Free fun activities at Saudi Arabia’s Ithra for last 2 weeks of 2022

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The event is a good way to come together and do something with your hands as the weather cools down. (SPA)
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The event is a good way to come together and do something with your hands as the weather cools down. (Twitter @Ithra)
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Updated 19 December 2022
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Free fun activities at Saudi Arabia’s Ithra for last 2 weeks of 2022

  • Residents and visitors at Ithra can support sustainability by taking part in arts and crafts projects, and conducting scientific experiments

DHAHRAN: Ithra’s Sustainability Studio is offering fun and educational free activities for people of all ages from Dec. 19-31 at the center’s Lush Garden.

Between the hours of 4 p.m. to 8:45 p.m., adults and children can dig into nature and explore.

For the last month of the Gregorian calendar year, residents and visitors at Ithra can support sustainability by taking part in arts and crafts projects, and conducting scientific experiments.

The event is also a good way to come together and do something with your hands as the weather cools down.

Each day will adhere to a certain theme.

HIGHLIGHTS

• On Mondays, visitors can make boats and kites while exploring geometry in nature. On Tuesdays, the center will explore the warmth of nature.

• On Wednesdays, guests will dive into waters. On Thursdays, participants will explore how wind and its properties change nature around us.

• On Fridays, guests will explore the earth and its treasures. Saturdays will be dedicated to discovering experiences that help us preserve the environment by creating fun and diverse products.

On Mondays, visitors can make boats and kites while exploring geometry in nature. The day’s theme will be: “Engineering in Nature: Engineering lovers’ day.”

On Tuesdays, the center will explore the warmth of nature, starting from the sun’s energy to the heat of the earth’s interior. The day’s theme is “The Warmth of Nature.”

On Wednesdays, guests will dive into waters with the theme of “The Water Wonders.”

On Thursdays, Lush Garden participants will explore how wind and its properties change nature around us. The day’s theme will be: “The Air Around us: How do the turbines move? Why did man try to harvest wind energy?”

On Fridays, the day’s theme will be: “The Treasures of The Earth: From mud to the diversity of plants.” On this day, guests will explore the earth and its treasures by connecting with nature to create a green world, rich in sustainability.

On Saturdays, the day’s theme will be: “The Sustainable Art: To enhance our role towards a green future.” It will be dedicated to discovering experiences that help us preserve the environment by creating fun and diverse products.

For more information, visit the Ithra website or social media channels.

 

 


Saudi, Pakistan defense chiefs discuss ‘measures needed to halt’ Iranian attacks on Kingdom

Updated 07 March 2026
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Saudi, Pakistan defense chiefs discuss ‘measures needed to halt’ Iranian attacks on Kingdom

RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Pakistan’s  Chief of Defense Forces Asim Munir discussed Iran’s attacks on the Kingdom, amid the escalating military conflict in the Middle East. 

“We discussed Iranian attacks on the Kingdom and the measures needed to halt them within the framework of our Joint Strategic Defense Agreement,” Prince Khalid wrote on social media early on Saturday.

“We stressed that such actions undermine regional security and stability and expressed hope that the Iranian side will exercise wisdom and avoid miscalculation.”

The US and Israel began a large-scale military campaign against Iran on Feb. 28. Iran has since attacked a number of sites across the Gulf.

Tehran has also attacked US and Israeli military assets as the war as escalated, impacting lives in the peaceful Arabian Gulf peninsula and risked shaking the global economy as Iran continued restricting energy shipping along the Strait of Hormuz.

The Saudi Defense Ministry said a number of drones had been shot down that were targeting the Shayba oil field in the Empty Quarter on Saturday.

A drone attacked the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday causing a minor fire, but no one was hurt in the incident.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a “Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement”  in September, pledging that aggression against one country would be treated as an attack on both.

Separately, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif, the Saudi interior minister, received a call from his Pakistani counterpart Raza Naqvi, who condemned the blatant attacks targeting the Kingdom and affirmed his country’s solidarity in confronting any threats to the Kingdom’s security and stability, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.