A woman who lost an uncle in the Morocco earthquake is raising funds to help their community rebuild. The village of Makhfaman was almost flatten by the tremors on Friday. Karima Chiki, who lives in Bristol, said: “There are lots of very young children who’ve lost both parents...
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Saudi Arabia has made no secret of its passion for gaming and e-sports, so there was no shortage of young Saudis to take in a museum of video game history stretching from the original Pac-Man to PlayStation 5. It is part of Gamers8, an eight-week festival of e-sports tournaments in the...
The thoughts of one Moroccan schoolteacher immediately turned to her pupils when she felt the 6.8-magnitude earthquake strike a week ago. Nesreen Abu ElFadel was in Marrakesh – but Adaseel, the mountain village that was home to her school and pupils, was closer to the epicentre. The...
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says its ambassador to Saudi Arabia will soon depart for Riyadh to lead Tehran’s diplomatic mission that was reopened in early June after seven years. Iran’s new envoy to the kingdom, Alireza Enayati, met Foreign Minister Hossein...
A charity worker has spoken of the “inspiring” resilience of the Moroccan population. It has been one week since a 6.8 magnitude quake struck Morocco at 23:00 BST. Two more response teams from Wiltshire-based disaster response charity Re:act will arrive in the country later to...