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[00:00:57] The Sultanate of Oman won eleven
[00:01:00] awards at the end of the fourth season of the
[00:01:04] Gulf Smart Investor Award in Riyadh, amidst
[00:01:07] widespread competition that exceeded 300,000
[00:01:10] participants in various tracks.
[00:01:14] The results showed a remarkable Omani presence
[00:01:17] with the first places in the writing tracks
[00:01:20] by Al-Farsiya and Sarah Al-Kalbaniah, and in the
[00:01:24] photography track by Tasneem Al-Sabahia, Mawaddah
[00:01:28] Al-Salmaniya and Ali Al-Ibri, and in the drawing
[00:01:31] track by Maria Al-Sudeiri, and in the
[00:01:34] video track by Salem Al-Yaqubi.
[00:01:38] and local trade in China. These achievements reflect the excellence of Omani
[00:01:41] talents of various age groups in raising awareness
[00:01:45] of sound financial and investment concepts at
[00:01:48] the Gulf level.
[00:01:58] to you. Don't The Gulf Smart Investor
[00:02:02] Award: The Gulf Smart Investor Award
[00:02:06] is one of the initiatives of the Gulf
[00:02:09] Investment Awareness Program, and aims to
[00:02:12] encourage participants in the Gulf Cooperation Council
[00:02:16] countries to produce creative content
[00:02:19] that contributes to enriching the awareness content in
[00:02:21] the culture of financial transactions. The award
[00:02:25] targets individuals, university students
[00:02:28] and students. to participate
[00:02:31] in its four tracks in order to enhance
[00:02:35] Effendi. Now, this the purpose and goals of this award, which
[00:02:37] focuses on spreading awareness of financial culture
[00:02:40] and enriching the awareness content about the importance
[00:02:43] of saving and investment, with 15
[00:02:47] thousand riyals in the writing track, university category, Daja bint Dawood Al-Ma'niyah
[00:02:50] from the Sultanate of
[00:02:52] Oman.
[00:03:01] Let's say together, a thousand
[00:03:06] she is. Look at her jump, look at congratulations, Salem bin Mohammed Al-Yaqubi from the Sultanate of Oman.
[00:03:16] "Once Upon a Time in
[00:03:22] are answered. A thousand congratulations,
[00:03:25] Sarah bint Khalid Al-Kalbaniah from the Sultanate
[00:03:28] of Oman.
[00:03:35] And we certainly congratulate the second-place winner
[00:03:39] in the writing track, individuals category, and the winner of 25 thousand Saudi
[00:03:42] riyals, Sajiyya bint Saeed
[00:03:45] Jalal, I'm thinking of doing something Al-Ismaili from the Sultanate of Oman.
[00:04:00] Zaha bint Suleiman Al-Masoudiya from the Sultanate of Oman.
[00:04:16] To the members of the Gulf Smart Investor Award Committee
[00:04:19] as well as the members of the evaluation committees present with us on
[00:04:23] the stage to be part of this scene that they deserve
[00:04:26] to be present in.
[00:04:38] The film "Star Hunter" by Omani director Haitham
[00:04:42] Suleiman won a special mention at the Jordan
[00:04:45] Children and Youth Film Festival. It previously
[00:04:48] won the award for best long educational
[00:04:52] film at the International Dakhla Festival
[00:04:54] more than in the Kingdom
[00:04:55] of Morocco.
[00:06:17] Al-Dan Theatre Troupe for Culture and Art won
[00:06:20] two awards at the eighth edition of the International
[00:06:23] Festival of Chamber Theatre Forms in Russia last
[00:06:27] August.
[00:06:28] Brief.
[00:06:33] We are happy to be present with the Cultural and Art Theatre Troupe at the
[00:06:36] festival in
[00:06:38] Russia.
[00:06:48] And praise be to God, since our arrival until today, we have been enjoying these
[00:06:51] atmospheres, and God willing, we are fully prepared
[00:06:55] to present the play "A Slice of Life". God willing, during today and tomorrow, we will complete
[00:06:59] the rehearsal, and God willing, we will present a sweet meal
[00:07:02] to the audience.
[00:07:03] Spasiba.
[00:07:10] When you are an ambassador.
[00:07:13] Non-resident and responsible for representing the Sultanate of Oman in these
[00:07:16] forums, you do not represent yourself
[00:07:19] only, but you represent a whole
[00:07:22] people. We came from Oman laden
[00:07:25] with the scent of every home and the hospitality of every house.
