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‘Saudi Arabia: Yesterday and Today’ Exhibition to be Relaunched

‘Saudi Arabia: Yesterday and Today’ Exhibition to be Relaunched
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‘Saudi Arabia: Yesterday and Today’ Exhibition to be Relaunched

‘Saudi Arabia: Yesterday and Today’ Exhibition to be Relaunched

The Saudi Ministry of Culture is preparing to launch an updated edition of the famous "Saudi Arabia: Yesterday and Today" exhibition, which debuted in the 1980s and toured different countries around the world.

Asharq Al-Awsat learned that the show is set to kick off by the end of 2019 and will visit the six continents.

During the tour, the re-launched exhibition, which is expected to feature interactive shows and an excessive use of technology such as virtual reality, will bring some pictures and possessions from the first edition, to compare the oldest edition with the new one, along with highlighting the aspects of advancement in Saudi Arabia from the exhibition's first edition till the new upcoming launch.

The "Saudi Arabia: Yesterday and Today" exhibition debuted in 1985 under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz when he was the Prince of Riyadh. The first launch took place in Germany, then, the event toured many cities before it was suspended in 1992.

The previous editions of the exhibition included artistic and cultural shows along with many performances that introduced Saudi Arabia, its culture and diversity. It also featured different pavilions that highlighted the historical path of the Kingdom, along with its most prominent features from its south, east, and west.

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Forest Fire Near Athens Under Control, But Area on High Alert

A firefighting airplane sprays water on a hill in Thymari, south of Athens, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (104 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A firefighting airplane sprays water on a hill in Thymari, south of Athens, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (104 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Forest Fire Near Athens Under Control, But Area on High Alert

A firefighting airplane sprays water on a hill in Thymari, south of Athens, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (104 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A firefighting airplane sprays water on a hill in Thymari, south of Athens, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (104 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greek firefighters said Friday that a forest blaze that had forced evacuations around Athens was under control, but warned that scorching temperatures were keeping fire risk at a highly elevated level around the capital and on northern Aegean islands.

Greece has become particularly vulnerable in recent years to fires in the summer fueled by strong winds, drought and high temperatures linked to climate change.

The fire around Athens broke on Thursday afternoon near the towns of Palaia Fokaia and Thymari, around 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Athens, and forced the evacuation of five villages popular with local and foreign tourists, AFP reported.

Though it was under control on Friday, a volatile combination of high temperatures and strong winds meant that a high risk of other fires breaking out remained, especially in the Attica region around the Greek capital and some islands in the north Aegean Sea, authorities said.

A spokesman for the fire service told AFP that over 100 firefighters with 37 vehicles and a helicopter were on standby near Palaia Fokaia and Thymari.

Fields, olive groves and some houses were ravaged by the blaze.

The blaze came on the heels of another fire on the island of Chios -- Greece's fifth-largest island -- which had destroyed more than 4,000 hectares (10,000 acres) of land in four days.

Weather agencies forecast a heatwave in the coming days with temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), including in the capital Athens.