Saudi Poetry Collection about ‘Qibla of the World’

Poetry collection, Mohammed Abes
Poetry collection, Mohammed Abes
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Saudi Poetry Collection about ‘Qibla of the World’

Poetry collection, Mohammed Abes
Poetry collection, Mohammed Abes

Saudi poet and Advisor to the Ministry of Communication and Information, Mohammed Abes, released his new poetry collection “Qibla of the World…Songs of Earth and Human” in collaboration with the Abha Literary Club and Dar al-Intishar Publishing, Lebanon.

The 125-page collection includes patriotic poems dedicated to different regions in the Kingdom and covers several phases of Abes’ journey. Most of these poems weren’t published before, and some were turned into songs.

The collection documents historic sites, mountains, and touristic regions in the different Saudi cities the poet visited and lived in. Mohammed Abes’ previous collections and books include “Fruits of woman, Bread of man”, “More than a Memory”, and “Isolation Texts”.



Culture Ministry, Human Resources Development Fund Launch Training Program for Cultural Scholarship Students

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Photo by SPA
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Culture Ministry, Human Resources Development Fund Launch Training Program for Cultural Scholarship Students

Photo by SPA
Photo by SPA

The Saudi Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with the Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf), on Monday launched a training program for students of the Cultural Scholarship Program aimed to develop national expertise in cultural sectors, promote professional sustainability, and equip scholarship students with the necessary skills to work in the cultural sector.
This program, which falls under the framework of an agreement signed between the Ministry of Culture and Hadaf in June 2023, seeks to support the training of 100 Saudi graduates specializing in cultural disciplines by placing them in institutions and companies in their host countries for up to 12 months.
Training areas include architecture, theater, archaeology and heritage, music, fashion design, visual arts, culinary arts, food science and technology, filmmaking, design, literature, languages and linguistics, and museum and library sciences.