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PHOTOS: The 2013 SACM Graduation Ceremony in Washington
- May 29,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
As part of SUSTG.org’s coverage of the 2013 SACM Career Fair and Graduation Ceremony at the Gaylord National Harbor in the Washington, D.C. area, we are pleased to follow up on our album from the Career Fair portion of the SACM-organized event to the Graduation Ceremony, which took place in the hotel’s sprawling exhibition space […]
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Slideshow: Coming to Riyadh’s KAFD: A Female-Designed Metro Station
- May 19,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
A leading female architect has been chosen to be the lead architect of the forthcoming metro station in the brand-new King Abdullah Financial District, Arabian Business reports.
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Saudi Youth Filmmaking on the Rise
- March 12,2013
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- SUSTG Team
Social media continues to catalyze Saudi Arabia in unpredictable ways. Fatima Al-Arjan takes a look at the rise of video blogging ‘vloggers.’ Short videos – some 36 seconds at maximum – have proliferated. While sometimes a platform for controversial posts, like many on-line communities, this one seems to be maturing. In a related item, female […]
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Lockheed Nets $253 Million Training Contract
- March 12,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
US-based Lockheed Martin will provide Virtual Training Technologies in support of Saudi Arabia’s F-15SA Modernization Program. The news comes on the heels of a recent announcement that the company had set up a branch in Riyadh on February 8th. — According to a Press Release, Lockheed Martin, the Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace company, has received a contract […]
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Saudi Arabia Seeks $6.7 Billion of U.S. Transport Planes
- November 9,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia plans to buy 20 C-130J military transport planes, five KC-130J refueling aircraft and related equipment from Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) valued at about $6.7 billion, the Pentagon said today in a statement.The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the potential sale to Saudi Arabia, the agency said in a statement posted […]
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Saudi Arabia breaks onto contemporary art scene
- August 24,2012
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- Lucien Zeigler
Saudi Arabia is making its mark on the global contemporary art scene: works by Middle Eastern artists such as Talal Al Zeid and Mohammed Farea are available at Lam Art Gallery in Riyadh, the Empty Quarter photography gallery in Dubai was founded by the Saudi photographer Princess Reem Al-Faisal, while Message/Messenger, a 2010 installation incorporating […]
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Mars MissionVP tasks Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre to lead Mars 2117 project
Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, issued directives to Mohammad Bin Rashid Space Centre, MBRSC, to lead the Mars 2117 project and prepare a 100-year plan for its implementation.
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Saudi StudentsSaudi student attends space training program
AT 22 years old, Abdullah H. Alghamdi, a Saudi national and Bachelor of Science candidate majoring in Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University, had the opportunity of a lifetime this past summer. As one of six international students chosen to participate in Lockheed Martin’s Space Fundamentals Training Program, Abdullah embarked on an inspiring journey to understand space.
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Rawi CafeAngry Saudi intellectuals brand closure of cafe and cultural space as ‘censorship’
Students and book lovers in Riyadh have expressed their dismay that a popular artistic spot in the city has been shut down and all its books removed pending an investigation by the Saudi authorities.
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Refugee CrisisRefugees warmed by ‘blankets’ designed for space
They appear after shark attacks, marathons, earthquakes and even terrorist attacks like the one in Paris last year. And they have appeared en masse most recently in images of migrants and refugees attempting deadly crossings of the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe.
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Si2Solar Impulse gets green light to enter Saudi airspace
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has granted permission to the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) to use Saudi airspace on a flight from Cairo to its final destination of Abu Dhabi.
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Arab Public SpaceThe Battle over Arab Public Space and Ideas
One of the most significant battles taking place these days in the Arab region is about how wide or narrow is the public space available for citizens to express themselves and offer views that differ from or challenge the state.
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MENA AirspaceCongested airspace could cost Middle East $16 billion over next decade
A crowded airspace above the UAE and the wider GCC has been described by the International Air Transport Association (Iata) as one of the most serious problems threatening the growth of the aviation in the region.
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TurkeyRussia’s military says Turkey’s airspace violation claim a ‘provocation’
Turkey's allegations that a Russian warplane violated its airspace are not backed by any factual data and are a premeditated provocation, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Monday.
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HajjSaudi council urges more space at hajj stampede site
Saudi Arabia's Shura Council recommended Monday an expansion of roads leading to the site of a ritual in the annual hajj pilgrimage where more than 2,000 pilgrims died in a stampede last year.
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Space Archaeology‘Space archaeologist’ wins $1 million prize for spotting Middle East looters
Parcak's idea is to use satellite archaeology, a archaeological method for which she wrote the textbook, to find and trace looting routes, according to National Geographic.
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