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Culture & Society

EasyLease H1 profit $12.2m

Revenue rises on stronger operations.

FAB profit edges higher

Income growth supports steady earnings.

UAB H1 profit climbs

Income, lending drive first-half growth

Sanad posts record revenue

Growth driven by global demand for services.

Bank of Sharjah profit up 39%

Bank's total assets grow 10% to $14.4 billion.

Egypt to prosecute travel agents over hajj ‘fraud’: government

Cairo, Egypt - Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly ordered 16 tourism companies stripped of their licences and referred their managers to...

Restoration project for Jeddah district’s old buildings completed

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA – The Ministry of Culture, represented by the Jeddah Historic District Program, has announced the completion of...

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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
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)
Arts & Culture

Jeddah edition of BIENALSUR begins at historic Qasr Khuzam museum

Following the success of the Riyadh edition, the Jeddah edition of BIENALSUR 2021, the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of...
  • Qasr Khuzam served as the first residence in Jeddah for King Abdulaziz Al Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia.
  • A total of 20 artists from 11 countries will participate in the Jeddah edition.

Egypt to prosecute travel agents over hajj ‘fraud’: government

Cairo, Egypt - Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly ordered 16 tourism companies stripped of their licences and referred their managers to...

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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...
Arts & Culture

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...
Science
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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
Arts & Culture

French footballer Maximin to play for Al-Ahli after three-year deal

Paris, France - French winger Allan Saint-Maximin on Sunday signed a three-year deal with Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli after leaving English club...
  • Saint-Maximin, 26, made 124 appearances for Saudi-backed Newcastle and scored 13 goals since joining from Nice in 2019.
  • The financial terms of the deal were not revealed but English press reports have estimated it to be in the region of $38.5 million.