JEDDAH: Located next to Virgin Megastore in Red Sea Mall, Zmakan offers a variety of products from different shops all under one roof — passport holders, accessories, paintings, Abayas, mugs, makeup bags, children’s gifts, trays, prayer mats and more.
What I really like about the store is its strong Arabian identity. Products such as the mugs and tote bags have Arabic phrases on them, and bag straps with Arabic poetry.
For those looking to reminisce over childhood memories, there are many nostalgic retro items from old cartoons such as “Grendizer” or commercials specific to the Kingdom, and bags that are designed to look like old audio cassettes with names of Arab and Saudi singers such as Abadi Al-Johar and Mohammed Abdu.
Zmakan is the place to go to if you are looking to decorate your home with unique items or for a gift for a friend.
Where We Are Going Today: Zmakan
Where We Are Going Today: Zmakan
- Zmakan is the place to go to if you are looking to decorate your home with unique items or for a gift for a friend
Saudi Arabia welcomes ceasefire agreement between Syrian Democratic Forces and Syria state
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has welcomed an agreement between the Syrian state and Syrian Democratic Forces.
In a foreign ministry statement early on Monday, the Kingdom said it had welcomed an deal between Damascus and Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces that was announced by the Syrian government on Sunday.
The agreement entails merging all SDF forces into the defense and interior ministries and means that Kurdish forces will redeploy to east of the Euphrates river.
The 14-point deal would also see the immediate administrative and military handover of Deir Ezzor and Raqqa governorates.
The Syrian state would regain control of all border crossings, oil fields, and gas fields in the region, with protection secured by regular forces to ensure the return of resources to the Syrian government, while considering the special case of Kurdish areas, the state news agency SANA reported.
The ceasefire comes after intense fighting between the SDF and government troops in Aleppo. But SDF troops have now pulled back from there and the Syrian army now controls most areas east of Aleppo.
The Saudi foreign ministry statement also thanked the US for the agreement. Washington is believed to have supported brokering the ceasefire between allies SDF and the Syrian government, who they have also backed diplomatically since the fall of long-time dictator Bashar Assad.
The Syrian state announced on Friday a raft of new directives to recognize Syrian Kurds, including making their language official and bolstering other rights for the minority group.
