Saudi film industry gets boost with $100m investment fund
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -The Middle East Financial Investment Company (MEFIC Capital) has unveiled the establishment of the Saudi Film Fund,...
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Jordan digs up 9,000-year-old ritual complex in desert
Archaeologists deep in the Jordanian desert have discovered a 9,000-year-old ritualistic complex near what is thought to be the earliest...
- The Stone Age shrine site, excavated last year, was used by gazelle hunters and features carved stone figures, an altar and a miniature model of a large-scale hunting trap
- The Neolithic-era ritual site was discovered inside a larger campsite last October by a joint French-Jordanian team called the South Eastern Badia Archaeological Project
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Oscar to pre-tape some awards in bid for ‘tighter’ show
Television ratings for the Oscars have dramatically declined by 56 percent from 2020.
- Oscars will pre-tape the announcements of eight winners to make the televised ceremony "tighter and more electric
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recently merged "sound mixing" and "sound editing" into a single award
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‘Most beautiful building on Earth’ opens in Dubai
Roadside signboards describe the museum as the "most beautiful building on Earth" ahead of its gala opening.
- Roadside signboards describe the museum as the "most beautiful building on Earth" ahead of its gala opening
- It is the latest addition to the UAE collection of flashy architecture and comes after the $7-billion Expo world fair, featuring a swathe of futuristic designs
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The price of love: Pandemic fuels romance scam
Cancelled dates over supposedly positive Covid tests and disrupted travel plans due to lockdowns are ruses that feed into the...
- Thousands of people fall prey to 'romance scams' every year, whose numbers rose during the Covid pandemic
- Cryptocurrencies and untraceable online transaction is fueling scams with bogus investments and gift cards
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Istanbul skyline row erupts over new build near iconic mosque
The soaring minarets of the 16th-century Suleymaniye mosque paint the postcard image of Istanbul, but that is now blighted by...
- A UNESCO World Heritage site, the mosque which has survived fires and an earthquake, represents the golden age of the Ottoman Empire under Suleyman the Magnificent.
- Three huge skyscrapers in the Zeytinburnu neighborhood triggered public uproar but they remain standing despite a court verdict.
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Bullfighting in UAE village: No rules, less fatal
Unlike the bullfights popular in Spain and Mexico, where the animals are typically slain by matadors, in Fujairah two beasts...
- The competition typically ends after about an hour, with each fight lasting just one or two minutes.
- The bulls were once imported from South Asia for agricultural work, but the emergence of new technologies has rendered them obsolete to farming.
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Gaza bookshop destroyed in Israeli air strike reopens
The new Samir Mansour bookshop, funded by an international donor campaign, stands some 200 meters from the original site, which...
- The bookshop was a go-to for everything from school texts to the Koran to Arabic translations of European literary classics.
- The new bookshop is spread across two floors and covers 1,000 square meters, stocked with 400,000 books -- approximately four times the volume held by the old facility.
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Works of Syrian artists on display in Qatar
The Qatar Through Syrian Lens Exhibition was inaugurated in Building 19 of the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara), in cooperation with...
- The exhibition reflects the strength of ties between the Qatari and Syrian people, and highlights the place the State of Qatar occupies in the hearts of Syrians, organizers said.
- Syrian artists displayed photographs from the desert, archeological sites, markets, as well as modern places and high-rise buildings.
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One-horse open sleigh ride across frozen Turkish lake
The region mainly produces cheese but because of harsh and long winter such activity is rare so tourists on board...
- Visitor points at the shore of Clidir lake where many restaurants and cafes along with hot wine kiosks have sprung up recently
- 20 kilometers long lake is a paradise in summer for migrating birds, especially gulls, swans, and wild geese
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Novel crisis: Iran’s booking shrink as US sanctions bite
The price of a book in Iran depends on the fluctuation of its currency as the country relies on paper...
- Many publishing houses in Iran have been out of business as the economic crisis deepens
- Iranian publishers slash number of titles published and cut the number of pages which they print by shrinking the font size
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‘Barbie’ retains top spot at N.American box office for fourth week
Los Angeles, United States - Warner Bros.' hit "Barbie" dominated North American box offices for a fourth consecutive week, industry estimates...
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Pokemon hooks kids, parents and investors
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - Dressed up and ready for battle, around 10,000 Pokemon fans have descended here this weekend, looking for fun...
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Riyadh to host Peace and Sport Middle East Forum in Oct
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Japan’s second-oldest museum forced to crowdfund to pay bills
The museum in central Tokyo, which features a model of a blue whale outside, has previously turned to crowdfunding for...
- The head of the 146-year-old museum, Kenichi Shinoda, said in a video announcing the crowdfunding on Monday that they wanted to save the museum's collections.
- More than 30,000 people have donated a total of 480 million yen to the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, easily surpassing the 100-million-yen target.
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UAE focuses on developing a national astronaut team
"Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi is currently on the longest space mission in Arab history ... This mission has elevated the...
- As Emirati Sultan Al Neyadi completes Arab's longest space mission and first ISS spacewalk, UAE's Astronaut Program now boasts four qualified astronauts
- MBRSC plans a mid-2024 launch for the advanced MBZ-SAT as UAE strengthens space ties with Bahrain, Kuwait, and seeks collaborations with Egypt and Saudi Arabia
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Kuwait bars film from screening for showing trans actor
The film titled 'Talk to Me' features Australian actor Zoe Terakes. (AFP)
- The film titled 'Talk to Me', which is currently in theatres in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, features transgender Australian actor Zoe Terakes.
- Gulf Arab states, including Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia -- all of which outlaw homosexuality -- routinely censor films that contain LGBTQ references.