Mariah at Maraya: Pop diva wows crowd at Banyan Tree opening in AlUla

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US singing sensation Mariah Carey dazzled a full house at the Marayah hall in AlUla, Saudi Arabia on Friday evening. (Supplied/Experience AlUla)
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Banyan Tree AlUla hosted its grand opening with an elite list of dignitaries, VIPs, and international celebrities in attendance. (Supplied/Experience AlUla)
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Banyan Tree AlUla hosted its grand opening with an elite list of dignitaries, VIPs, and international celebrities in attendance. (Supplied/Experience AlUla)
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Banyan Tree AlUla hosted its grand opening with an elite list of dignitaries, VIPs, and international celebrities in attendance. (Supplied/Experience AlUla)
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Banyan Tree AlUla hosted its grand opening with an elite list of dignitaries, VIPs, and international celebrities in attendance. (Supplied/Experience AlUla)
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Banyan Tree AlUla hosted its grand opening with an elite list of dignitaries, VIPs, and international celebrities in attendance. (Supplied/Experience AlUla)
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Banyan Tree AlUla hosted its grand opening with an elite list of dignitaries, VIPs, and international celebrities in attendance. (Supplied/Experience AlUla)
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Updated 23 October 2022
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Mariah at Maraya: Pop diva wows crowd at Banyan Tree opening in AlUla

  • Singer was performing as part of a special VIP program to inaugurate Banyan Tree
  • New Banyan Tree is a luxury villa, tented resort

ALULA: US singing sensation Mariah Carey dazzled a full house at the Maraya Hall in AlUla, Saudi Arabia on Friday evening.

The singer was performing live as part of a special VIP program to inaugurate Banyan Tree, the newest resort to open at the historic mountainous location.

Banyan Tree AlUla hosted its grand opening with an elite list of dignitaries, VIPs, and international celebrities in attendance who embarked on a remarkable evening of celebrations.

The all-villa resort offers 79 luxurious tented villas in one of the world's most mysterious and exciting new destinations, infused with elements from the nomadic nature of Nabataean design and heritage.

 

 

The performance in Saudi Arabia was her first full show in three years, and included hits from across her decades-long career.




The legendary pop diva wowed the crowds with hits from a decades-long career. (AN Photo)

Carey joins Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli and R&B superstar Alicia Keys as the latest international artists to perform at the Maraya venue, which next month will also see OneRepublic and John Legend perform.


Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia

Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and mourners pray at the grave of former prime minister Khaleda Zia in Dhaka.
Updated 01 January 2026
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Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia

  • Zia died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Thursday sent a cable of condolences to the President of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin after the passing of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday.

The king prayed that God have mercy on Zia, forgive her sins, and admit her into paradise. He extended his condolences to the family of the deceased.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a similar cable.

On Wednesday, huge crowds had flocked to the area outside Bangladesh’s national parliament building in the capital to attend the funeral prayers for Zia, who died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness.

Zia was buried in late afternoon with state honors beside the grave of her husband, a former president who was assassinated in a military coup in 1981, in a park outside the parliament building later Wednesday.