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Culture Ministry to Document Saudi Sites of Famous Arab Poets

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Culture Ministry to Document Saudi Sites of Famous Arab Poets

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The Ministry of Culture has embarked on documenting Saudi sites where Arab poets of the pre-Islamic era lived or were associated with throughout history, and making access to them easy by installing guiding signs.
The project is part of the "Year of Arabic Poetry" initiative; it is carried out in cooperation with the ministries of culture, municipal and rural affairs, and transport, as well as with the municipalities of the designated areas.
In Riyadh, the project documented several sites where famous poets were born and lived, such as Laila Al-Akhiliya, Qays Ibn Al-Mulawwah, Imru' al-Qays and Labid Ibn Rabi'ah. In Qassim, it also documented several sites, including Al-Shanana Tower in Al-Rass city, which was associated with Poet Zuhair bin Abi Salma.
The documentation will include many cities and regions of the Kingdom, including Al-Baha, Al-Ahsa, Taif, Haʼil, Madinah, Asir, and Najran.
Through this project, the Ministry of Culture aims to highlight the Kingdom's cultural and historical depth, and pivotal role in shaping Arab culture.

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Australia Bans Uranium Mining at Indigenous Site

A view shows a sign at the Energy Resources Australia (ERA) Ranger Project Area in Kakadu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, July 11, 2024. (Reuters)
A view shows a sign at the Energy Resources Australia (ERA) Ranger Project Area in Kakadu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, July 11, 2024. (Reuters)
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Australia Bans Uranium Mining at Indigenous Site

A view shows a sign at the Energy Resources Australia (ERA) Ranger Project Area in Kakadu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, July 11, 2024. (Reuters)
A view shows a sign at the Energy Resources Australia (ERA) Ranger Project Area in Kakadu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Territory, Australia, July 11, 2024. (Reuters)

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.