A Saudi startup has won the top prize in a global competition.
Sadeem, the world’s first multi-patented flood and traffic information system, was named the Best Global Startup at GITEX Future Stars.
Born in the labs of King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal the company was set up by Mustapha Mousa, Esteban Canepa and Ahmad Dehwah.Read more
How many people have won a Nobel Prize? Who was the oldest winner? How much do they win? Here are some facts and figures about the Nobel Prizes:
• 5 prizes were created by Alfred Nobel in his 1895 will, for medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace, which were awarded from 1901. A sixth prize in economics, “in memory ofRead more
A UAE newspaper has said that the first nomination for an Emirati novel in the prestigious International Prize for Arabic Fiction, IPAF, provides a significant fillip to this country’s literary scene.
In an editorial on Sunday, the English language daily, The National, said, "'One Room is Not Enough' by Sultan Al Ameemi has been longlisted for the 10th edition ofRead more
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King of Saudi Arabia, was named the winner of the King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam, KFIP, for his care of the Two Holy Mosques and the Prophet Mohammad's (PBUH) biography, and his constant quest to unite Arabs and Muslims to confront the difficult conditions experiencedRead more
Dar Al Ber Society, DABS, is gearing up to develop and provide better services to the inmates of the Punitive and Correctional Establishments in Dubai.
The announcement followed a meeting between the two strategic partners with hopeful plans to introduce more services for the benefit of inmates in the emirate.
The get-together took place in the presence of Brigadier AliRead more
“Godless,” Bulgarian director Ralitza Petrova’s dark debut film, scooped the coveted Golden Leopard prize at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland on Saturday.
The film tells the story of Gana, a young woman who looks after elderly dementia patients and traffics their ID cards on the black market.
Played by Irena Ivanova, who also picked up Best Actress at theRead more
South Korean author Han Kang's "The Vegetarian" wins the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for translated fiction.
The book was translated by Deborah Smith, who only started teaching herself Korean in 2010.
The Man Booker judges award the 72,000 dollars prize to Han and her translator, Briton Debbie Smith, for the "evocative and suggestive" short work, which "startles for theRead more
Incheon International Airport, Seoul's main gateway, won the world's best airport prize for a record 11th consecutive year at an award ceremony in Australia.
The airport grabbed the annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award, presented by the Airports Council International (ACI), as the best in the business. Incheon scored 4.978 points out of 5.00 and extended its own record winningRead more