Epstein case: Social media frenzy over released papers
The release of Epstein-related court documents has ignited a social media frenzy, sparking intense scrutiny and various reactions about high-profile...
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Pakistan bans New Year’s Eve celebrations in solidarity with Gaza
New Year's Eve is usually marked in boisterous fashion in Pakistan, with fireworks and aerial gunfire -- as well as...
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UAE ranks first in Arab world, 11th globally in Global Knowledge Index
Qatar was at the 38th place, Saudi Arabia at 40, Kuwait (48), Oman (52), and Bahrain (55) in the Global...
- Other GCC countries -- including Qatar , Saudi Arabia, Kuwait , Oman and Bahrain -- also figured prominently in the index
- Switzerland ranks first globally, followed by Sweden, the US, Finland and the Netherlands
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Curtain falls on Saudi’s first major film festival
The event, where 138 films were screened from 67 countries, was organized four years after the kingdom lifted a decades-old...
- The festival opened a day after Jeddah hosted its first Formula One Grand Prix, also an attempt to portray Saudi Arabia in a different light
- The rise of Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in 2017 has ushered in a number of reforms
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Abu Hamdan sets sights on Jordanian underworld
'Boomah (Owl)' is based on research that has been carried out by Abu Hamdan into three female ‘thugs’ who shook...
- Abu Hamdan has been awarded a $100,000 production grant by the Red Sea Lodge.
- In total, 12 projects were selected to take part in the Red Sea Lodge, including six from Saudi Arabia and six from Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Lebanon.
Sheikha Fatima gets most influential figure in women’s rights award
The conference was organized by the ACSR, under the patronage of the Arab League.
- Sheikha Fatima was named as the most influential figure in women’s rights in 2021 during last month’s Humanitarian and Volunteer Work Conference
- The award was received on behalf of Sheikha Fatima by Noura Al Suwaidi, Secretary-General of the General Women's Union at the Egyptian pavilion in Dubai Expo
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Reasons behind shortening UAE’s workweek
This week's TRENDS Explainer video tries to find the rationale behind curtailing the number of days in the UAE's workweek...
- The Gulf country is transitioning to a 4.5-day workweek. Now, weekends will consist of Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday
- The move makes the UAE the first nation to formalize a workweek shorter than five days. It also brings the country more in line with Western schedules
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Proposed bill in Iran looks to ban pets including cats, dogs
The animals that may be banned under the proposed law include 'crocodiles, turtles, snakes, lizards, cats, mice, rabbits, dogs and...
- A total of 75 MPs of the Irani parliament have signed a proposed legislation that prohibits pet animals
- Offenders of this new law would be fined by $98, which is equal to 10 to 30 times of minimum monthly working wage
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Qatar, UNESCO launch Arabic version of freedom of expression report
While launching the report, Acting Director of the Information Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ibrahim bin Sultan Al...
- The launch of the Arabic version of the report is the first fully translated into a language other than English
- Qatar hopes that the report will be an entry point for discussion for academics, journalists, and the public about misleading information
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Morocco state schools fail students, deepen inequality
The High Council for Education has said that government schools "are not giving the majority of pupils basic skills or...
- The situation has pushed many, including middle-class families, to tighten their belts so they can scrape together fees for private schools.
- Just nine percent of students in state secondary schools pass exams in French, Arabic and mathematics
In Iraq, little people football team dreams big
Twice a week, a small football pitch in Iraq offers the 25-member national squad of little people a chance to...
- Omar Abdel Rahman's team has set its sights on an ambitious goal: to travel to Argentina for their first international tournament
- Despite modest means, the players come from across the country to train, leaving behind their daily troubles, discrimination and jibes
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Jordanian flies the world from homemade basement cockpit
"It was then the desire and love of flying began to obsess me," he added, sitting in the flight simulator,...
- Sat in front of three large screens, equipped with switches and indicators, in his homemade cockpit, Malhas has the world at his fingertips
- The work took three years, with the help of friends who are electronic engineers. And it cost around six thousand dinars ($8,400)
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Sports key pillar as UAE emerges as soft power center
Everyone in the sports delegations taking part in the future forums now has a greater obligation to spare no effort...
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Muslims mark Eid al-Adha with prayers, festivities
Hundreds of millions of Muslims in their best dresses packed mosques in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the...
UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture honors winners in Paris
Paris, France-- The19th UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture was awarded to Kassem Istanbouli, Lebanese actor-director, and Hajer Ben Boubaker, French...
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Saudi Arabia to host 2023 FIFA Club World Cup
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA- The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) announced on Monday...
- This follows an official visit made by a FIFA delegation to Jeddah last week to inspect the ongoing preparations to host the World Cup.
- FIFA experts inspected the infrastructure and stadiums nominated to host the WC, including King Abdullah Sports City and Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium.
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Record number of pilgrims, braving suffocating heat, converge for Hajj climax
After performing the ritual circumambulation of the Kaaba, the giant black cube at Mecca's Grand Mosque that Muslims pray towards...
- Pilgrims in robes and sandals, many carrying umbrellas against the beating sun, undertook the journey on foot or crowded onto hundreds of air-conditioned buses.
- They will spend the night in white tents in Mina, which every year hosts the world's largest encampment, before the hajj's high-point on Tuesday: prayers at Mount Arafat.
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Saudi Arabian Football Federation launches funding program for women clubs
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) announced unprecedented funding and support for women’s football clubs. This...
- SAFF will provide financial help to Saudi Premier League and Women's First Division clubs and will allocate US$13 million for the purpose.
- Only those clubs which have a SAFF membership and Nafes license to participate in women’s tournaments will be eligible for the funding.