The third edition of the biennial Desert X AlUla show is now open in Saudi Arabia. “In the Presence of Absence” draws on what the organizers say are misconceptions of the desert as an empty space ...

The proposal dates back to 2022 and remains in the design stage. It is grounded in the recognition of AlUla's desert landscape as sacred, a testimony to the passage of time inscribed in successive ...

The Empty Quarter (Rub’ al-Khali), the vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula, was not always an arid landscape. A recent study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), King Abdullah University of Science ...

Construction work has begun on an ambitious new hotel development designed by Oppenheim Architecture that will be part-built into a Saudi Arabian mountainside. Fittingly, the rock that's excavated ...

When you think of deserts, you might envision isolated wastelands confined to single nations. Yet the world's most massive arid regions defy political boundaries, sprawling across continents and ...

AlUla’s oasis has inspired artists for millennia: Recently, Desert X AlUla has brought a fresh artistic resurgence to this striking desert landscape. In the searing heat of the desert, a sculptured ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. The carvings date back to around 12,000 years ago and many are ...

MENA-based distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment and Saudi-based Producers Al Sarid Films have unveiled the first trailer for Saudi Arabian desert epic Within Sand ahead of its wide local release ...

If you happen to be driving through the desert outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, one thing will stand out, unlike the rest: The new Desert Rock resort, which is slated to open in 2023. Built like a ...