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GEA Organizes Entertainment, Comedy Shows at Jeddah Season

One of the events at the Jeddah Season festival. (SPA)
One of the events at the Jeddah Season festival. (SPA)
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GEA Organizes Entertainment, Comedy Shows at Jeddah Season

One of the events at the Jeddah Season festival. (SPA)
One of the events at the Jeddah Season festival. (SPA)

The General Entertainment Authority (GEA) is organizing several theatrical performances and comedy shows as part of its participation in the Jeddah Season, reported the Saudi Press Agency Monday.

The comedy events will kick off in Obhur with the "Three Days on the Coast" play, starring Egyptian comedian Mohammed Henedi, from June 26 to 29, while "It's All Wrong", a play starring Egyptian comedian Ashraf Abdel Baqi, will be held from July 10 to 13.

The comedy activities will continue from June 10 to July 18 at Al-Shallal Theme Park with the Saudi Comedy Club touring through an Artology exhibition featuring a group of local, Arab and international comedians. They will present a range of performances, including a stand-up challenge, the "Saudi Cinderella" show, international stand-up comedy shows and comedy musicals.

Comedians Talal Al Sheiki, Mohammed Sultan, Abdulrahman Al Somali and Abdulkhaleq bin Rafea are set to feature at the events.

Comedy lovers will also be delighted by the show organized by XJed at the Jeddah Waterfront and presented by the Laugh Factory, the number 1 comedy club in the United States, from June 23 to July 18.

Through these events, GEA underlines its constant efforts to provide an exceptional experience for visitors of the Jeddah Season and to bolster Saudi Arabia’s standing in the entertainment sector.

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South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary Plan Blocked at Int’l Meeting

A juvenile pygmy blue whale swims, following a rescue operation by members of the Department of Conservation New Zealand in Kawau Island, New Zealand, September 16, 2024. Department Of Conservation New Zealand/Handout via REUTERS
A juvenile pygmy blue whale swims, following a rescue operation by members of the Department of Conservation New Zealand in Kawau Island, New Zealand, September 16, 2024. Department Of Conservation New Zealand/Handout via REUTERS
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South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary Plan Blocked at Int’l Meeting

A juvenile pygmy blue whale swims, following a rescue operation by members of the Department of Conservation New Zealand in Kawau Island, New Zealand, September 16, 2024. Department Of Conservation New Zealand/Handout via REUTERS
A juvenile pygmy blue whale swims, following a rescue operation by members of the Department of Conservation New Zealand in Kawau Island, New Zealand, September 16, 2024. Department Of Conservation New Zealand/Handout via REUTERS

A proposal to establish a sanctuary for whales and other cetacean species in the southern Atlantic Ocean was rejected at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Thursday, disappointing animal conservationists, Reuters reported.
At the IWC's annual session in Lima, Peru, 40 countries backed a plan to create a safe haven that would ban commercial whale hunting from West Africa to the coasts of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, extending a protected area already in place in the Southern Ocean.
However, 14 countries opposed the plan, meaning it narrowly failed to get the 75% of votes required.
Among the opponents were Norway, one of the three countries that still engage in commercial whaling, along with Iceland and Japan. Iceland abstained, while Japan left the IWC in 2019.
Petter Meier, head of the Norwegian delegation, told the meeting that the proposal "represents all that is wrong" about the IWC, adding that a sanctuary was "completely unnecessary".
Norway, Japan and Iceland made 825 whale catches worldwide last year, according to data submitted to the IWC.
Whaling fleets "foreign to the region" have engaged in "severe exploitation" of most species of large whales in the South Atlantic, and a sanctuary would help maintain current populations, the proposal said.
The South Atlantic is home to 53 species of whales and other cetaceans, such as dolphins, with many facing extinction risks, said the proposal. It also included a plan to protect cetaceans from accidental "bycatch" by fishing fleets.
"It's a bitter disappointment that the proposal ... has yet again been narrowly defeated by nations with a vested interest in killing whales for profit," said Grettel Delgadillo, Latin America deputy director at Humane Society International, an animal conservation group.
An effort by Antigua and Barbuda to declare whaling a source of "food security" did not gain support, and the IWC instead backed a proposal to maintain a global moratorium on commercial whaling in place since 1986.
"Considering the persistent attempts by pro-whaling nations to dismantle the 40-year-old ban, the message behind this proposal is much needed," said Delgadillo.