‘The sword has a history among the Arabs’: Inside Saudi Arabia’s fencing scene RIYADH: In the heart of Saudi Arabia, sports halls bustle in the evenings with fencers as young as 8 years old, as swordsmanship spreads rapidly across the Kingdom. It is a testament to the work carried out by the Saudi Arabian Fencing Federation … Read more
RIYADH: The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, through the Ajeer platform, has launched an incentive initiative for companies contracting security guard services that aims to enhance the work environment for Saudis in the private sector. The initiative factors in the localization of Saudi security guards for establishments contracting security services. Eligible establishments must … Read more
RIYADH: Project Masam, a Saudi initiative to clear land mines in Yemen, in the second week of December dismantled 737 mines planted by the Iran-backed Houthi militia. Overseen by the Saudi aid agency KSrelief, the project’s special teams destroyed 611 unexploded ordnance, 116 anti-tank mines, eight anti-personnel mines and two explosive devices. The devices, which … Read more
RIYADH: “Light is the new ink,” claims UK-based art expert Neville Wakefield, one of the curators of Noor Riyadh, billed as the world’s largest light art festival, which runs in the Saudi capital until Dec. 16. From fiber optics to artificial intelligence and mobile screens, light, in Wakefield’s opinion, has become a vital tool for … Read more