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In a moment when artificial intelligence is reshaping the foundations of global healthcare, one Arab scholar has emerged as a steady, articulate, and influential voice in the debate over how these technologies should be governed. Visiting Professor Dr. Ameed Khalid Abdulhamid has rapidly become one of the region’s most respected authorities on the ethics of medical AI — a field where scientific rigor, human sensitivity, and policy insight must coexist.

From his post at the University of East London (UEL), within the School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, Dr. Ameed contributes to the evolving global conversation on AI governance. His work bridges the technical and the human: the algorithms that power intelligent systems, and the ethical frameworks that ensure they serve patients rather than overshadow them.

What distinguishes Dr. Ameed is not only his academic standing, but the rare combination of disciplines he brings together. His background in medicine, artificial intelligence, ethics, and scientific communication has positioned him as one of the few Arab experts capable of articulating a holistic vision for responsible AI in healthcare. This multidimensional expertise is reflected in his leadership of the Arab Organisation of AI in Healthcare, where he spearheads regional initiatives that champion innovation while safeguarding patient rights and data transparency.

His influence extends far beyond lecture halls and policy forums. With a strong presence across Arab and international media, Dr. Ameed has become a trusted commentator on the future of medical AI — its promises, its risks, and its profound implications for the quality of care. His analyses, often described as both accessible and incisive, have been featured in respected scientific and media outlets across the Gulf, Europe, and North America.

Observers increasingly describe him as a reference point in the Arab world for medical AI ethics — a scholar who can translate complex technological shifts into a clear, human‑centered narrative. In an era defined by rapid digital transformation, Dr. Ameed stands out for his ability to connect technology with humanity, and to articulate a scientific discourse that keeps pace with global change without losing sight of ethical responsibility.

As the world grapples with the accelerating integration of AI into healthcare systems, voices like his are not merely valuable — they are essential.

Manal Saleh

As the Kingdom’s corporate landscape shifts from traditional walled offices to vibrant, open-plan environments, a new tension has emerged: the struggle for visual privacy. For executives and project leads, the "open-office" dream often feels like a security nightmare when reviewing confidential expansion plans or sensitive budget sheets.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra is being hailed as the "Invisible Cubicle" for the modern professional. Its Privacy Display technology solves the office’s greatest vulnerability the "over-the-shoulder" glance. Utilizing hardware-level light directionality, the Galaxy S26 Ultra ensures that while the user sees a crisp, high-resolution display, colleagues sitting just a desk away see only a dark screen. This allows for total productivity in collaborative zones without the fear of accidental data exposure. In a region where corporate confidentiality is a pillar of business success, the Galaxy S26 Ultra provides a personal "secure zone" that moves with the professional, from the desk to the coffee lounge.

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In the modern Kingdom, the Saudi woman is a leader, an entrepreneur, and the heart of her social circle. Her smartphone is her constant companion a place where she keeps her most cherished family memories, manages high-level business, and stays connected with friends. However, in a culture that deeply values the sanctity of a woman’s private world, the "openness" of a standard mobile screen has often felt like a compromise.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra is changing the narrative by introducing a technology that honors the traditional value of privacy.

Its Privacy Display serves as a sophisticated digital shield, ensuring that a woman's screen remains a private sanctuary, even in the most crowded environments. Whether she is in a bustling Riyadh café, at a university lecture, or in a shared social lounge, the pixel-level design ensures that her personal photos, private messages, and sensitive documents are visible only to her.

What makes this innovation truly resonate is its Customizable Activation. A user can set her device to automatically engage the privacy filter whenever she opens her photo gallery or private messaging apps. This means she can navigate her digital life with total confidence and grace, knowing that her "private circle" remains private. It is more than just a security feature; it is an acknowledgment of her right to discretion, providing a premium experience that respects her boundaries without ever asking her to hide her technology.

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In the heart of Riyadh’s vibrant coffee culture and the refined social circles of Jeddah, there is a silent, deeply respected rule: the sanctity of one’s personal space. For the Saudi citizen, the concept of privacy in one’s family matters, personal conversations, and digital presence is a cornerstone of daily life. However, as our lives become increasingly digital, maintaining this boundary in public places has become a modern challenge.

The introduction of the Galaxy S26 Ultra is being welcomed as a thoughtful fusion of cutting-edge engineering and traditional Saudi values. Its Privacy Display technology acts as a digital "Sitra" (shield), ensuring that what is on a user’s screen is for their eyes only. Built with a revolutionary pixel-level architecture, the display remains vivid and crystal-clear when viewed directly, yet appears as a darkened, obstructed screen to anyone standing to the side.

