The most well-known and recognised site in AlUla is Hegra, Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. The vast area, covering 22,561km², includes a lush oasis valley, towering sandstone mountains and ancient cultural heritage sites dating back thousands of years to when the Lihyan and Nabataean kingdoms reigned. Located 1,100 km from Riyadh, in North-West Saudi Arabia, AlUla is a place of extraordinary natural and human heritage. It will offer both international and local visitors an exciting six weeks of music, cultural events and equestrian events of AlUla Desert Polo and Fursan Endurance Cup. Winter at Tantora is the first part of AlUla Moments festivals which include three other distinguished festivals of AlUla Arts festival, AlUla Skies, and AlUla Wellness festival. This year, it will run from 21 December 2021 to 12 February 2022. Winter at Tantora festival is considered as the Kingdom's first-ever music and cultural festival. To book your ticket, visit About Winter at Tantora: To learn more about the artist and his project visit the website here and YouTube channel hereĪnd visit “The Hope Will Never End journey” YouTube channel here Sure to bring a fresh take to AlUla, don’t miss out on this exciting alternative experimental music concert. He also participated in several alternative and independent music festivals.Ībdulrahman Mohammed’s 'The Hope Will Never End' journey is bringing him to the award-winning Maraya next. Also on his channel is the lyrical music project called “The Hope will Never End,” which took ten years to complete its journey.Ībdulrahman has performed in many cultural Arabic and international theatres and many universities in kuwait, Jeddah, Cairo and Sharjah. His songs such as “Ya man Hawah” and “Lamma tlagaina” can be found on his YouTube channel, which he launched in 2008. The Saudi Artist Abdulrahman Mohammed is set to take the stage at Maraya in AlUla performing his experimental project 'The Hope Will Never End' on January 7, 2022.Īn improvisational composer, independent, experimental singer and musician, Abdulrahman Mohammed's passion lies in creating Arabic improvisational composing, combing it with western, Indian, Mediterranean musical types, such as acoustic, indie, folk, progressive, light jazz, and instrumental Arabic songs.Ībdulrahman is known for taking traditional Arabic love poems and creating improvisational compositions tailored for his distinctive voice. Start the new year off in style at this fantastic concert” The talk be in Arabic, with the presentation slides in English.“The concert is set to be on January 7, 2022. Amongst other projects, CRAterre worked on the conservation guideline and the archaeological surveys of the Old Town of AlUla since 2019 and on the coordination of the 2021-2030 management plan for the Dadan archaeological site.Īnis Saoudi’s presentation will be moderated by Talin Hazbar, one of the artists-in-residence. CRAterre developped activites in more than a hundered countries and has a longstanding experience in Saudi Arabia. Since 1979, the organization has worked towards the recognition of earth materials as a valid response to the challenges linked to the protection of the environment and the preservation of cultural diversity. He will also focus on the potential reintefration of this style of architecture in AlUla and present how vernacular styles are paving their way into a global reflection to redesign the trajectory of the construction setor, more in line with the environmental, cultural, social and économic challenges of our current societies.ĬRAterre is the international center for earthen architecture and is a member of the UNESCO Chaire « Earthen architectures, building cultures and sustainable development ». As part of the weekly public program of the AlUla Art Residency, we are delighted to invite you to « Making Earth Into Architecture », a talk by CRAterre a French non-profit working on earthen architecture.Īnis Saoudi, architect and urbanist at CRAterre, will present earthen archiecture in all its diversity, thoughout the world and in AlUla.

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