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du 9M profit up 10.8%

Revenue grows as connectivity demand supports earnings

Al Rajhi Bank 9M profit up

Revenue growth lifts earnings despite higher provisions

Mashreq prices Dim Sum bond

UAE bank raises offshore renminbi funding

Aldar buys Sharjah homes

Deal adds 1,100-plus rental units

SIB profit up 9%

Higher income from financing and investment drive growth.

Israel top court rules ultra-Orthodox men must serve in army

Jerusalem, Undefined - Israel's top court ruled unanimously on Tuesday that the state must draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into military service,...

US census to include Middle Eastern or North African category

The next US census and federal government forms will include new options for race and ethnicity including a category for...

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Economy

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
Arts & Culture

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
Arts & Culture

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
Videos

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
Arts & Culture

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
Research

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
Arts & Culture

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
Science

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)

Israel top court rules ultra-Orthodox men must serve in army

Jerusalem, Undefined - Israel's top court ruled unanimously on Tuesday that the state must draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into military service,...

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Sheikha Bodour to chair revamped board at American University of Sharjah

SHARJAH -- Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has outlines the restructuring...

Kuwait bars Barbie movie from theatres citing ‘public ethics’

Kuwait City, Kuwait - Kuwait has barred hit film Barbie from cinemas over concerns about "public ethics", officials have said, also...
Arts & Culture

Lebanon to ban Barbie film for allegedly promoting homosexuality

BEIRUT, LEBANON - Lebanon's culture minister said on Wednesday he had asked authorities to ban hit movie "Barbie" for purportedly "promoting...
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Arab, Islamic universities urged to collaborate on East-West bridge building effort

Makkah, Saudi Arabia - A scientific forum organized by Arab and Islamic universities’ associations has recommended the formation of a...
  •  The forum has urged Arab and Islamic universities to form working groups of scholars in different universities and media and cultural institutions
  •  The forum also called for adopting new ideas to enrich dialogue and enhance inter-civilizational dialogue and humanitarian communication
Arts & Culture

Saudi league’s transfer window can affect Europe’s clubs, says Liverpool

Singapore, Singapore - Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on Tuesday urged football authorities to address the late closure of the transfer window...
  • Since the start of the year, clubs in the oil-rich Middle Eastern kingdom have spent generously to sign some of the world’s leading players.
  • Brazilian midfielder Fabinho on Monday became the third Liverpool player to move to a Saudi club in this close season when he joined Al-Ittihad.
Arts & Culture

Teachers play key role in shaping future generations

“The real development of the education sector requires attracting the expertise of Emirati educators. Without empowering them to perform effectively,...
  • Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the UAE’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the EHRC, underscores the pivotal role of teachers in shaping the future
  • The UAE minister emphasizes that teachers are not just imparting academic knowledge but are also instrumental in the formation of balanced personalities