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Falconry Festival in Saudi Arabia breaks new Guinness World record

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdul Aziz Falconry Festival has been awarded with a certificate from Guinness Book of Records, for being the world’s largest falcon racing tournament ever.
A record of 1,723 falcons had participated in the race that lasted for 10 days, from the 25th of Jan to the 3rd of February.
Breaking such a record is considered to be yet another impressive Saudi achievement, the prize included a total cash pot of prizes with a SR17,630,000 worth of money.
Earlier in Malham, North of Riyadh, Executive director of the Saudi Falcons club, Hossam bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Hazimi accepted the official certificate from GBR official representative, Shida Subasi Jamissi; thus confirming the registration of the festival in the book.
The GBR official representative expressed her appreciation for attending such an event saying that, “It is an honor to attend SFC competitions, in which 1,723 falcons have participated, a new category that was recorded according to the international standards.”
She also added, “The recognized standards state that there should be no threat to life and all participating falcons must be in good shape. After getting the accurate number from Statistics Dept., I can confirm that SFC was officially registered in GBR with 1723 falcons, as the world’s largest falcons’ tournament here in Riyadh on February 3, 2019.”
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In five days, an international motor show, will take place in Jeddah. The Jeddah superdome, 6th December and until 10th of December, will be one of the biggest international motor shows. The exhibition is sponsored by the ministry of transport and logistics and organized by the Salah company. The Jeddah Superdome, has set a world Record for being the largest freestanding dome in the world, in contrast to the Tokyo Dome which formerly held the title, with 206 meters. Located on the Madinah Road, West of King Abdallah sport City, the Jeddah Superdome has an internal area of 24,000 square meters, and a height of 46 meters, with a diameter of 210 meters, a parking space that accommodates 5200 viceless. The exhibition includes many experiences such as drifting, with professional drivers, on dedicated racks, go karting, off road experience with SUVs with professional drivers in a dedicated circuit, and an opportunity to drive the car of your dreams. In addition to restaurants, cafes that suit all of your tastes. The exhibition includes many important car agencies and exclusive launches of many vintage and antique cars presented for the first time in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in addition to an auction of rare classic cars, with more than 35 luxury and rare cars on display. The auction was held by the Silverstone auctioneers, the biggest UK classic car auction house. The event is the biggest in its name, and the car industry, featuring the oldest cars, but unfortunately nothing was sold.
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Beaches of the Kingdom Are About to Get Cleaner with This New Campaign

Beaches of the Kingdom are about to get cleaner with the ‘Let’s Make Them Cleaner’ initiative, which was launched on Friday by the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.
Professional divers are taking part of the campaign as volunteers who are ready to clean the beaches and seabeds of Saudi Arabia, in order to save the marine environment from pollution.
The initiative is one of the events launched for Saudi and International Volunteer Day, which is celebrated every year on the 5th of December.
Entitles ‘Ataa Watan,’ the event covers several programs and activities across Saudi Arabia, they were held in partnership with government bodies and NGOs.
So far, the ministry launched five initiatives throughout this year, as part of the Voluntary Work Platform it launched on March 31, 2020.