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Saudi Biology Team Wins Four Global Awards at International Biology Olympiad 2024

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Saudi Biology Team Wins Four Global Awards at International Biology Olympiad 2024

File photo of Saudi Arabia's flag.
File photo of Saudi Arabia's flag.

The Saudi biology team has won four global awards at the 35th International Biology Olympiad 2024, held in Astana, Kazakhstan, between July 7 and 14. 320 students from 83 countries participated, SPA reported.
Student Raed Talaba, a third-secondary high school student from the Eastern Region Education Department, won the silver medal, and student Ali Al-Khalifa, also a third-secondary high school student from the Eastern Region Education Department, won the bronze medal. Also, Abdullah Al-Subaie, a second-secondary high school student from the Taif Education Department, received a certificate of appreciation. Samir Al-Najjar, a third-secondary high school student, also received a certificate of appreciation.
King Abdulaziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) Secretary General Dr. Amal Al-Hazzaa said: "This achievement was made possible by the grace of Allah and then by the support of the wise leadership, to continue the journey towards achieving the goals of the Saudi Vision 2030, enhancing confidence in Saudi capabilities and talents to compete globally in all fields, and building a creative generation capable of advancing the nation and leading the future."

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Van Gogh’s Starry Night Recreated as Park in Bosnian Hills

A drone view of a park transformed into a replica of Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting "Starry Night," featuring fields of lavender, shrubs, and lakes connected by an array of paths, a project that mirrors the celebrated artwork in a natural setting in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 3, 2024. (Reuters)
A drone view of a park transformed into a replica of Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting "Starry Night," featuring fields of lavender, shrubs, and lakes connected by an array of paths, a project that mirrors the celebrated artwork in a natural setting in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 3, 2024. (Reuters)
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Van Gogh’s Starry Night Recreated as Park in Bosnian Hills

A drone view of a park transformed into a replica of Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting "Starry Night," featuring fields of lavender, shrubs, and lakes connected by an array of paths, a project that mirrors the celebrated artwork in a natural setting in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 3, 2024. (Reuters)
A drone view of a park transformed into a replica of Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting "Starry Night," featuring fields of lavender, shrubs, and lakes connected by an array of paths, a project that mirrors the celebrated artwork in a natural setting in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 3, 2024. (Reuters)

Amid the green hills and meadows of central Bosnia, a local businessman has realized his long-held dream: recreating one of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings, The Starry Night, in the form of a nature park.

Halim Zukic from the town of Visoko decided to create a park after buying some land and a cottage in a nearby village 20 years ago, but he had no clear idea of what it should look like.

Then, six years ago, as he stood on a hill watching tractors in a hay meadow, he noticed their spiral-shaped wheel tracks in the earth, which reminded him of the swirling motifs in Van Gogh's canvas from 1889.

"From that moment, I was no longer in doubt," Zukic told Reuters. But his vision took time, money and effort to realize.

Zukic wanted the 10-hectare Starry Night park to be part of a larger complex offering a retreat to visitors. He planted more trees and created 13 lakes using existing natural streams.

To match the painting, 130,000 bushes of lavender in six different shades were planted, as well as other medicinal and aromatic herbs such as sage, echinacea, wormwood and chamomile, forming colorful circles, spirals and natural amphitheaters.

Zukic did all the landscaping himself. He said recreating the painting had helped him understand artists and the creative challenges they face.

"This is the largest representation of The Starry Night, and the result of 20 years of dreams, of living those dreams to make them real," he said.

The Starry Night park will focus on art programs and the promotion of central Bosnia's cultural heritage, Zukic said.