Tag: Culture

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Arabia 3D, by veteran Imax filmmaker Greg MacGillivray

In a mere 45 minutes, veteran Imax filmmaker Greg MacGillivray, manages to suggest the wonder and breadth of the human, physical and cultural experience that is Saudi Arabia.   As movie sets go, you can’t beat the Arabian Peninsula. And Arabia 3D has this movie set all to itself. The film is not only in 3D [...]

Ministry of Culture and Information to participate in the Saudi Archeological exhibition in Russia

Saudi Antiquities Exhibition, Russia

The Masterpieces of Kingdom’s Antiquities Exhibition will be held under the title “Saudi Archeological Masterpieces through the Ages”. This exhibition offers a journey through the heart of Arabia, orchestrated by photographs of the region’s sumptuous landscapes. It takes the form of a series of stopovers in some of the peninsula’s extensive oases, which in ancient [...]

A Girls’ Guide to Saudi Arabia

Vanity Fair’s Maureen Dowd traveled to Saudi Arabia to experience first-hand the Arab kingdom’s newly declared commitment to tourism. But apparently she didn’t get the memo—that promise seems to only apply to men. Saudi Arabia! Just the vacation spot for a headstrong, adventure-loving, cocktail-imbibing, fashion-conscious chick. Long averse to non-Muslim curiosity seekers, the Kingdom is [...]

Photography Through the Eyes of Saudi Arabian Women

Today, the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in coordination with Dar Al-Hekma College is opening a photo exhibit entitled “Photography Through the Eyes of Saudi Arabian Women.” The exhibition is the first of its kind, portraying a collection of work from dozens of Saudi women photographers to be exhibited in the United States.  The exhibit will run from July [...]

Turkish Culture Week

(via alriyadh.com) His Royal Highness Prince Turki Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Assistant Minister of Culture, Media and evening events in the Turkish cultural days, King Fahd Cultural Center in Riyadh, in the presence of the Ambassador of Turkey to the Kingdom Ahmed Mukhtar Gon. And His Highness Prince Turki Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz said [...]

Promoting a culture of volunteerism in Saudi Arabia

(via huffingtonpost.com) Following Sept. 11, reports of hate crime rose exponentially across the United States. But, living deep in the heart of Texas, Dr. Salam Al-Dini says he had no problems. The reason, says the former-Texas A&M student, was because he served as a volunteer in the community. In his years studying and working in [...]

Riyadh Municipality launches “United Women” website

Aim of the Unit: Enable the Secretariat to achieve its mission and objectives of the related senior women’s race through the provision of necessary services to facilitate the disposal and care for the female to the relevant departments of the Secretariat and the jurisdiction and control and regulate, manage and direct all areas of work [...]

Picture Gallery: Saudi Education in 1950′s

When the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932, education was not accessible to everyone and limited to individualized instruction at religious schools in mosques in urban areas. These schools taught Islamic law and basic literacy skills.

EARTH FROM ABOVE

After seeing these amazing pictures, I had to share with all of you. These are more than 100 inspirational masterpieces for two amazing photographers, showing you earth from above with location from all around the world.