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By Jamal Fulani | islam.ru | 02 Apr 2013

By Al Arabiya | 20 Feb 2013

Riyadh is hosting one of the biggest gatherings of caviar enthusiasts, where hundreds have come to sample products worth up to 1 million Saudi riyals ($270,000) per kilogram.

Managed by three young Saudis, the caviar is being touted as a source of vitamins and male sexual potency.

“Many people don’t know much about caviar. They mostly think it’s only consumed by rich people and has no health benefits,” Golden Caviar CEO Abdullaziz al-Jowai’ai told Al Arabiya.

By Muhammad al-Harbi | 21 Sep 2012

More than 800,000 people have visited the Buraidah Date Festival over the past 55 days, which has brought in about SR 600 million in sales, said Khalid Al-Naqeedan, CEO of the festival.

During the 90-day festival, around 300,000 tons of dates will be sold, reaching a combined sales figure of more than SR 1 billion. Last year the festival saw sales reaching SR 800 million.

Source : Anadolu Agency | 19 Sep 2012

Australia's first Islamic museum will open in the Australian capital of Melbourne in 2013.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency correspondent on Tuesday, Moustafa Fahour, the founder of the Australia Islamic Museum, said that they decided to arise the Islamic art via establishing the museum.

Stating that two and half years back, they began erecting the museum, "Foundation of the building was laid in May 2012. Maronites, Christians, Buddhists and Hindus were attended the ground-breaking ceremony. Works have been proceeding," said Fahour.

Source : IslamToday | 10 Sep 2012

The Foundation for Islamic Art, which boasts oneof the world's most important collections of Islamic Art at its 5-acre Shangra La estate in Honolulu Hawaii, is exhibiting works outside the estate for the first time.

A selection of the artifacts assembled by the Foundation's creator, Doris Duke, is on tour for the first time, starting at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. "Doris Duke’s Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape and Islamic Art" opened Friday to celebrate the year of her 100th birthday and runs through 6 January 2012.

By Fouzia Khan | Arab News | 05 Sept 2012

The “Sultans of Science” exhibition thrilled 1.2 million visitors to the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Center in Thailand.

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn opened the “National Science and Technology Fair 2012,” a traveling exhibition from UAE.

Plodprasop Suraswadi, Thai Minister of Science and Technology, joined Pichai Sonchaeng, President, and Thanakorn Palachai, Vice President, of the National Science Museum, and exhibition creator Ludo Verheyen, CEO of MTE Studios Dubai, at the opening ceremony.

By : Abdul Hannan Tago | Arab News | Riyadh 01 Jun 2012

The Chinese government pursues a policy of “ethnic equality and religious freedom” under which Muslims enjoy equal rights and share in the harmonious sunshine of the Chinese socialist family, the vice president and secretary-general of China Islamic Association told representatives of the Arab media during a meeting at his office in China recently.

By Fourzia Khan | Arab News | Jeddah | 03 May 2012

The Indonesian Consulate in Jeddah in coordination with the country's Ministry of Culture and Tourism organized a two-day tourism exhibition at Aziz Mall last weekend.

“It is a good chance for Saudi families and children to discover more about the world’s largest Muslim country in terms of population, tourism opportunities, civilization and cultural heritage, and meet a number of Indonesian travel and tourism agencies,” said A. Fauzy Chusny, information officer from Indonesia Information and Cultural Affairs.

By Rodolfo Estimo Jr | Arab News | Riyadh | 19 Apr 2012

The participation of 23 Malaysian universities in the four-day third international education conference and exhibition in the Saudi capital is testament to the high-quality education they offer, according to Malaysian Ambassador Syed Omar Al-Saggaf.

He added that this makes them on par, if not better, than other foreign counterparts. At present, quite a number of students from the Kingdom are studying in Malaysia's various universities.

By Arab News | Makkah | 06 Mar 2012

Two magnificent replicas of the Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah have been added to an exhibition opened in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

The replicas are a three dimensional presentation of the two mosques after completion of their expansion work.

The replicas are showcased at the Two Holy Mosques Exhibition in the Umm Al-Joud district on the old Makkah-Jeddah road close to the Kiswa factory, the Saudi Press Agency reported yesterday.