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  • Saudi Arabia’s Boeing 777 Adventure: A Remarkable Journey from Jeddah to Riyadh’s 2024 Runway

    In an unprecedented spectacle, the road journey of three retired Boeing 777 aircraft from Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has captured the nation’s attention. Videos and photos of the extraordinary voyage across the deserts and mountains flooded social media. The massive aircraft was destined for display at Riyadh Season 2024’s Boulevard Runway zone. Indeed, it has travelled an impressive 1,000 kilometres from Jeddah to Riyadh atop enormous trucks.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Real Estate Market Continues its Growth in First Half of 2024

    According to JLL’s latest KSA Real Estate Market Dynamics report, Saudi Arabia’s real estate market continues growing due to major infrastructure investments and Saudi giga projects.  In the first half of 2024, 27,500 new residential units were delivered in Riyadh and Jeddah, with prices rising by up to 10% year on year in Riyadh and 9% in Jeddah, and rents grew by 4% yearly in Dammam. Additionally, the hospitality and tourism sector saw massive growth due to increased tourism initiatives, supporting the Saudi Vision 2030 goals.

  • Saudi Arabia sets strict health criteria for Haj 2025, urges vulnerable groups to postpone

    The Saudi Ministry of Health recommended that individuals who are elderly (over 65), have chronic diseases, such as heart, kidney, or respiratory issues, or diabetes, have immune deficiencies, whether congenital or acquired, have cancer, are terminally ill, are pregnant, or are children under 12 should consider postponing their Haj and Umrah pilgrimage this year.

  • The path to 2060: Saudi Arabia’s long-term pathway for GHG emission reduction

    Saudi Arabia, as part of its Saudi Green Initiative, has announced its goal to achieve net zero green-house gas emissions by 2060. This ambitious target underscores the nation's dedication to addressing climate change. However, there is a significant gap in comprehensive analysis regarding the long-term effects of Saudi Arabia's climate policies and their collective contribution towards the net-zero objective.

  • Saudi Arabia at 94: How the kingdom rewrote the rules of innovation

    This policy has helped turn the kingdom into a major tourist hub in the region, harnessed new markets overseas especially in Africa for Saudi exports, attracted efficiency-seeking investors from all over the world, adopted low-carbon technologies and strategies in its oil industry, as well as it is developing a large manufacturing base under the slogan of ‘Made in Saudi.’

  • Dreams turned into reality as Saudi Arabia turns 94

    September 23rd is a date that resonates deeply with every citizen and resident, symbolizing a land rich in goodness, blessings, and generosity. This occasion arrives amidst a new reality filled with significant development initiatives that position Saudi Arabia among advanced nations, embodying growth, security, ambition, and the unwavering resolve to turn the impossible into reality.

  • Could homegrown fashion be Saudi Arabia’s next economic driver?

    As a result, fashion sales in Saudi Arabia are projected to soar by 48 percent from 2021 to 2025, reflecting a robust annual growth rate of 13 percent. This growth is fuelled by diverse factors including a rising interest in sportswear due to increased health consciousness and robust marketing efforts by global brands like Adidas and Nike.

  • 2024 Fiscal Transparency Report: Saudi Arabia

    The limited data available in the government’s annual budget statement broke down expenditures by category, but not by ministry or agency. The annual budget statement did not show allocations to the royal family, and the government maintained off-budget accounts not subject to public oversight. Military and intelligence budgets were not subject to legislative oversight or a civilian public body. When actual revenues and expenditures did not reasonably correspond to those in the enacted budget, the government produced and publicly issued revised budget estimates.

  • Saudi Arabia real estate market booms amidst strong residential and hospitality performance

    The residential sector started strong in 2024 by delivering 27,500 units in Riyadh and Jeddah. This increased the total stock to 1.46 million units in the capital and 891,000 units in Jeddah. As such, residential sale prices experienced a 10% year-on-year (YoY) increase in Riyadh whilst average rents grew by 9% annually. In Jeddah, the pace of growth was slightly slower, with sale prices rising by 5% and rents increasing by 4% YoY during the same period.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Groundbreaking Telfaz11 Studio Announces Satirical Film ‘Saify’ Involving Banned Religious Sermons

    Saudi studio Telefaz11, the groundbreaking label behind hit dark comedy “Mandoob” — in which a struggling man becomes a bootleg booze runner in Ryadh — is set to push the kingdom’s cultural envelope a bit further with a humorous take on the world of Saudi Arabia‘s ultraconservative  clerics.  Telfaz11 has announced that its next title will be the satirical drama “Saify,” directed by studio chief Wael Abu Mansour and set against the backdrop of the late 1990s, a time when, incidentally, cinema was banned.