Events & Happenings ‘ART OF LOVE’ INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION Hazem Zaqzouq, Executive VP of Bank Al-Bilad, inaugurated Aram Chaled Res’s solo art exhibit at the Atelier Jeddah Art Gallery. “I experienced a great exhibition today... Aram Res associates all the paintings with the love of the Lord, culture, reality, people and feelings,” said Zaqzouq Res said that he does not use one technique to express his love and feeling but uses several methods, from colors, calligraphy, pictures, symbols and other means of expressions.
JEDDAH BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Reza Food Services (McDonald’s Dev. Licensee for the Western and Southern regions of KSA) and Tokyo Games organized the Jeddah Basketball Championship as part of their CSR efforts. Mohammed Alireza, Marketing Director of Reza Food Services, and Mishaal Alireza, Co-owner of Tokyo Games, attended the event where guests received McDonald’s vouchers, gifts and jerseys. 32 teams participated with Team Cobra taking 1st place. SAUDI WOMEN - POWERFUL & POSITIVE A women’s delegation of Swiss travel and tourism experts met with their Saudi counterparts, businesswomen, and journalists at the Park Hyatt. The intellectual cultural exchange impressed the visitors as they found their perceptions changed in a surprising manner by the conclusion. “We found it totally opposite - Saudi women are much more independent decisions makers; we had great cultural and traditional exchange of views on one to one level,” said Karin Kunz, the leader of the delegation who also visited Saudi universities. 24 DESTINATION JEDDAH