RIYADH: The organizing committee of the Absher Challenge has announced the launching of a third category involving remote communication. The challenge is an initiative aimed at encouraging members of the public to help to develop Ministry of the Interior’s services.
The project aims to encourage people who have creative ideas to contribute to developing the ministry’s electronic services and fieldwork through enriching the culture of innovation and the employment of modern technologies.
The Absher Challenge’s first two tracks were: Creativity in support of an existing electronic service offered by the Ministry of Interior, either through improving its procedures or by adding new axes, including field services, and improving the users’ experience; and Innovation in developing a new service for the ministry, whether in a traditional way, or through a new creative service needed by the beneficiaries (individuals, businesses, government).
The new third track is: Creativity with new remote services provided by the ministry in times of crisis.
This third category is to encourage creative technical solutions that facilitate the provision of services and support the security services in emergency situations that require less interpersonal communication and more remote communication.
Saudi Arabia's Absher Challenge adds a third track for remote services
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Saudi Arabia's Absher Challenge adds a third track for remote services
Saudi Post issues commemorative stamp to mark Al-Faw’s UNESCO recognition
RIYADH: Saudi Post has issued a SR3 ($0.79) commemorative stamp to celebrate the registration of Al-Faw Archaeological Area on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, making it the eighth Saudi site on this prestigious list.
Located south of Riyadh at the junction of a vast plain and the Tuwaiq mountain range, Al-Faw is strategically positioned along ancient trade routes connecting the southern Arabian Peninsula to its center and east.
The area in Wadi Ad-Dawasir, at the intersection of the Empty Quarter desert and the Tuwaiq mountain range, is home to almost 12,000 archaeological remains and has a history of human habitation stretching back more than 6,000 years.
The site features a landscape shaped over millennia by human interaction with the environment and which was abandoned in the 5th century AD owing to depleted water sources.
The commemorative stamps issued honor significant national and international events, highlighting key chapters of Saudi history making them collectible for philatelists, researchers, and heritage enthusiasts, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
UNESCO, while recognizing the site last year, has said the site was a strategic point on the ancient trade routes of the Arabian Peninsula, but was abruptly abandoned around the fifth century.
Archaeological remains uncovered at the site range from prehistoric times to the late pre-Islamic era, testifying to successive occupations by three different populations.
Features include paleolithic and neolithic tools, tapered structures, cairns and circular constructions, the sacred mountain of Khashm Qaryah, rock carvings, funeral cairns, an ancient water management system, and remains of the city of Qaryat Al-Faw.
Other Saudi sites on the UNESCO Heritage List are Al-Hijr (2008), At-Turaif in Diriyah (2010), Historic Jeddah (2014), rock art in the Hail Region (2015), Al-Ahsa Oasis (2018), Hima Cultural Area (2021), and Uruq Bani Maarid protected area (2023).
