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Saudi Literature Commission Invites Visitors to Register for Almadinah Book Fair via ‘Discover Culture’ Platform

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Saudi Literature Commission Invites Visitors to Register for Almadinah Book Fair via ‘Discover Culture’ Platform

The Saudi Literature, Publishing, and Translation Commission logo
The Saudi Literature, Publishing, and Translation Commission logo

The Saudi Literature, Publishing, and Translation Commission has invited visitors to register online to obtain free entry tickets for the Almadinah Book Fair 2024, organized by the commission from July 30 to August 5, behind the King Salman International Convention Center.
Visitors can register through the Kingdom's cultural events platform, "Discover Culture," affiliated with the Ministry of Culture.

The online registration feature allows visitors to receive a QR code through a confirmation email, enabling them to quickly enter the fair and attend various events.
The third edition of the Almadinah Book Fair will commence with the participation of more than 300 Arab and international publishing houses and agencies distributed across more than 200 booths. The fair features an extensive cultural program, including numerous activities and intellectual events such as panel discussions, workshops, and poetry evenings.

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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.