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  • Saudi per capita water consumption 91% higher than global average
     

    Per capita water consumption in Saudi Arabia is 91 percent higher than the international average, according to a new report by the country’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC). Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest producer of desalinated water, accounting for at least 17 percent of the total world output. The Kingdom has invested nearly $25 […]

     
  • Jadwa September 2012 Saudi Chartbook – Real Economy
     

    Jadwa Investment’s recently released Saudi Charbook for the month of September 2012 found that the Saudi economic activity in July experienced a “modest slowdown of economic activity…with indicators of consumer spending and PMI slowing on the back of a seasonal trend.” However, Jadwa notes that the “healthy underlying economic momentum remains in place.” Below is a snapshot of […]

     
  • Shoura Council to appoint 30 women
     

    Saudi Arabia is expected to appoint 30 women on the Shoura Council before the consultative body begins its next annual session. “The expectations are that up to 30 women will be appointed to the Shoura,” sources close to the council told Al-Sharq Arabic daily. The newspaper said that talks have already begun with several institutions […]

     
  • The Island of the Arabs
     

    So in 1954 when Aramco’s New York office decided to produce a feature film about Saudi Arabia and the company’s role in the kingdom, they chose Dick Lyford to direct it. The film called Island of the Arabs begins with the early geologists landing in Jubail and then exploring in the desert. While sitting around […]

     
  • Saudis gear up for new academic year
     

    Saudi students, parents and educators are preparing for the new academic year, which begins September 1st. Shaher al-Jeddawi, programme director at a public school in Jeddah, said introducing English language courses in fourth grade is a major step “towards raising the level of education in general”. “The project this year applies to 4,200 schools out […]

     
  • Saudi banks most profitable in Middle East
     

    Out of the top 50 banks in the Middle East ranked by assets for the period H1 2011, Saudi banks lead the pack “having a good track record of maintaining strong asset quality and adapting adequate lending practices and underwriting standards,” Sheetal Kothari, research analyst, business and financial services practice, Frost & Sullivan, said. The […]

     
  • Beware the Siren Call of Jihad
     

    There’s a full-court press, likely at the instigation of Saudi Arabia’s government, to discourage would-be jihadis from traveling up to Syria. Saudi Gazette/Okaz report that a wide array of authority figures are warning enthusiastic youths of the potential dangers and about how their brothers and cousins fell into traps in Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Iraq. Usefully, […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia breaks onto contemporary art scene
     

    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 […]

     
  • 42 Amazing Photos of Ramadan 2012
     

    Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, will come to a close this weekend with the observation of a festival called Eid al-Fitr. Throughout this ninth month on the Islamic calendar, devout Muslims must abstain from food, drink, and sex from dawn until sunset. The fast, one of the five pillars of Islam, is seen as […]

     
  • For GCC, a Challenge Within Reach: The Gulf Rail Network
     

    Railways have never been the preferred mode of transportation in the Gulf, neither for passengers nor for goods, for geographic reasons and, mostly, due to the affordable prices of fuel for road transportation. But in the next few years, and in order to boost trade, Gulf countries are expected to spend more than $100 billion on rail […]

     

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  • Saudi business giant eyes £1bn sustainable aviation fuel plant to kickstart UK green investment drive

    One of Saudi Arabia’s largest greentech specialists and manufacturing firms has outlined plans to invest billions in UK green infrastructure projects, with a £1bn sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) plant currently in the design phase.

  • Fast SPAC (FZT) Agrees to Merge With Entertainment Firm Falcon’s Beyond

    Falcon’s Beyond has said it is developing a theme park outside of Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, with Qiddiya Investment Co.

  • US Believes OPEC Has More Capacity to Raise Crude Production

    The administration believes the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has room to raise production should an upcoming visit by President Joe Biden to the Middle East yield any agreements. “We do believe there is a capacity for further steps that could be taken,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a press conference on Monday. It’s ultimately up to OPEC countries to determine what those additional steps entail, he said.

  • Bahrain Reduced to Province of Iran on President Raisi’s Instagram

    On May 14, 1970, the Iranian Parliament recognized the independence of Bahrain pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 278. In doing so, Iran renounced its historical claims to the island country, and the Islamic Republic, too, officially recognizes Bahrain as a sovereign state. But periodically, state-censored Iranian media outlets revive the question of Bahrain’s independence and sovereignty:

  • Saudi Arabia tells citizens in Sri Lanka to avoid areas of unrest, warns against travel to country

    Saudi Arabia on Saturday warned its citizens in Sri Lanka to avoid areas of unrest and urged those wishing to travel to the country to postpone their trips, the Kingdom’s embassy in Colombo announced. Protesters on Saturday broke into the Sri Lankan prime minister’s private residence and set it on fire hours after he said he would resign when a new government is formed, in the biggest day of angry demonstrations that also saw crowds storming the president’s home and office.

  • Saudi: Al-Haramain train terminal at KAIA stands as the world’s largest

    Occupying an area of 99,000 square meters within Jeddah-based King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA), Al-Haramain train station stands as the world’s largest terminal connected to an airport, an official report said. The airport’s station is part of the terminal stations of Al-Haramain express project, which also include Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah and Rabigh’s King Abdullah Economic City.

  • Jeddah airport allows pilgrims to carry Zamzam water

    King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) of Jeddah announced that it is now allowed for the Hajj pilgrims, who are returning to their countries, to carry Zamzam water on board the international flights. KAIA noted that the pilgrim is allowed to purchase only one five-liter Zamzam water bottle through one of the points of sale at the airport premises. The airport authorities have clarified that it has allocated a separate path for Zamzam water, and it is not allowed to carry Zamzam within the checked-in baggage.

  • Saudi STC raises number of 5G sites by 132%, records 55% increase in network usage on day of Tarwiyah

    The volume of stc network usage increased after the arrival of pilgrims in Mina from the early morning hours of the eighth day of Dhu Al-Hijjah 1443 AH, Day of Tarwiyah, where the rate of pilgrims’ movement in Mina until noon exceeded more than 55% compared to the same hour in previous years, the number of 5G sites in Makkah, Madinah and holy site raised by 132%.

  • Saudi Designer Kawthar Alhoraish On Colour, Craftsmanship and The Influence of KSA Culture Within Her Creations

    Colours can change our outlook on life. And for Riyadh-born designer Kawthar Alhoraish, founder of Kaf-by-Kaf, colours gave her a doorway through which she could make her creative escape from her desert climate surroundings. “My entry into the world of fashion was mere coincidence. I loved fashion but did not know that I had the gift for it. When those around me are astonished by one of my designs, little do they know that I am surprised as well. I was unaware of my abilities in this field,” she explains.