JEDDAH: Saudi high school students are enrolling in the Mawhiba Ambassadors program, which is organized by the King Abdul Aziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) in cooperation with prestigious universities in the US and UK.
This year there were 105 students who were selected to take part in the program, which is held with famous institutions including Yale, Columbia, Johns Hopkins and Tufts.
The foundation supports students throughout, from registration to completion of the program. Accommodation is normally provided but, due to the ongoing pandemic, participation is remote.
“This is a rich experience for school students, as they mix with talented students of the same age group from all over the world, enrich their scientific and linguistic knowledge, and participate in the programs of the world’s
highest-ranked universities,” Mawhiba said. “This helps students determine their scientific field in the future, highlights their abilities, prepares them to support the Kingdom’s transformation into a knowledge society, enhances students’ communication with international universities, opens promising prospects for them to continue studying and learning, and develops their personal skills.”
There were 1,131 students who took part in the Mawhiba Ambassadors program from 2011 to 2020. Mawhiba carried out more than 258 international programs, benefiting 562 students.
The Mawhiba Ambassadors program is one of 20 offered to students in the fields of science and engineering, with their chance to participate based on their grades and abilities.
Programs have academic, scientific and research aspects in the fields of science and engineering but also include activities to develop student skills. They take place during the summer vacation and the duration ranges from two to six weeks.
Saudi high school students enroll in Mawhiba Ambassadors program
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Saudi high school students enroll in Mawhiba Ambassadors program
- There were 1,131 students who took part in the Mawhiba Ambassadors program from 2011 to 2020
Saudi Arabia launches initiative to reroute Gulf cargo to Red Sea ports
- The initiative comes as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted by the widening conflict in the region
- Since the US and Israel struck Iran last month, Tehran has moved to restrict passage through the waterway
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has launched an initiative to redirect shipping from ports in the Arabian Gulf to its Red Sea ports amid the ongoing US-Israel-Iran war.
Transport Minister Saleh Al-Jasser, who also chairs the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani), launched the Logistics Corridors Initiative alongside Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority Governor Suhail Abanmi, Mawani President Suliman Al-Mazroua, and other officials, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The initiative will establish dedicated operational corridors to receive containers and cargo redirected from ports in the Kingdom's Eastern Region and other Gulf Cooperation Council states to Jeddah Islamic Port and other Red Sea coast ports.
Al-Jasser said the Kingdom was committed to ensuring supply-chain stability and the smooth flow of goods through global trade routes. Jeddah Islamic Port and other west coast ports, he added, were already playing a key role in accommodating shipments redirected from the east, while also linking Gulf cargo to regional and international markets.
The initiative comes as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted by the widening conflict in the region. Iran has long threatened to close the strait — the world's most critical oil and gas chokepoint, through which roughly a fifth of global oil supplies pass — in the event of a war.
Since the US and Israel struck Iran last month, Tehran has moved to restrict passage through the waterway, sending freight rates soaring and forcing shipping companies to seek alternative routes.
Saudi Arabia's Red Sea ports offer a viable bypass, connecting Gulf cargo to global markets without passing through the strait.
