If you lived in Dhahran in the early 2000s, you may have encountered the musical group Get Reel performing a blend of Irish, country and bluegrass songs at various venues around Dhahran and Bahrain. Annette Collins, one of the group's founding members and a native of Ireland now returned to the Emerald Isle, has continued to pursue her love of music and Irish dance. She is currently offering a unique opportunity to learn Irish dance online.
In the first of this six-part series, we begin as geometric Islamic art teacher, Richard Henry, teaches how to draw, step-by-step, a swirling dance of geometry from a famous cut-tile wall panel in the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain. It’s easier than it looks. So find a compass, ruler and pencil and give it a try.
Aramco on Tuesday officially announced the launch of Prosperity7 Ventures, a 1-billion-dollar venture capital fund. The fund has been operational for over a year, but was today launched officially by Aramco chief technology officer Ahmad O. Al-Khowaiter during the LEAP 22 technology conference in Riyadh.
In the late 1990’s I was in Saudi Arabia on a consulting contract for a leading tourism company. I was to travel the Kingdom, putting together travel itineraries for the expatriate market. On this nearly month-long expedition, I was accompanied by Mohammed, my Saudi driver assigned to me...
Two a.m., Thursday, May 20, 1965, Cairo, Egypt. A Boeing 720B is in its second landing approach; the first attempt was aborted. The Cairo airport has just installed a new night-guidance landing system. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Flight 705 is inaugurating a new service: Karachi to London with intermediate stops in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Cairo; and Geneva, Switzerland. The plane is piloted and crewed by the airline’s very best.
Aramco’s supply chain resilience has been further enhanced by the signing of 50 new Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) at the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (iktva) Forum and Exhibition.
Saudi Aramco Ex-Employees Association (SAEEA) celebrated its 23rd Reunion on January 16, 2022 at Lasania Restaurant, Karachi. A total of 84 persons attended the function (55 male, 22 female and 7 children). This reunion was held after an interval of two years mainly due to the current epidemic.
Only a few hundred balcones de cajón, or wooden box balconies, remain in Lima. Usually cantilevered out over the street, often ornate in design, most look out on the bustle of streets that grid the Peruvian capital’s historic center.
It was a windy morning in Boulder, Colorado on December 30th, 2021. I had been woken up by the cacophony of the swaying trees. While the wind usually feels like a refreshing breeze, on this particular day the wind sounded rather ominous.
The 18th Aramco Houston Half Marathon set two records Jan. 16. Vicoty Chepngeno finished first in the women’s race and set a course record, and Sarah Hall set a new women’s American record for the half, adding to the excitement of the first in-person Marathon Weekend since 2020.
Zouhair A. Al-Kaaki, a petroleum engineering consultant in the Northern Area Production Engineering Department, is retiring after 42 years of service with the company. He will be ending his career as the assistant to the general manager of Safaniyah Area Producing, which began in 2016.
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“Aramco” or “the Company”) today announced the signing of one agreement and nine Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with leading Korean entities, which aim to advance its downstream strategy and support development of low-carbon energy solutions, while creating new financing options for the Company.
In this piece, Mark Lowey, “Abu Jack,” is escorted deep into the Rub Al Khali (Empty Quarter) and told the astonishing story of a water well named Umm Al Abel.
For lovers of exquisite canyons, natural landscapes, green ecosystems, and high mountains stationed above the clouds, Jazan is the perfect region to explore the fascinating countryside of southern Saudi Arabia. With its fresh air and clean atmosphere, and being away from urban life pollution, Jazan is an excellent place to practice yoga and meditation.
Dhahran is situated on a low hill a couple of miles west of Dhahran airport which is an enormous military airbase and at that time, a commercial airport. Within hours of President Bush announcing ‘Operation Desert Shield’ a continuous stream of enormous US Air Force transport planes began landing at the airport, depositing men, supplies and weapons.
Jamil J. Al-Bagawi has been appointed as the executive director of National Champions effective Jan. 1, 2022. He had previously served as the chief engineer — a position he assumed in January 2019, after completing multiple acting assignments in the same position commencing December 2016.
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“Aramco” or “the Company”), the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals company, is expanding its global downstream presence with investments in Poland’s refining, wholesale, and jet fuel marketing segments.
Aramco and the China Building Materials Academy (CBMA) announce the launch of NEXCEL, a new Nonmetallic Excellence and Innovation Center to further advance the use of nonmetallic materials in the building and construction sector.
It was in Tripoli, Lebanon, reporting a story in 1999 on Mamluk architecture, that I fell in love with muqarnas (pronounced moo-KAR-nas). To this day it remains my favorite motif in the repertoire of classical Islamic arts, and it might be my favorite motif in all of art.
Christmas in the Kingdom has been in the international news recently, with many stories detailing how more and more shops openly sell Christmas trees, lights, tinsel, and the other decorations westerners want to buy for their festive celebrations.