Sirajuddin Qureshi, who heads the New Delhi-based India Islamic Cultural Center (IICC), has launched a major initiative to ensure a fair trial for Muslims languishing in Indian prisons following his talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
Retail giant Lulu Hypermarkets have launched a high-profile mega promotion offering customers the opportunity to win five BMW sedan cars, 25 new-look Samsung tablets, high-quality 50 LED televisions and 25 cell phones.
Ramadan in Saudi Arabia provides a unique flavor of the holy month experienced nowhere else in the world. In fact, what may be called Ramadan flavor is in evidence everywhere — on the roads, inside shops and hypermarkets, in mosques and adjacent tents erected for breaking fast as well as offices and at homes.
New collections, new designs and a brand new season. Are shoppers in Saudi Arabia keeping up? Seems so as Basicxx fast-fashion brand has now topped other top apparel brands in the Kingdom, when it comes to average sales per store thanks to its “affordable, copycat versions” of the latest fashions and trends.
Saudi Arabia experienced the longest day of 2014 on Saturday June 21 totaling nearly 13 hours and 48 minutes of daylight. “All the countries located in the northern hemisphere including the Gulf states had the longest day on June 21,” said Zaki Abdulrahman Mustafa, a senior astronomer at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), here on Saturday.
Joseph W. Westphal, ambassador of the United States to Saudi Arabia, met Higher Education Minister Khaled Al-Anqari on Thursday to discuss strengthening of educational relations between the US and Saudi Arabia.