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  • Saudi Arabia Bids Farewell to Last Pilgrims from Madinah Airport

    The last group of pilgrims from this year’s Hajj season departed Saudi Arabia on Sunday aboard a Saudia flight from Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah. The flight carried 320 pilgrims to Kertajati, Indonesia, after they completed their Hajj rituals. Saudia, the Kingdom’s flag carrier, hosted a farewell ceremony, concluding its 74-day Hajj operations.

  • Saudi farmer turns worm waste into wealth in innovative move

    A Saudi farmer has developed a technique that transforms a common garden nuisance into a useful resource. Mohammed Al-Shaer, of Al-Dhafir village in Baha, has established a thriving vermicomposting operation on his farm, producing high-quality organic fertilizer from earthworms, according to a report by the Saudi Press Agency.

  • Huge billion-dollar Saudi city for 120,000 people starts construction

    Banan City – an enormous 10km2 (3.9 sq mi) new municipality located northeastern of the city of Riyadh – started construction earlier this month as Saudi Arabia’s World Expo 2030 looms.

  • Al Nassr keeper Sara Khalid says ‘no limit’ to Saudi women’s football growth

    Sara Khalid al-Dossary first fell in love with football as a fan watching her father’s beloved Al Ettifaq, but it is with Al Nassr where the goalkeeper’s passion has bloomed into significant sporting success. In May, al-Dossary celebrated winning a third straight league title. The Saudi Women’s Premier League was inaugurated in 2022 and for the past two years, Al Nassr has been its dominant force – winning back-to-back trophies, the most recent by a 10-point margin.

  • Saudi Arabia’s TechMal closes $1 million pre-Seed

    Saudi-Arabia based fintech TechMal has raised $1 million in a pre-Seed investment round, led by Al Majidiya Investment Company alongside other investors. Founded in 2024 by Saud Al-Rebdi and Basil Alsuhaibani, TechMal operates as a micro-consumer finance company.

  • Historic Jeddah Program marks 10 years of UNESCO World Heritage recognition

    The Jeddah Historic District Program, part of the Ministry of Culture, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Historic Jeddah's inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014. The program continues its efforts to revitalize the district, aiming to preserve its cultural and urban heritage and transform it into a global heritage destination in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.

  • CENTCOM says ISIS is reconstituting in Syria and Iraq, but the reality is even worse

    In an unusual public statement late on July 16, United States Armed Forces’ Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that after six months of 2024, “ISIS is on pace to more than double” the number of attacks in Syria and Iraq it claimed in 2023. According to CENTCOM, ISIS has so far conducted 153 attacks across both countries from January through June, noting that “the increase in attacks indicates ISIS is attempting to reconstitute following several years of decreased capability.” CENTCOM’s commander, Gen. Michael E. Kurilla, insisted that achieving an enduring defeat of ISIS still relies on the “combined efforts of the Coalition and partners” — a clear message ahead of next week’s US-Iraq bilateral talks in Washington regarding the future of the counter-ISIS coalition presence in Iraq.

  • The UAE’s Path to Food Self-Sufficiency

    The UAE has achieved high rankings in food security indices. However, these rankings do not fully capture all aspects of the UAE’s food supply challenges, which primarily stem from its lack of food self-sufficiency. Food self-sufficiency – having greater control over food supply and reducing vulnerability to external threats – is crucial, as it allows a country to directly manage and influence its food production and availability. Despite the presence of over 38,000 farms in the UAE, their contribution to its food supply is minimal compared to food imports, which constitute up to 85% of consumption and cost about $13.2 billion in 2022. While this amount is manageable for a country as wealthy as the UAE, this reliance on food imports makes the UAE vulnerable to global food supply shocks caused by climate change, geopolitical tensions, pandemics, and other disruptions. 

  • When the Taliban Took Kabul, She Fled, and Made a New Life in New York

    Now, almost three years later, she has been able to build a new life in New York City because of an audacious escape plan hatched by law professors thousands of miles from Afghanistan. Her story is one of liberation — from the Taliban, who were notorious for oppressing women — but also of loss for what she and other promising young people could have done for their home country had they not felt their lives were in danger.

  • Diriyah: The Historic Heart of Saudi Arabia will Transform Urban Living

    This is without a doubt the biggest project I have ever worked on. I have worked with some of the biggest developers in the region in the past – but nothing of the size, scale and ambition of Diriyah. When you consider our starting point is as the custodian of the birthplace of the modern Saudi state and its 300-year-old heritage – we have an enormous responsibility to ensure that we preserve the past, embrace the present and create a dynamic new future.