Misk foundation continues Saudi youth empowerment tour

The Mohammed bin Salman Foundation (Misk) is to continue its Saudi youth empowerment tour with visits to Qassim, Al-Baha, Arar, and Al-Ahsa. (Screenshot/Twitter video)
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Updated 12 July 2023
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Misk foundation continues Saudi youth empowerment tour

  • The Qassim tour will include dialogue sessions on leadership, entrepreneurship, skills, society, and the arts, as well as youth workshops

RIYADH: The Mohammed bin Salman Foundation (Misk) is to continue its Saudi youth empowerment tour with visits to Qassim, Al-Baha, Arar, and Al-Ahsa.

The roadshow, that began last year, will stop first in the Qassim region on July 19.

It will be hosted at the King Khalid Civilization Center, in Buraidah, with the participation of 41 inspirational speakers, including chief executive officers, entrepreneurs, and individuals.

The Qassim tour will include dialogue sessions on leadership, entrepreneurship, skills, society, and the arts, as well as youth workshops, while offering professional development sessions and an interactive exhibition.

In addition, pavilions of Misk affiliates will be present including those representing Mohammed bin Salman Nonprofit City, Misk Art Institute, manga production, Riyadh Schools, Misk schools, and the Ilmi scientific center for innovation.

Last year’s tour visited Jeddah, Dammam, Madinah, and Tabuk, reaching more than 22,000 people, and involved the participation of 120 speakers in 38 dialogue sessions, with 56 workshops attended by more than 1,600 trainees.

Since its establishment in 2011, the foundation has empowered more than 6 million beneficiaries, run 600-plus programs, 729 events, 700 dialogue sessions, and 6,000 workshops, while helping at least 500 startups.

To register for Misk tour activities in Qassim, go to https://hub.misk.org.sa/ar/events/roadshow/qassim-misk-roadshow/.


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.