MUST-READS

• Dakar Rally
  Gallery: 2020 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia was a photographic feast

  The 42nd edition of this storied race has been run and won, with just under 70 percent of starters making it to the finish line in the first Saudi Dakar. American Ricky Brabec took a long-awaited win in the motorcycle class for Honda, breaking an 18-year winning streak by KTM, and Ignacio Casale hopped back on a quad bike to dominate the field for his third quad title after a year floundering in the side-by-side division, which was won this year by American Casey Currie in a Can-Am on just his second Dakar start.

• Saudi Aramco
  Commentary: 3 Reasons Typical Equity Analysis Doesn’t Work For Saudi Aramco

  When the company went public in December, there was suddenly reason for sell-side equity analysts at banks across the world to issue reports, devising projected prices and issuing guidance on whether investors should buy, sell or hold. However, these reports are written by equity analysts—typically 20-somethings—who cover the oil industry and issue reports on other oil company equities. These analysts and their bosses are equities people, used to assessing the value and direction of a business based on its fundamentals and the market. But that is not how Aramco needs to be judged right now.

• Economy
  Saudi Arabia Escapes Deflation Just Barely as Cycle Turns: Chart

  Saudi inflation crawled above zero in December for the first time in a year, ending an unprecedented stretch of price declines made worse by a slump in housing costs. A pickup in the non-oil economy is likely to keep up price pressures after the headline figure ticked up as food inflation doubled last month. A diminishing drag from housing, coupled with stronger domestic demand, should push Saudi inflation further into positive territory throughout this year, according to Ziad Daoud of Bloomberg Economics.

• Sports and Entertainment
  Bryan Adams to lead big names at golf-linked Saudi concerts

  A line-up of world class music acts will get Saudi Arabia to swing, rumba and rock as the Saudi International unveils superstar names for a trio of music concerts in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) at the end of the month. The gigs, held on three consecutive nights from January 30 – February 1, complete The Ultimate Day Out that includes the best golfers in the world and family fun entertainment.

• Culture and Arts
  Saudi Ministry of Culture launches platform for scholarship applications

  The scholarship program is open to those who wish to obtain a bachelor’s, master’s or Ph.D. degree in various cultural and arts fields from the world’s most prominent educational institutions. The courses provided by the program include music, theater, visual arts (drawing, sculpture, art theory, calligraphy, art history, photography and cinematography) filmmaking, literature and linguistics, archaeology, culinary arts, design, architecture and libraries and museums.

• Aramco Investment
  Reliance Group to miss planned date to close Saudi Aramco deal

  RIL is currently engaged in a legal tussle with India’s federal petroleum ministry over enforcement of an estimated $4.5billion in an international arbitral award of the Panna-Mutka and Tapti (PMT) oil field production-sharing contracts case.

• Mada'in Saleh
  Mada’in Saleh – Saudi Arabia’s Abandoned Nabatean City

  The Nabateans occupied the city in the 1 st century BC. They were originally nomads who established a powerful kingdom in the Sinai and parts of modern Jordan in north-west Arabia. Under the Nabateans, the settlement of Mada'in Saleh became a true city. They developed a system for irrigation based on the collection of rainwater in tanks which helped agriculture to flourish.

• Riyadh Season
  Commentary: Saudi Arabia’s successful entertainment drive too costly for some

  “If we got anything out of Riyadh Season, it’s that demand is there, social acceptance is there,” said Faisal Bafarat, chief executive of the General Entertainment Authority. “Businessmen are coming and saying we want to invest.”

• Chinese
  Saudi schools start teaching Chinese language

  The eight boys schools, which teach the language from the second semester that started Sunday in the kingdom, include four in the capital Riyadh, two in the western city of Jeddah and two others in the Eastern region, spokesman for the Education Ministry Ibtasam Al Shiheri said, according to Okaz newspaper.

• Iraq
  Iraq protesters battle security forces in bid to shut Baghdad streets

  Rallies have rocked Iraq since October but, fearing they would lose momentum amid spiralling regional tensions, protesters last Monday told the government it had one week to meet their demands or they would escalate.

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