[00:07:29] We came carrying with us Omani frankincense and Omani sweets
[00:07:33] and we say to the world, welcome to the world in the Sultanate
[00:07:36] of Oman.
[00:07:44] This play means a lot to us, especially since
[00:07:48] it reached Russia in a society that does not speak
[00:07:52] Arabic. We tried as much as possible
[00:07:55] to deliver a message, and praise be to God, the message reached.
[00:07:58] The message was conveyed by the actors,
[00:08:02] the movement, the harmony, the directorial idea,
[00:08:05] the music, the lighting.
[00:08:09] We wanted to convey the general idea and the play's
[00:08:12] issue to more than one country, and today we are in Russia. The issue
[00:08:16] has been conveyed, and praise
[00:08:17] be to God.
[00:08:24] The Omani Theatre Association announced that it has started receiving
[00:08:28] applications for participation in the first edition of the Muscat
[00:08:31] Theatre Festival, which will start next
[00:08:35] December. This step comes to create
[00:08:38] a platform that brings together artists and allows theatre troupes,
[00:08:43] universities and Omani colleges to present
[00:08:46] their creative experiences and compete in a major
[00:08:49] theatrical event.
[00:09:09] The screenings of the film "The Odyssey"
[00:09:13] have been extended in various international cinemas for an
[00:09:17] additional period, in response to the huge
[00:09:19] public demand and the great success that
[00:09:23] the film is achieving at the global box office.
[00:10:19] Well, I think the two things are the are the same, they're not mutually exclusive, I
[00:10:23] think that returning home is really. about returning to yourself and finding yourself and
[00:10:27] where you belong and restoring things to how the how they
[00:10:30] should be, and so that idea of a of very long journey, that
[00:10:34] idea of being taken away from your home for so long and
[00:10:37] reunited with home in all the forms of what it means,
[00:10:41] family, geographical place, time as
[00:10:44] well, um, it's really about
[00:10:48] that feeling of return where this just has
[00:10:51] changed, but the place is returning to the idea of home has changed.
[00:10:55] as well and finally restoring that uh, I think is very
[00:10:59] satisfying sense of of nostals of Hong Kong.
[00:11:30] The Shanghai International Light Festival 2026
[00:11:34] kicked off its fourth edition
[00:11:37] with the participation of artists from
[00:11:39] 41 countries who presented more than
[00:11:42] 130 dazzling sculptures and sound
[00:11:45] installations. The festival continues until October
[00:11:49] 7, combining the magic of visual
[00:11:52] displays and projections. It also features multi-dimensional
[00:11:56] heritage, digital bracelets, and smart shopping
[00:12:00] vouchers to boost tourism
[00:12:27] The Shanghai International Light Festival is a prominent
[00:12:31] annual cultural and technological event overseen by the
[00:12:35] Shanghai Municipal Government, where
[00:12:38] the festival transforms the city into a huge illuminated
[00:12:41] artwork that combines contemporary
[00:12:44] art, advanced technology, and cultural
[00:12:48] heritage.
[00:13:19] The film "Welcome to Dragon Restaurant" tops
[00:13:23] the box office in China, achieving massive
[00:13:26] and escalating revenues that exceeded
[00:13:28] 232 million dollars in its first
[00:13:32] two weeks of release. It is a dramatic comedy
[00:13:36] anti-war film and has another name,
[00:13:41] the Middle East." The work, which relies on international
[00:13:45] visual standards, presented a clear
[00:13:49] proof of the ability of Asian cinema to present
[00:13:52] huge human epics that rival the biggest international productions.
[00:14:27] It's my first time traveling to China and I wanted to participate in a Chinese
[00:14:30] film, and the cooperation there was great.
[00:14:34] I was surprised that I was traveling to
[00:14:37] act, and I loved the place there very much.
[00:14:53] The income
[00:15:19] that distinguishes Chinese cinema is their precision. I was
[00:15:22] very happy and this is a completely different experience. I have
[00:15:26] not tried it before, especially since their work is completely different from
[00:15:29] ours, so I benefited a lot, I enjoyed
[00:15:32] a lot, and I gained more
[00:15:35] experience. with different nationalities and different
[00:15:39] people, so of course it benefited me a lot.
[00:16:25] Why thank you. Chinese cinema concluded its bustling summer
[00:16:28] film season by presenting a diverse selection of
[00:16:31] films that catered to various public
[00:16:34] tastes, achieving massive revenues.
[00:16:37] Its sales exceeded the 11.9
[00:16:41] billion yuan mark.