National Cultural Awards culminates support to Saudi culture, intellectuals April 20, 2021
RIYADH Acting Chief Marketing and Communication Officer at Quality of Life Program, Khaled Bin Abdullah Al-Bakr, has voiced appreciation for the Crown Prince s patronage of the National Cultural Awards closing ceremony, hailing the gesture as the culmination of the Saudi support to culture and the intelligentsia.
Al-Baker underlined that the National Cultural Awards is part of the Quality of Life Program’s initiatives carried out by the Ministry of Culture with the aim at supporting the Kingdom’s cultural sectors and empowering the Saudi male and female intellectuals and promoting their creativity and excellence locally and internationally.
King Salman orders transfer of Yemeni conjoined twins for medical examination April 19, 2021
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has ordered for the transfer of Yemeni Siamese twins Yousuf and Yassin” from Yemen to Riyadh for their medical examination and possible surgery to separate them.
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has ordered for the transfer of Yemeni Siamese twins Yousuf and Yassin” from Yemen to Riyadh for their medical examination and possible surgery to separate them, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Sunday.
In a statement carried by SPA, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, adviser at the royal court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), who is also the head of the medical team specialized in separating Siamese twins, announced that the twins are expected to arrive within the next few days along with their parents.
April 19, 2021
Cinemas were opened as part of the initiatives of the Quality of Life Program in accordance with the Kingdom s Vision 2030.
RIYADH As part of the initiatives of the Quality of Life Program in accordance with the Kingdom s Vision 2030, and under the direct supervision of the General Authority for Audiovisual Media, cinema activity, an important entertainment, cultural and economic sector, has recently been revitalized in the Kingdom after decades of suspension, a report said here Monday.
Celebrating its third anniversary Monday, the cinema sector witnessed over the past years a quantum leap to the entertainment options available to individuals and families in the Kingdom, the report said.
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JEDDAH: The King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) launched a series called “Year of Arabic Calligraphy” to celebrate the artistic practice of handwriting based on the Arabic alphabet.
The activities and programs, held throughout the year at the center, will aim to promote Arabic calligraphy, shed light on its history and the stages of its development. It also will focus on its formation while highlighting its aesthetics through the different types of Arabic fonts.
Events will include Arabic calligraphy courses, a light show, along with workshops focused on printing Arabic calligraphy by using different technologies, rare artistic products and manuscripts.