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Saudi Cultural Mission Hosts Indiana University Students for Intercultural Exchange

Saudi Cultural Mission Hosts Indiana University Students for Intercultural Exchange
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Saudi Cultural Mission Hosts Indiana University Students for Intercultural Exchange

Saudi Cultural Mission Hosts Indiana University Students for Intercultural Exchange

The Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) in the US welcomed on Monday a delegation of students from Indiana University Bloomington, as part of the Arabic Language Program to enhance communication and exchange of ideas between different cultures.
The delegation was welcomed by the Cultural Attaché at Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Washington Dr. Fawzi Bukhari.
The delegation toured the King Abdullah Cultural Hall and was briefed on the exhibits portraying Saudi culture, SPA reported.
It expressed admiration for the Saudi identity in all the elements on display, especially for the originality of Saudi fashion, food, architecture, the popular tools for making coffee, and for the projects carried out under the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, with focus on “NEOM” and “The Line”.
Delegation members expressed appreciation for the Kingdom's cultural endeavors, and for its role in establishing dialogue and understanding between peoples.

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UN Puts 4th Century Gaza Monastery on Endangered Site List

The Saint Hilarion complex dates back to the fourth century. Mahmud HAMS / AFP/File
The Saint Hilarion complex dates back to the fourth century. Mahmud HAMS / AFP/File
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UN Puts 4th Century Gaza Monastery on Endangered Site List

The Saint Hilarion complex dates back to the fourth century. Mahmud HAMS / AFP/File
The Saint Hilarion complex dates back to the fourth century. Mahmud HAMS / AFP/File

The Saint Hilarion complex, one of the oldest monasteries in the Middle East, has been put on the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in danger due to the war in Gaza, the body said Friday.
UNESCO said the site, which dates back to the fourth century, had been put on the endangered list at the demand of Palestinian authorities and cited the "imminent threats" it faced.
"It's the only recourse to protect the site from destruction in the current context," Lazare Eloundou Assomo, director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, told AFP, referring to the war sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel.
In December, the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict decided to grant "provisional enhanced protection" -- the highest level of immunity established by the 1954 Hague Convention -- to the site.
UNESCO had then said it was "already concerned about the state of conservation of sites, before October 7, due to the lack of adequate policies to protect heritage and culture" in Gaza.
The Hamas attack on October 7 resulted in the deaths of 1,197 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
Israel's retaliatory offensive against Hamas has killed at least 39,175 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry, which does not give details of civilian and militant deaths.