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  • To see Saudi Arabia, start with this ‘magical’ gateway to Mecca

    Along with its vast deserts and remarkable archaeological ruins, Saudi Arabia has Jeddah—the maritime gateway to the country’s sacred sites—to show off. In all, 650 18th- and 19th-century white-plastered, coral stone buildings. in Al-Balad (Old Jeddah), a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2014. Now is the time to visit, during a magical interlude after it has been refurbished but before the holiday hordes arrive.

  • Digital art museum opens in Saudi Arabia

    The museum, launched by the Tokyo-based art collective teamLab, comprises over 50 artworks spreading across its expansive and labyrinthine spaces, including "Borderless World," "Athletics Forest" and "Future Park."

  • Saudi Arabia witnesses spike in women in tech startup than Europe: Report

    This came in a report released by Endeavor Insight. The report also found that the percentage of women in tech is higher than that of men. According to reports, the participation rate of women in the tech sector stood at 28 percent in the third quarter of 2021, above the European average rate of 17.5 percent.

  • Desert X Saudi Arabia Asks Viewers to Separate Politics and Art

    Susan Davis, founder and president of Desert X, says the Saudi iteration came about through person-to-person diplomacy, rather than any international intrigue. The connector was Los Angeles–based artist, collector, and Saudi royal Sultan Bin Fahad, whose work “Desert Kite” appears in this year’s show.

  • A strategic partnership aims to make Saudi Arabia a top global destination

    A recently signed agreement between the Saudi Tourism Authority (STA) and Emirates, one of the biggest commercial carriers in the world, promises to boost the number of international travelers opting to vacation in the Kingdom, while benefiting both economies.

  • Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia and Janssen kickstart a national campaign on the value of innovation in healthcare

    The Ministry of Investment (MISA) and Janssen, the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, have launched Oloumak, a national multi-stakeholder campaign developed to shed light on the value of research, development, and innovation in healthcare and biotechnology in the Kingdom. In addition, the campaign aims to highlight the ways in which innovation in these vital industries fuels growth and economic transformation, and enhances patient care and quality of life.

  • Saudi Arabia shows strong intent to drive a cloud-first, cloud-smart, and multicloud strategy

    While multicloud adoption is rising, these are early days that create some challenges. Both in Saudi Arabia (54%) and globally (49%), respondents mentioned managing security across cloud borders most often as a multicloud management difficulty. Saudi respondents named maintaining consistent performance, second most often, notably more than average, while the task of integrating data across cloud environments consistently ranked in the top three most-mentioned issues among ECI respondents.

  • United Arab League suspending Israeli parliamentary participation

    The UAL party members, led by Mansour Abbas, are mostly comprised of Israeli Arabs. Notably, over 20 percent of Israel's population is Palestinian. The UAL was the first party representing Palestinian citizens to ever join an Israeli government and holds four seats in Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s coalition.

  • Everything to Know About Saudi Arabia’s Inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale in 2023

    Cementing Saudi Arabia’s status as a serious art powerhouse on the world stage, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation has announced its inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale. Taking place in Jeddah in early 2023, this incredible event will showcase the vibrancy of Islamic art, both past and present.

  • Saudi Arabian start-up Lawazem raises $1.3m to boost technology

    Saudi Arabia's operational procurement start-up Lawazem raised $1.3 million in its seed-funding round, which will be used by the company to boost its technology and add more products to its portfolio. Operational procurement refers to the collection of products and services needed to sustain a company’s day-to-day business operations.