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Capital vision for the Middle East
As the pandemic transforms the daily life of billions of people around the world, the fast-growing Saudi capital of Riyadh is preparing to lead a new era in urban living.
Reinventing Food
Saudi female entrepreneur Deem Al Bassam represents the new generation of innovators changing the way that Saudis eat out and spend their leisure time.
Regenerative tourism takes shape by Red Sea
While the world’s tourism industry labours under lockdown, the visionaries at the Red Sea Project in Saudi Arabia are pressing on with a development that has the potential to transform the world of luxury travel. In November, CEO John Pagano…
Ithra points way to future of creativity
It is a question that is on the minds of everyone who works in arts and culture today. What will happen when the pandemic ends and museums, galleries and cultural centres lift their restrictions? Will visitors return or will the…
Keep on smiling
When historians tell the tale of the modern transformation of Saudi Arabia, they might like to start with the story about a night in Riyadh 10 years ago. On the empty stage of an unassuming cultural center, a young Saudi…
Dream without limits
Of the three disciplines in Olympic fencing, the épée, foil, and sabre, the épée may be the most challenging. As well as using the heaviest blade, épée fencers need to develop expert defensive strategies and counterattacking skills, testing their physical…
Luxury tourism redefined
When veteran real estate developer John Pagano received a phone call from one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds three years ago, he sensed that change was in the air.
Shining a light on Saudi design
Just six years after launching her brand, Nuun Jewels, Saudi jewelry designer Nourah Al Faisal has earned an international reputation, and she is using her celebrity to help support the Kingdom’s fast-growing design community. “Designers like me who have the…
The smartest city
Thousands of years after the world’s first great cities emerged in the fertile lands of the ancient Middle East, the region is playing a starring role in a new chapter in urban civilization.
Global leaders call for new Marshall Plan
World leaders and innovators have called for a green global recovery plan which will power the restart of the economy and accelerate progress towards the targets of the Paris Agreement and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).