Culture & Education | Saturday 2 April, 2016 5:20 am

King’s support for Qur’an memorization lauded

Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar honored winners at the 18th edition of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Local Competition for Holy Qur’an Memorization and Interpretation in Riyadh on Wednesday night.  Addressing the large audience of scholars, the prince lauded the ...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 31 March, 2016 3:11 am

Girl students showcase their talent, innovations in Riyadh

Prince Faisal Bin Bandar, emir of Riyadh, opened on Tuesday evening a competition titled “Aspirations of the King for the future of the nation” and an exhibition at King Saud University (KSU) campus in Riyadh. Girl students of universities from all parts of the Kingdom are participating ...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 30 March, 2016 12:48 pm

OSN adds six new Filipino channels to its platform

OSN, the leading pay-TV network in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), increases the breadth of content for OSN Pinoy subscribers with the roll out of six new channels taking the overall number of OSN Pinoy channels to 15. The channels offer the best shows, programmes and movies directly from the...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 29 March, 2016 4:46 pm

‘City of Play’ Project was declared winner of British Council-organsied Unlimited Doha Design Prize 2016

City of Play project prepared by UK-Qatar team, compromising of Alex Scott-Whitby, Ming Teong, Omer Can Aksoy, Gizem Kahraman and Deena Al Terawi, has won the Unlimited Doha Design Prize 2016, following a week-long residency in Doha from 18 - 26 March.    A total of 21 finalists...

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Culture & Education | Monday 28 March, 2016 3:14 pm

Yanbu's Children Prove Their Creative Potential in Science Fields At Dana Mall

Dana Mall has finalized the "Young Engineer" event that was held lately at the mall's premises by announcing the winners of the activity. The event has been highly received by the participating children and Yanbu locals. The event was held for 4 consecutive days and witnessed a...

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Culture & Education | Monday 28 March, 2016 3:12 pm

Arab Children Reveal their Dreams for the Future on the ‘Ambition Wall’

The hopes, dreams and aspirations of a cross section of Arab youth were highlighted at a unique pre-event activity for the Sharjah Arab Children Forum (SACF) 2016, which started yesterday (Monday) evening. Titled the ‘Ambition Wall,’ the activity at the Children Centre in Al Riqqa,...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 27 March, 2016 7:04 am

Unique course puts women in vanguard of film study

 Officially it's not called "filmmaking" because public cinemas are banned in Saudi Arabia. But making movies is exactly what about 150 students — all of them women — are doing at the Kingdom's all-female Effat University in Jeddah. Students say it is the only...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 27 March, 2016 6:52 am

Saudi doctors fifth best in world

As many as 326 Saudi doctors and physicians enrolled for fellowship programs in the United States in the past three years, indicating an increase in the number of trainees in that country over the years. Moreover, the outstanding performance of Saudi doctors makes them the fifth best in the world...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 26 March, 2016 1:18 pm

Rousing start to film festival

The "red carpet" was made of green artificial turf and women wore traditional black robes when the third Saudi Film Festival opened here on Thursday night. About 400 enthusiastic film fans filled a hall for the opening ceremony at a culture and arts center. Although public cinemas are ...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 26 March, 2016 1:03 pm

Faculty jobs: Saudis with Ph.D. ‘should be preferred’

Education Minister Ahmed Al-Issa directed universities to give preference to Saudi applicants holding doctoral degrees for faculty jobs. The directive came after many Saudis with doctoral degrees complained of bias against them by officials at local universities. "Their applications should...

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