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Saudi ‘Umm Al-Qura’ Newspaper Celebrates its Centennial

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal patronizing the celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the publication of Umm Al-Qura newspaper (SPA)
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal patronizing the celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the publication of Umm Al-Qura newspaper (SPA)
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Saudi ‘Umm Al-Qura’ Newspaper Celebrates its Centennial

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal patronizing the celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the publication of Umm Al-Qura newspaper (SPA)
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal patronizing the celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the publication of Umm Al-Qura newspaper (SPA)

On Behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Governor of Makkah Region, patronized on Wednesday the ceremony of the Ministry of Media on the occasion of 100 Hijri years of establishing Umm Al-Qura Newspaper.

The event was attended by several princes, ministers, as well as an elite of intellectual, literature and media figures.

Prince Khalid Al-Faisal and the attendees watched a documentary titled “a Century of Saudi Media” highlighting the march and development of Umm Al-Qura Newspaper over the ages.

Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, the Acting Minister of Media, delivered a speech in which he expressed his sincere thanks and great gratitude to King Salman for his generous patronage of the ceremony celebrating 100 years of establishing Umm Al-Qura Newspaper.

“We stand today before a 100-year history during which Umm Al-Qura Newspaper has witnessed the establishment and development journey of our dear homeland since the era of the founder King Abdulaziz until this prosperous era to confirm the depth of this country's connection to its press and its interest in the media,” Al-Qasabi said.

He affirmed that the ceremony celebrating 100 years of establishing Umm Al-Qura Newspaper is an important event and an occasion of appreciation, asserting that Umm Al-Qura Newspaper is a reliable reference for the march of this state.

“Today, the Kingdom is witnessing an unprecedented movement in all sectors, including the media,” said Al-Qasabi.

“Following more than five years after the launch of Vision 2030, there are great hopes for an influential media industry conveying the message of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the world. I will work with my colleagues in the media system to achieve this lofty goal,” the minister added.

“Emanating from the State's keenness, the Royal approval was issued to transfer Umm Al-Qura Newspaper to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) in order to witness a new stage and a major shift in all aspects of media work and digital transformation,” Al-Qasabi disclosed.

He announced five ambitious initiatives to advance and develop the media industry in the Kingdom, including establishing a Saudi Media National Archives Center to archive all photos and documents, establishing Saudi Media Museum to preserve and perpetuate the national journalistic heritage, holding Umm Al-Qura Media Forum every two years, launching a “Mediathon” in partnership with STC towards innovative future media ideas and launching the second phase of Support and Empowerment Program for the Saudi Press Institutions for Digital Transformation.

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Eggs Are Less Likely to Crack When Dropped on Their Side, According to Science

Fresh eggs are delivered along with chickens and a portable chicken coop to a client’s house as part of the "Rent The Chicken" service in La Crescenta, California, on April 21, 2025. (AFP)
Fresh eggs are delivered along with chickens and a portable chicken coop to a client’s house as part of the "Rent The Chicken" service in La Crescenta, California, on April 21, 2025. (AFP)
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Eggs Are Less Likely to Crack When Dropped on Their Side, According to Science

Fresh eggs are delivered along with chickens and a portable chicken coop to a client’s house as part of the "Rent The Chicken" service in La Crescenta, California, on April 21, 2025. (AFP)
Fresh eggs are delivered along with chickens and a portable chicken coop to a client’s house as part of the "Rent The Chicken" service in La Crescenta, California, on April 21, 2025. (AFP)

Eggs are less likely to crack when they fall on their side, according to experiments with over 200 eggs.

What does this mean for the best way to crack an egg for breakfast? Not much, since a break around the middle is the best way to get the golden yolk and runny whites to ooze out.

But scientists said it could help with hard-boiling eggs in a pot: Dropping eggs in horizontally may be less likely to cause a stray crack that can unleash the egg's insides in a puffy, cloudy mess.

It's commonly thought that eggs are strongest at their ends — after all, it's how they're packaged in the carton. The thinking is that the arc-shaped bottom of an egg redirects the force and softens the blow of impact.

But when scientists squeezed eggs in both directions during a compression test, they cracked under the same amount of force.

"The fun started when we thought we would get one result and then we saw another," said Hudson Borja da Rocha with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who helped run the experiments.

The researchers also ran simulations and dropped eggs horizontally and vertically from three short heights up to 0.4 inches (10 millimeters).

The egg result? The ones dropped horizontally cracked less.

"The common sense is that the egg in the vertical direction is stronger than if you lay the egg down. But they proved that's not the case," said materials scientist Marc Meyers with the University of California, San Diego who was not involved with the new study.

Scientists found that the egg's equator was more flexible and absorbed more of the energy of the fall before cracking. The findings were published Thursday in the journal Communications Physics.

Eggs are also usually nestled top-down into homemade contraptions for egg drop challenges as part of school STEM projects, which partially inspired the new study. It's not yet clear whether the new results will help protect these vulnerable eggs, which are dropped at much loftier heights.

It's a bit counterintuitive that the oblong side of an egg could hold up better against a tumble, said study co-author Tal Cohen with Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Countless broken eggs show "the courage to go and challenge these very common, accepted notions," Cohen said.