Saudi theater training offers 126 trainees a new stage

Theatre training workshops in Jeddah. (Twitter/@MOCPerformArt)
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Updated 21 November 2022
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Saudi theater training offers 126 trainees a new stage

  • Program included workshops on performative skills, theatrical masks, vocal training and content creation

RIYADH: The Saudi Theater and Performing Arts Authority has completed a theatrical professional training program in Jeddah, with 126 trainees taking part, Saudi Press Agency reported. 

The three-month program aimed to equip participants with the skills needed to work professionally in the fields of performance and theatrical representation. 

It is part of the authority’s skills initiative, which supports professional development in the Kingdom’s theater sector, as well as developing Saudi talent through short and advanced virtual and in-house training programs.

The program included two levels for beginners and professionals, and four training workshops on theater acting, employing theatrical masks, vocal performance and creating content. 

Lebanese actress and director Nidal Al-Ashqar led the program along with a team of academics specializing in motor, vocal and performance skills.

 


KSrelief transfers Gaza girl to Jordan for cancer treatment

Updated 26 December 2025
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KSrelief transfers Gaza girl to Jordan for cancer treatment

  • Roza Al-Dreimli in Jordan because Israel destroyed Gaza hospitals
  • Under assessment, monitoring at the King Hussein Cancer Center

AMMAN: A cancer-stricken Palestinian girl from Gaza is now undergoing clinical observation prior to treatment at a specialist hospital in Jordan, thanks to Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief.

Roza Al-Dreimli was transported to Amman from the Gaza Strip through the initiative of KSrelief, as a part of Saudi Arabia’s continued medical support for Palestinians, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.

Al-Dreimli was prioritized because assessments indicated the need for advanced treatment of cancerous cells at the base of her brain. She is at the King Hussein Cancer Center, and being treated by a team of pediatricians.

She is currently undergoing “intensive clinical monitoring” to “ensure control of the condition, and prevent any potential neurological or visual complications resulting from the tumor’s location,” the SPA reported.

Al-Dreimli’s family expressed profound gratitude for KSrelief’s swift intervention, and hoped the specialized care would ensure a full recovery.

Such specialized care is currently unavailable in the Gaza Strip because of Israel’s alleged genocidal destruction of hospitals and killing of medical workers since Oct. 7, 2023.

Israel has systematically destroyed homes and commercial buildings and infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave, killing over 70,000 Palestinians, many of them unarmed men, women and children, and injuring more than 170,000.

Tel Aviv has stated that its actions were in retaliation to a raid by Hamas of Israeli border villages, during which the militant group reportedly killed more than 1,200 people and took 254 hostages.