In the narrative of Gulf business leadership, philanthropy is often cited as a dimension of institutional identity — a formal program attached to a corporate entity. For Shaher Moh’d Ali Awartani, the philanthropic commitments appear to reflect a more personal orientation, expressed through sustained multi-year giving rather than headline-driven announcements. Since 2015, Awartani has operated a private scholarship program supporting students without access to educational funding. Private scholarship programs of this kind — structured outside public foundations, without press releases — tend to reflect more direct personal motivation than corporate social responsibility frameworks. Children’s National Medical Center: Sheikh Zayed Campus…
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By Mia Martin There are books we read and books that read us. Mia Martin makes this distinction carefully, and she means it literally. The South Florida author and writer has spent considerable time thinking about what happens to a reader inside a powerful story — not the emotional experience of it, which is well-documented, but the cognitive and perceptual shift that the best fiction can produce. The way a novel, once read, can change the angle of your attention. “The stories that shaped how I read didn’t teach me about literature,” Martin says. “They taught me how to look.…
In corporate event planning, the gap between a functional event and a truly polished one comes down to preparation, detail management, and an understanding of what the client’s brand requires. For Mary Hoover Drucker, that standard was set early. Drucker, a project manager at FIRST Agency in Palm Beach, Florida, has spent more than a decade producing events for brands and institutions that have little tolerance for error. Her approach draws on experience across luxury beauty, financial services, and global experiential marketing. Detail Management at Scale Large-scale corporate events involve hundreds of moving variables — venue logistics, travel coordination, vendor…
Baucor has expanded its range of CNC tools and industrial blades for customers in Europe and beyond. The company manufactures precision cutting equipment used across a broad range of industries. The expanded range addresses cutting tasks that require tighter tolerances, more durable materials, and longer tool life. Baucor engineers each product to match the specific requirements of the customer’s production process, reducing downtime and material costs. “Our growth is driven by a deep commitment to solving our customers’ most complex cutting challenges through groundbreaking custom design,” said Mücahit Başaran, CEO of Baucor. “By integrating advanced materials and next-generation coating technologies,…
Ethnosports 2027 has been launched as an international organisation that places traditional sports at the centre of a new global competition programme. The launch was announced at the 8th Ethnosport Forum, which took place in Antalya from 3 to 5 April 2026. The organisation runs a rotating global event open to athletes from different countries, covering a range of traditional sporting disciplines. Each edition of the event is hosted by a different nation, which means the competition travels across regions and remains connected to the varied cultural contexts from which traditional sports emerge. At the Forum in Antalya, organisers laid…
Foodist Istanbul will gather food and beverage professionals from across the world at the Tüyap Fair and Congress Center in Istanbul this September, with the event spanning four days. The Foodist Istanbul International Food & Beverage Products Exhibition takes place from 1 to 4 September 2026 at the Tüyap Fair and Congress Center in Istanbul. Tüyap Fairs and Exhibitions Organization Inc. organises the exhibition in partnership with ALZ Fair. The event puts global buyers, manufacturers, exporters and industry leaders in the same space. It aims to present Türkiye’s food industry to an international audience and to build trade connections across…
The cloud-based integration uses OEM-embedded vehicle data to give fleet managers a unified view of their ICE and EV Hyundai models from a single platform Geotab has introduced a native telematics integration for supported Hyundai vehicles in Europe. The solution connects to telematics hardware already embedded in those vehicles at the point of manufacture, routing data to the MyGeotab platform through the cloud. Fleet operators do not need to fit any additional equipment, which cuts the cost and time typically associated with aftermarket hardware installation. Both internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric vehicles (EV) are covered within the same platform…
The Jordan–EU Investment Conference 2026 will take place on 21 April at the Dead Sea, under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be among the senior European and international officials and investors attending the event. Jordan hosts the conference at a time when many parts of the region are dealing with significant instability. The country’s political steadiness and economic track record give it a distinct advantage as a base for investment in the Middle East. Preparations centre on bringing forward a portfolio of projects that investors can scrutinise and act…
The Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TURKCIMENTO) has issued a formal statement on the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), responding to omnibus legislative amendments published by the European Commission on 17 October 2025 and implementing regulations that came into force in December 2025. The Association says CBAM’s default emission values significantly overstate the carbon output of Turkish cement producers. Turkey’s cement industry uses national monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems that align with EU standards to measure and record actual emissions. Under the current CBAM framework, however, the EU does not recognise this data, and instead applies default values that…
Rixos Radamis Sharm El Sheikh has launched Aquamania Jungle Park, a 35,000 square metre aquapark that forms part of the hotel’s Ultra All-Inclusive resort on the Red Sea coast. The park offers 28 waterslides spread across a range of zones. Children have access to dedicated ride areas, and a separate splash zone called Ride House caters to smaller children. The park’s centrepiece is the 350-metre Water Coaster. A tubing ride using Hive Technology also operates on site, making this the first venue in the Middle East to run the system. Food and drink are available throughout the day from a…
