Domestic Haj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia guaranteed compensation for lodging issues
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia has announced that domestic pilgrims will be eligible for compensation in the event of...
Iran’s long-lasting love for gemstones believed to have divine power
Common beliefs associated with gemstones are largely what motivates people to buy them, said Hassan Samimi, a lapidary at the...
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UAE allots $17.6bn to housing project for Emiratis in Dubai
Dubai ruler and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has given approval for...
- Land plots allocated to Emirati housing projects in Dubai increased to 1.7 billion square fee
- Sheikh Mohammed issued directives to quadruple the number of Emiratis benefiting from the housing program from next year
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Canon to employ 30% women in KSA
The global camera maker aims to meet the target by the end of 2023.
- It has launched a “Women in Sales” internship program to further support the 2023 target
- The move is in line with national efforts to integrate more women into the Kingdom’s workforce
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Woman turns home into school in war-torn Yemen
Amina Mahdi had already been teaching children to read and write before the outbreak of the impoverished country's devastating war...
- More than 2,500 schools in the country are unfit for use, with some destroyed and others turned into refugee camps.
- UNICEF has estimated that two million children were without school even before the coronavirus pandemic.
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Saudi Arabia to spend $6.4bn in 15 years on waste recycling
Saudi Arabia will invest $6.4bn in waste recycling over the next fifteen years in order to move to a more...
- "The company is also working with legislators and regulators to separate waste from the source by placing dedicated containers, organizing transportation and waste collection"
- Saudi Arabia had 5 percent of its total waste recycled from the beginning of 2020 until the first half of this year 2021
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US to return 3,500-year-old ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet to Iraq
It was seized by the US Justice Department in 2019, two years after US billionaire David Green opened a museum...
- UNESCO called the repatriation a 'victory' in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural objects.
- The rare fragment recounts a dream sequence from the Gilgamesh epic in Akkadian cuneiform script.
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Covid-19 drives e-learning in GCC
There has been a massive growth in content creation and learners' demand in last two years as the pandemic puts...
- There has been a massive growth in content creation and learners' demand in last two years
- E-learning is highly dependent on digital infrastructures, such as Internet usage and connection fees, which vary dramatically from one Arab country to another
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‘Change the game’: Supermodel Halima Aden reinvents modest fashion
Aden became the first contestant in a US state beauty pageant in 2016 to wear a hijab and a burkini.
- She will be designing collections exclusively for a Turkish online brand.
- World capitals as diverse as Moscow, Riyadh and London have staged modest fashion shows in the past few years.
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Former Daesh bastion echoes with chimes of church bell
A bell was inaugurated at a church in Mosul on Saturday to the cheers of Iraqi Christians, seven years after...
- Dozens of faithful stood by as Father Pios Affas rang the newly installed bell for the first time at the Syriac Christian church of Mar Tuma
- the bell weighing 285kg was cast in Lebanon with donations from a French NGO
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Netflix eyes Emmys with ‘The Crown’
Since the online platform launched in 2007, leading streamer has never won for best drama at the small-screen version of...
- Since the online platform launched in 2007, leading streamer has never won for best drama at the small-screen version of the Oscars
- As well as "The Crown," the streaming giant is banking on the wildly popular "The Queen's Gambit."
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Broadway celebrates return of hit shows
"Hamilton," "Wicked," "The Lion King" and "Chicago" resumed performances, to the delight, and relief, of the industry and theater lovers.
- "Hamilton," "Wicked," "The Lion King" and "Chicago" resumed performances, to the delight, and relief, of the industry and theater lovers
- Broadway theaters have been gradually re-opening throughout September but Tuesday heralds the collective return of some of its most popular shows.
Domestic Haj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia guaranteed compensation for lodging issues
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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 initiative...
- 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.