Miswak

Miswak is a natural tooth brush prepared from the roots or branches of various trees and bushes. The most common and beneficial is that of the root of the Salvadora Persica, a wild desert plant known in Arabic as arak, and in Urdu as peelu. The teeth cleaning twig is a traditional alternative to the modern day toothbrush and equally effective method. In fact, a 2003 scientific study comparing the use of miswak with ordinary toothbrushes concluded that the results clearly were in favor of the users who had been…

Cristiano Ronaldo’s high-tech platform Footlab to launch in Saudi Arabia

Saudi entertainment company Confrontation Entertainment has signed an exclusive franchise agreement with Footlab, a partnership by Cristiano Ronaldo and Rui Costa. Footlab, a cooperation between the Portuguese football legends through Ronaldo’s tech company 7EGEND, started from an idea to bring to life a blend of e-gaming, real-life football and technology. It is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, and opened in 2018. At the platform, players can train, compete and keep track of their real-time performance data within different stations in the park, which are all connected in a digital ecosystem. Footlab…

Saudi launches Electronic Stop-over Transit Visa service for Air Travellers

On 30 January 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced the launching of an electronic Stop-over Transit Visa service for the issuance of visas for arrivals in the Kingdom by air for all purposes, effective as from 30 January 2023. Applicants and beneficiaries can stay in the Kingdom for four days (96 hours) while the validity of the visa is three months. The visa is free of charge and will be issued immediately along with the flight ticket. The Transit visa allows transit passengers,…