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Saudi Pavilion at Expo Osaka Highlights Falconry Heritage

Saudi Pavilion at Expo Osaka Highlights Falconry Heritage
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Saudi Pavilion at Expo Osaka Highlights Falconry Heritage

Saudi Pavilion at Expo Osaka Highlights Falconry Heritage

The Kingdom's pavilion participating in Expo Osaka 2025 is organizing a special falconry show in the Saudi courtyard from September 15 to 25, in collaboration with the Saudi Falcons Club. This event will allow visitors to explore one of the most prominent traditions of Saudi culture.

Falconry holds a significant place in Saudi cultural heritage, dating back hundreds of years. The show not only showcases this tradition but also emphasizes the cultural connection with Japan, which has its own traditional falconry art known as "takagari."

According to SPA, this connection reflects the deep relationship between humans and nature in both Saudi and Japanese cultures, honoring this ancient heritage while promoting cultural exchange through shared experiences and traditions.

The Kingdom's pavilion also offers a multi-sensory experience, with a design that embodies Saudi Arabia's cultural richness and ancient heritage. It also highlights the Kingdom's ambitious vision for building sustainable and empowered communities.

Until October 13, the pavilion will host live performances that include performing arts and traditional events.
Visitors to the Saudi pavilion will embark on a journey through interactive rooms and lounges, where they can explore various topics, including advanced cities, sustainable seas, and limitless human potential, all the way to the forefront of innovation.

This immersive experience allows visitors to see the growing global impact of the Kingdom firsthand. The pavilion can also be experienced virtually via Expo 2025's virtual reality platform, offering a deeper insight into the richness of Saudi culture.

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Red Sea Museum Signs Cooperation Agreement to Support Artisans and Designers

The cooperation agreement aims to support local and regional artisans and designers. SPA
The cooperation agreement aims to support local and regional artisans and designers. SPA
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Red Sea Museum Signs Cooperation Agreement to Support Artisans and Designers

The cooperation agreement aims to support local and regional artisans and designers. SPA
The cooperation agreement aims to support local and regional artisans and designers. SPA

Saudi Arabia’s Museums Commission announced the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Red Sea Museum and Ahmed Angawi Studio to launch the "Made in the Red Sea" initiative at the Red Sea Museum in the heart of Historic Jeddah, aiming to support local and regional artisans and designers.

The initiative aims to preserve traditional skills and develop contemporary products inspired by the rich heritage, traditions and the tangible and intangible culture of the Red Sea region, for sale at the museum gift shop.

It builds on the momentum of the Saudi Ministry of Culture's Year of Handicrafts 2025 initiative launched to reinforce pride in national identity and support artisans, as one of the goals of the National Culture Strategy.

The partnership includes content development, the delivery of workshops and the selection of participating artists and artisans, in addition to promoting the "Made in the Red Sea" initiative and overseeing specialized workshops in traditional wood designs inspired by the historic Bab Al Bunt building, which now houses the Red Sea Museum. These efforts contribute to a contemporary reinterpretation of its architectural elements.

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Saudi Arabia Participates in Cairo International Book Fair 2026

Saudi Arabia Participates in Cairo International Book Fair 2026
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Saudi Arabia Participates in Cairo International Book Fair 2026

Saudi Arabia Participates in Cairo International Book Fair 2026

The Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission will lead the Kingdom’s participation in the 57th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair 2026 taking place from January 21 until February 3.

CEO of the Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission Abdullatif Alwasel stated that this participation is an extension of the commission’s ongoing efforts to enhance the Kingdom’s cultural and literary presence at the regional and international levels and to introduce Saudi cultural heritage, while underscoring the Kingdom’s role in leading the global cultural landscape.

He noted that the commission has mobilized its capabilities to support the participation of Saudi publishing houses in book fairs both within and outside the Kingdom, while also working to attract international publishers to participate in Saudi book fairs by building new partnerships and strengthening channels of cultural cooperation.

The Kingdom’s participation in the fair, which is organized by the General Egyptian Book Organization, aims to strengthen cultural relations and knowledge exchange between the Kingdom and Egypt, enhance cooperation in the fields of literature, publishing, and translation, support and promote Saudi publishing houses and literary agencies internationally, and raise awareness of Saudi cultural heritage in global forums.

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Top Prosecutor: Louvre Heist Probe Still Aims to Recover Jewelry

FILE - People wait for the Louvre museum to open, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
FILE - People wait for the Louvre museum to open, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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Top Prosecutor: Louvre Heist Probe Still Aims to Recover Jewelry

FILE - People wait for the Louvre museum to open, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
FILE - People wait for the Louvre museum to open, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

French investigators remain determined to find the imperial jewels stolen from the Louvre in October, a prosecutor has told AFP.

Police believe they have arrested all four thieves who carried out the brazen October 19 robbery, making off with jewelry worth an estimated $102 million from the world-famous museum.

"The interrogations have not produced any new investigative elements," top Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said this week, three months after the broad-daylight heist.

But the case remains a top priority, she underlined.

"Our main objective is still to recover the jewelry," she said.

That Sunday morning in October, thieves parked a mover's truck with an extendable ladder below the Louvre's Apollo Gallery housing the French crown jewels.

Two of the thieves climbed up the ladder, broke a window and used angle grinders to cut glass display booths containing the treasures, while the other two waited below, investigators say.

The four then fled on high-powered motor scooters, dropping a diamond-and-emerald crown in their hurry.

But eight other items of jewelry -- including an emerald-and-diamond necklace that Napoleon I gave his second wife, Empress Marie-Louise -- remain at large.

Beccuau said investigators were keeping an open mind as to where the loot might be.

"We don't have any signals indicating that the jewelry is likely to have crossed the border," she said, though she added: "Anything is possible."

Detectives benefitted from contacts with "intermediaries in the art world, including internationally" as they pursued their probe.

"They have ways of receiving warning signals about networks of receivers of stolen goods, including abroad," Beccuau said.

As for anyone coming forward to hand over the jewels, that would be considered to be "active repentance, which could be taken into consideration" later during a trial, she said.

A fifth suspect, a 38-year-old woman who is the partner of one of the men, has been charged with being an accomplice but was released under judicial supervision pending a trial.

Investigators still had no idea if someone had ordered the theft.

"We refuse to have any preconceived notions about what might have led the individuals concerned to commit this theft," the prosecutor said.

But she said detectives and investigating magistrates were resolute.

"We haven't said our last word. It will take as long as it takes," she said.