Art Conference to Highlight Emerging Trends in Contemporary Islamic Arts and Crafts

Art Conference to Highlight Emerging Trends in Contemporary Islamic Arts and Crafts

BY The Arabian Sun / /

The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), in partnership with the Abdul Latif Alfozan Award for Mosque Architecture, will host the second edition of its Islamic Art Conference on Nov. 25-30 as a cultural celebration and a global showcase of the heritage, living traditions, and emerging trends of Islamic arts and crafts from across the Arab world.

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - July 29, 2024

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - July 29, 2024

BY AramcoWorld / /

From installations in the desert to abstract sculptures by the sea, the Arabian Gulf is flourishing as a multicultural hub for contemporary art. Part of a cultural revolution marked by the expansion of galleries and exhibitions, the surge of interest has helped artists from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates rise to the global scene.

Ithrayeat: Senerity of Doors and Sensitivity of Letters

Ithrayeat: Senerity of Doors and Sensitivity of Letters

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Abdul Qader Al Rais, godfather of Emirati fine arts who is known for his magical mastery of kaleidoscopic color, started his childhood in colorless poverty. “All you could find then was black, and maybe just a bit of blue paint,” recalled the man whose versatility with the paintbrush for almost 60 years created masterpieces of what can best be described as magical realism.

Aramco Gas Increments and Unconventionals

Aramco Gas Increments and Unconventionals

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Aramco has extensive high-quality gas reserves and exclusive access to the Kingdom's large and growing domestic marketplace. The company's strategic journey to expand its sales gas production-targets growth of more than 60% by 2030, compared to 2021 levels.

AramcoWorld 75th Series - Building Cultural Connections

AramcoWorld 75th Series - Building Cultural Connections

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Since its beginnings 75 years ago, AramcoWorld’s editors have viewed architecture as an essential lens on history and a crucible for cultural connections. Early stories, in particular, added human context to a discipline that often focused on the form of buildings with little regard for the people who created and used them.

Aramco Announces Completion of $6 Billion Bond Issuance

Aramco Announces Completion of $6 Billion Bond Issuance

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Aramco today (July 18) announced that it has completed a bond issuance of $6 billion. The issuance is comprised of three tranches of USD-denominated senior unsecured notes under Aramco’s Global Medium Term Note Program (“GMTN”).

Amina and Muhammad: The Delicious Meal

Amina and Muhammad: The Delicious Meal

BY AramcoWorld / /

Mother and Aunt Samia carried out large trays of food into the sitting room where the cloths and plates had been laid. The food smelled delicious! Although the children wanted to hear Uncle Hasan's story, they were now only interested in the food before them.

Aramco and F1 in Schools: Inspiring a New Generation of Engineers

Aramco and F1 in Schools: Inspiring a New Generation of Engineers

BY The Arabian Sun / /

F1 in Schools is a global educational program that aims to raise awareness of STEM in school students through a competition to develop a miniature F1 car. Endorsed by Formula 1, the globally popular motorsport championship, and organized by UK-based company F1 in Schools Ltd...

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - July 12, 2024

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - July 12, 2024

BY AramcoWorld / /

Thanks to children who kicked up little pieces of red ceramics while playing on a hilltop in 1977, the town of Mértola, Portugal, is now rediscovering its Islamic past.

AramcoWorld - July 2024

AramcoWorld - July 2024

BY AramcoWorld / /

AramcoWorld, Saudi Aramco's flagship publication, is widely recognized as a leading source of nonpolitical coverage of the history, geography, arts and cultures of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and the wider Islamic world, with an emphasis on the interweavings of the plural cultures of East and West, past and present.

AramcoWorld 75th Series - Islamic Science's India Connection

AramcoWorld 75th Series - Islamic Science's India Connection

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Mutual belief in the idea of a universal order drew Muslim scholars to Indus Valley knowledge, and their translations advanced the trans-civilizational endeavor we today call science. This story is an example of AramcoWorld's 75 years of highlighting historical influences on knowledge today.

Inside Yanbu’ Refinery’s Digital Transformation Journey

Inside Yanbu’ Refinery’s Digital Transformation Journey

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Aramco’s Yanbu’ Refinery is an integral part of our refining, chemicals, and marketing portfolio, one responsible for providing critical feedstock and essential fuels to meet the Kingdom’s energy needs. Commissioned in 1983 along Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast...

Aramco to Acquire 10% Equity Interest in HORSE Powertrain Limited

Aramco to Acquire 10% Equity Interest in HORSE Powertrain Limited

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Aramco, through a wholly owned subsidiary, has signed definitive agreements to acquire a 10% equity interest in HORSE Powertrain Limited, the new global powertrain solutions company, alongside Renault Group, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, and Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (“Geely”).

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - June 28, 2024

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - June 28, 2024

BY AramcoWorld / /

The Golden Spider Silk exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, showcases four textiles, including a cape that incorporates silk threads from 1.2 million golden orb-weavers.

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - June 20, 2024

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - June 20, 2024

BY AramcoWorld / /

About the size of a tablet computer, astrolabes were tools of astronomers, surveyors and navigators, to name a few. But using them took a lot more than typing, tapping and swiping.

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - June 13, 2024

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - June 13, 2024

BY AramcoWorld / /

Azerbaijan has sat at a crossroads of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Western Asia for centuries as a Silk Road hub and a gateway that empires routinely fought to control. That intersection also has manifested itself in the nation’s food—a complex and enticing stew of Turkic, Persian, Eastern European and other regional influences. This food diary explores the unique cuisines of each of the country's regions.

Aramco and NextDecade Announce Heads of Agreement for Offtake of LNG from Rio Grande LNG Facility

Aramco and NextDecade Announce Heads of Agreement for Offtake of LNG from Rio Grande LNG Facility

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, and NextDecade Corporation (NextDecade) announced today that their respective subsidiaries have executed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HoA) for a 20-year liquefied natural gas sale and purchase agreement (LNG SPA) for offtake from Train 4 at the Rio Grande LNG Facility at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, USA.