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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).
Cooperation and technology hold key to Covid-19 response
In December 2019, when few people could point to Wuhan on a map and even fewer knew what a coronavirus was, a risk software company in Toronto was already using AI to scrawl through websites and databases and accurately predict…
Travel trailblazer in Saudi Arabia
With the world preparing to relax restrictions on international travel, one destination above all others is on the lips of every adventurous traveler: the ever-surprising Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
New hope for plastics recycling
The critical part played by plastics in modern life has never been clearer. This much misunderstood material has proved its worth across all facets of the global response to Covid-19. One of the world’s largest plastics companies is demonstrating a…