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  • Saudi Pro League transfers: Every player to have left Serie A for Saudi Arabia

    The Premier League has seen the biggest impact, although the likes of Chelsea shifting unwanted players, such as Edouard Mendy and former Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly, gave a much-needed boost to their finances.

  • Türkiye, Saudi sign series of deals as part of Erdoğan’s visit

    Erdoğan is accompanied by members of his cabinet and other Turkish officials throughout his tour. After Saudi Arabia, Erdoğan held a one-on-one meeting with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who welcomed him with an official ceremony at Lusail Palace. Subsequently, they attended bilateral meetings and an official dinner. The final leg of Erdoğan's tour will take him to the United Arab Emirates, where he is scheduled to meet with President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on July 19.

  • Leading Saudi broadcaster airs Israeli docuseries on Mossad operations

    A prominent Saudi entertainment TV channel is airing an Israeli-produced docuseries about US and Mossad operations against Hezbollah. Israel’s public broadcaster Kan announced this week that the broadcasting rights of the “The Cassandra Prophecy” documentary series have been sold to the Saudi broadcasting network MBC, according to The Jerusalem Post. Middle East Eye has seen that the show was available to watch with Arabic or English subtitles on MBC’s online streaming platform Shahid.

  • Saudi TV network under fire as Iraqis clash over controversial new series

    Iraqi Shiite cleric and politician Muqtada Al-Sadr has warned a Saudi-owned network against airing a series on Caliph Mu’awiya I (661-80), likely in anticipation of a glorification of his rule. Many Shiite Muslims denounce Mu’awiya and his Umayyad successors (661-750) as divisive, alleging that they acted against Caliph Ali bin Abi Talib (656-61) and other figures who Shiites revere. The series will likely also spark reactions for featuring the faces of the Prophet’s Companions, which both Shiite and Sunni religious authorities reject.

  • Perspective: Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf series is about more than just sportswashing

    Sports are part of that broader cache of cultural activities through which a country can project a more pleasant image of itself around the world, which doesn’t just help the economy but can also make it more influential in determining what the world looks like. This is not something that just authoritarian countries do; it’s something democratic countries do all the time, through events like hosting the Olympics and using their opening ceremonies to tell a compelling story about themselves.

  • Khaled Bin Alwaleed’s KBW Ventures Joins Series A Round For American Foodtech Startup Black Sheep Farms

    "KBW Ventures is backing Black Sheep Foods with our eyes on the massive addressable market size of sheep and the other heritage meats that the company has in the pipeline," Prince Khaled told Entrepreneur Middle East. "The company's technology, allowing for an amplified flavor profile, excellent texture, and good nutritional approach, makes for a winning platform. We see Black Sheep Foods blazing a new trail for a needed product profile that has thus far gone unaddressed."

  • What Golf Saudi’s Aramco Team Series event in New York means for LPGA

    There are six events on the Ladies European Tour schedule that are sponsored by Golf Saudi and the Public Investment Fund (PIF). The Aramco Team Series and it’s $1 million purses have no doubt added a significant amount of money to the LET schedule, where it’s tough to make a living. Only 29 players have made over 100,000 euros so far this season, and that’s without travel costs and other team/caddie expenses.

  • Zid raises $50 million Series B round led by IMPACT46

    Saudi-based Retail enablement company, Zid has successfully raised $50 million (~188 million SAR) in a Series B funding led by IMPACT46 with participation from new investors: Aramco venture capital arm (Waed Ventures) and Endeavour Catalyst. Previous investors: Global Ventures, Elm Company, Arzan and MSA also participated. This is the third round of investment Zid has received since the business was founded in 2017, and follows a Series A investment round of $7 million in March 2021.

  • What Golf Saudi’s Aramco Team Series event in New York means for LPGA

    Lexi Thompson won for the first time in three years at the Aramco Team Series event at Trump Golf Links Ferry Point. The victory certainly meant plenty to Thompson, who last won at the 2019 ShopRite LPGA Classic and has suffered a number of heartbreaking losses.

  • Netflix unveils raft of Arab films & series slated for 2023 release

    Netflix has previewed a selection of upcoming films and shows aimed at the Arab world and hailing from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Egypt, and Jordan. The global platform has been steadily making inroads into the Middle East and North Africa since 2015, in the face of fierce competition from local players such as MBC’s Shahid VIP and Starzplay.