RIYADH: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al-Saud, chairman of the board of trustees of Alwaleed Philanthropies, signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding with Culture Minister Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, to join efforts in developing the Kingdom’s cultural sector. The two parties will provide promising opportunities to develop the capacity of practitioners in the
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UNESCO added Arabic calligraphy, a key tradition in the Arab and Islamic worlds, to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, on 14 December.A total of 16 countries, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Moroc
The King Abdulaziz Public Library is launching an exhibition of rare Islamic coins on Tuesday in the capital, Riyadh. The exhibition, which is being hel