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‘It’s like a dream, I swear’: Fadel Chaker’s emotional return to the stage in Riyadh

23 October 2026 at 13:42
RIYADH: “I was dreaming of this moment during my darkest days, and God made it come true.” For Lebanese singer Fadel Chaker, standing before his Saudi fans in Riyadh was more than another concert. It was the realization of a dream he had held onto through 14 years away from the stage. On Oct. 21, the Abu Bakr Salem Theater became the setting for an emotional reunion between the singer and an audience that had waited years to hear his voice live again. Held under the patronage of the General Ente

Abdulmajeed Albalawi: ‘There is nothing I do not like to photograph’

23 October 2026 at 06:52
DUBAI: “Photography, for me, is a feeling,” Abdulmajeed Albalawi tells Arab News. “It was a feeling before it was a hobby and before it was work. The feeling of the picture, the feeling of the memory, the details of the place you are shooting in.” The Saudi photographer was born in AlUla — a place that he says “inspires the lenses of photographers.” He continues: “Nature at every hour, night or day; the antiquities; Hegra; the heritage; the Old Town; and the oasis. Whoever loves nature photograp

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