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Riyadh to Host Arabic Edition of ‘SIRHA Exhibition’ in 2024

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Riyadh to Host Arabic Edition of ‘SIRHA Exhibition’ in 2024

The flag of Saudi Arabia (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The flag of Saudi Arabia (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The Culinary Arts Commission, in partnership with the Saudi Conventions and Exhibitions General Authority (SCEGA), has announced that Riyadh will host the Arabic edition of the international “SIRHA Exhibition” event in October 2024.

 

This exhibition is one of the most significant and largest specialized exhibitions in food and hospitality services, with a history spanning 20 years. It includes renowned global culinary competitions such as the World Cup of Pastry - Bocos D'or.

 

The Arabic edition of the SIRHA Exhibition will feature 350 exhibitors and trademarks, representing food, equipment, bakeries, pastries, and coffee products across three main zones that offer unique content to visitors, the Commission said Wednesday.

 

These include the SIRHA Forum, serving as a platform for dialogues with experts and professionals in the food and beverage industry; the SIRHA Masters, hosting specialized workshops that present a blend of local and international cuisine; and the Entrepreneurship Zone, aimed at promoting innovations and novelties for exhibitions in the Middle East market.

 

The primary SIRHA Exhibition is a global reference event in the food and hospitality industry, held every two years in the French city of Lyon.

 

It aims to showcase international company news related to pastries, home decor, baking, beverages, cooking-related equipment and technologies, and culinary arts in hotels. It also features other specialized trade exhibitions in the food industry.

 

The SIRHA Exhibition brings together all stakeholders in one environment for exploration and inspiration, business establishment, and seizing opportunities in the sector.

 

By hosting the Arabic edition of SIRHA, the Culinary Arts Commission aims to expand Saudi contribution to arts and culture, achieving the Saudi Vision 2030 through broadening hospitality and culinary exhibitions in the coming years.

 

This comes in addition to attracting various local and international food-service providers, bringing them together in a single exhibition, and offering rich cultural content that highlights the culinary sector in the Kingdom, which targets diverse segments of the local community and tourists worldwide.

In parallel, the SCEGA collaborates with various sectors to attract global events to the Kingdom, with the goal of empowering the growth of the exhibitions and conferences sector. This effort includes marketing unique opportunities and the advantages they offer, ultimately stimulating the local market and raising the quality and standards of the sector.

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Australia moved Saturday to ban mining at one of the world's largest high-grade uranium deposits, highlighting the site's "enduring connection" to Indigenous Australians.

The Jabiluka deposit in northern Australia is surrounded by the heritage-listed Kakadu national park, a tropical expanse of gorges and waterfalls featured in the first "Crocodile Dundee" film.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the national park would be extended to include the Jabiluka site -- which has never been mined -- honoring the decades-long desires of the Mirrar people.

"They were seeking a guarantee that there would never be uranium mining on their land," Albanese told a crowd of Labor Party supporters in Sydney.

"This means there will never be mining at Jabiluka," he added.

Archaeologists discovered a buried trove of stone axes and tools near the Jabiluka site in 2017, which they dated at tens of thousands of years old.

The find was "proof of the extraordinary and enduring connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander have had with our land", Albanese said.

"The Mirrar people have loved and cared for their land for more than 60,000 years.

"That beautiful part of Australia is home to some of the oldest rock art in the world," he added.

Discovered in the early 1970s, efforts to exploit the Jabiluka deposit have for decades been tied-up in legal wrangling between Indigenous custodians and mining companies.

It is one of the world's largest unexploited high-grade uranium deposits, according to the World Nuclear Association.

Rio Tinto-controlled company Energy Resources of Australia previously held mining leases at Jabiluka.

The conservation of Indigenous sites has come under intense scrutiny in Australia after mining company Rio Tinto blew up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters in 2020.

Australia's conservative opposition has vowed to build nuclear power plants across the country if it wins the next election, overturning a 26-year nuclear ban.