjah, advocates for diversity, inclusion, and continuous learning in leadership roles...
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Saudi Arabia launches program to document football clubs’ chants

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Saudi Commission launched Wednesday "Saudi Football Trouq", a unique initiative that is dedicated to the...
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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...
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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...
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ESports debuts as Asian Games medal event but women left behind

Excited video-game fans thronged a shiny new arena in the Chinese city on Sunday as eSports made its debut at the...
  • Only two women, Sabina Ibragimova of Uzbekistan and Nguyen Thi Phuong Yen of Vietnam, were scheduled to play during the dozens of officially mixed-gender games on Sunday.
  • Organizers have increasingly answered the call for women-only events in recent years, including the International Esports Federation Female Asian Championship in Saudi Arabia.
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Two-thousand years old tombs discovered in Gaza

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories - Four Roman tombs dating back 2,000 years have been discovered in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian...
  • The discovery marks the first complete Roman necropolis, or cemetery, fully unearthed in Gaza, archaeologist Fadel Al-Otol said
  • "Fragments of pottery and metal pieces used in funeral rituals" have been found in the resting places, added Otol
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First Saudi horror movie ‘Cello’ screened at cinemas across the Kingdom

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA -  Saudi cinemas began the screening of the horror and thriller movie Cello, with global participation of...
  • Al Al-Sheikh, the writer of the movie, announced that the film achieved the largest opening in the history of Saudi cinema with total of 53,103 tickets sold.
  • He said that the movie's stars are Saudis, Gulf, Arabs and international actors, stressing that 60 percent of the cast are from the Kingdom.