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Saudi Arabia’s AlUla Hosts Two-night Event of Persian Music

Seven influential and much-loved Persian musicians — including Ebi, Sasy and Arash Labaf pictured — will entertain the crowds at AlUla. AAAWSAT ARABIC
Seven influential and much-loved Persian musicians — including Ebi, Sasy and Arash Labaf pictured — will entertain the crowds at AlUla. AAAWSAT ARABIC
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Saudi Arabia’s AlUla Hosts Two-night Event of Persian Music

Seven influential and much-loved Persian musicians — including Ebi, Sasy and Arash Labaf pictured — will entertain the crowds at AlUla. AAAWSAT ARABIC
Seven influential and much-loved Persian musicians — including Ebi, Sasy and Arash Labaf pictured — will entertain the crowds at AlUla. AAAWSAT ARABIC

Saudi Arabia’s AlUla will witness a two-night event celebrating Persian music as part of the ongoing "Winter at Tantora Festival".

The event will take place at the historical and cultural site’s Maraya Concert Hall on March 5 and 6.

Seven influential and renowned Persian musicians will be present including Iranian pop-singer Shahram Shabpareh, Leila Forouhar, Ebrahim Hamedi, Sasy, Shadmehr Aghili, Andy and Arash Labaf.

“Persian Night - Music Without Borders” forms part of Saudi Arabia’s focus on establishing the Tantora Festival as a hub for cultural exchange and dialogue as well as the sharing of diverse artistic traditions.

It's expected that the Persian Night will be covered by several Arab and international media outlets through live broadcast and social media apps to stream to all countries around the world and for fans of art and music.

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Mystery of North Sea Message in a Bottle Solved After 47 Years

The mystery of a North Sea message in a bottle found on a Swedish island after 47 years has been resolved. Photo: Getty images
The mystery of a North Sea message in a bottle found on a Swedish island after 47 years has been resolved. Photo: Getty images
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Mystery of North Sea Message in a Bottle Solved After 47 Years

The mystery of a North Sea message in a bottle found on a Swedish island after 47 years has been resolved. Photo: Getty images
The mystery of a North Sea message in a bottle found on a Swedish island after 47 years has been resolved. Photo: Getty images

The mystery of a North Sea message in a bottle found on a Swedish island after 47 years has been solved by BBC Scotland News.

Friends Ellinor Rosen Eriksson and Asa Nilsson found the bottle on Sweden's west coast back in February.

Inside was a damp note that was almost unreadable. They laid it out in the sun to dry, and were eventually able to make out some text. The full date appeared to be: “14.9.78.”
The two friends posted about it on social media in the hope of learning more.

It has now been established the letter referred to fisherman James Addison Runcie who had been on board the fishing boat Loraley, but who died in 1995. It was written by his then crewmate Gavin Geddes - who was amazed to be told it had been found 47 years after they dropped it overboard.

Runcie's sister Sandra Taylor, 83, happened to be visiting Cullen where she is originally from, and was stunned to be told the story behind the find in Sweden.

“It's absolutely amazing,” she said.

Asked what she thought her older brother would have made of it all, she said: “He would have been in stitches, he would find it hard to believe.”

She added: “He would have poured out a dram and said 'cheers'.”

Ellinor said they were “completely amazed” to find a “real message in a bottle,” and hoped to discover the story behind it.

“Where I live, we call this activity vraga - it means going out to find something lost or hidden, and to uncover its story. And that's exactly what we've done here, with your amazing help,” she said.

The two finders in Sweden said it was “fantastic” the mystery of the source had been solved, and Jim's sister described the story unfolding as “amazing.”