Whether a professional is reviewing family photos in a busy mall or a student is messaging home from a crowded university hall, the S26 ensures that their private world remains theirs alone. This isn't just a technical feature; it is a tool of empowerment that respects the local etiquette of discretion. By allowing for Customizable Privacy Activation, the device can automatically shield the screen when sensitive apps are opened, providing peace of mind without compromising the premium visual experience. In a society that cherishes the balance between modern progress and traditional boundaries, the S26 is setting a new benchmark for what it means to be truly secure.

Manal Saleh

 Istituto Marangoni has achieved a significant milestone in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, entering the Top 50 institutions worldwide for the first time in the Art & Design category, ranking #45.

This new result marks a notable advancement compared to previous editions of the ranking, where the institute was positioned within the global Top 100. Moving from the Top 100 bracket to 45th place reflects a consistent growth trajectory and an increasingly strong recognition of the academic value and quality of education delivered by Istituto Marangoni.

The improvement is also clearly reflected in the ranking’s key indicators. The Overall Indicator shows a significant increase, rising from 61.2 to 67.7, while Academic Reputation improves from 62.3 to 67.3, highlighting the institute’s growing recognition within the international academic community.

Particularly noteworthy is the rise in the Employer (Industry) Reputation Indicator, which increases from 51.4 to 71.4—one of the most substantial improvements recorded. This result confirms Istituto Marangoni’s strong connection with the creative industries and its ability to prepare highly qualified professionals who are ready to successfully enter the workforce.

The achievement in the QS Ranking 2026 is the result of a sustained and strategic commitment, with Istituto Marangoni investing in innovation, academic development, and the continuous enhancement of its educational offering, while maintaining close dialogue with leading stakeholders across the fashion, design, and creative sectors.

“Entering the global Top 50 of the QS Ranking represents an extremely significant milestone for us,” commented Stefania Valenti, Managing Director of Istituto Marangoni. “The substantial increase in Employer Reputation in particular demonstrates how strongly our educational model is recognised and valued by the industry, which continues to select our graduates for their preparation, creativity, and contemporary vision.”

Entry into the global Top 50 is not only a prestigious achievement, but also an international recognition of an educational model that successfully combines academic excellence, creativity, and strong integration with the professional world.

This positioning further consolidates Istituto Marangoni’s role as a global benchmark in creative education, confirming the institute’s ability to continuously evolve in response to the needs of an ever-changing industry.

Manal Saleh

The MENA region is currently a global leader in the transition to a cashless society, with mobile banking and digital investment platforms becoming the primary tools for wealth management. Yet, as our financial lives move to the "open-air office" of coffee shops and public squares, a new vulnerability has emerged: visual hacking. A password is only secure if no one is watching you type it.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra is establishing a new industry benchmark for financial security with its Customizable Privacy Activation. Unlike traditional software-based security, this hardware-level solution allows users to link the Privacy Display to specific financial apps. The moment a banking portal or investment dashboard is opened, the screen’s light directionality narrows, creating a "visual vault" that only the owner can see. As regional investors move faster and more mobile than ever before, this innovation ensures that a "public" transaction remains a strictly private affair.

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Cool Inc. brings the globally acclaimed Persian restaurant Berenjak to Riyadh, opening its first permanent location at VIA Riyadh following its previous critical success during Riyadh Season.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1st April 2026: Berenjak, the acclaimed London-born Persian restaurant known for re-imagining traditional Persian cuisine, today opens its doors at its first permanent venue in the Kingdom, located at VIA Riyadh. This new venture from London follows the success of the Berenjak pop-up in the same location in February 2025 - a critically acclaimed part of Riyadh Season - and marks a significant new chapter in the brand’s international journey.

Berenjak is the vision of Kian Samyani, which is a modern expression of the kebabi houses, refined for today whilst being rooted in time-honoured family recipes and memories, coming all the way from London. Operating in collaboration with Cool Inc., the Riyadh venue compliments existing outlets in the United Kingdom, United States and the Middle East, bringing a fresh and distinctive dining philosophy to Riyadh, enriching the diversity of Saudi Arabia’s food scene and reaffirming Riyadh’s expanding position as a premier gastronomic destination.

At Berenjak Riyadh, guests are invited into a space where open-fire cooking and live kitchen take centre stage, bringing energy, warmth and authenticity to every meal. Following the core principles that define all JKS Restaurants, the team showcases an unwavering focus on delivering an exceptional dining experience, where every moment is driven by passion. Generosity, a key pillar of Persian cuisine is woven throughout the experience from complimentary dishes to a genuine care for guests, making it a fundamental part of what Berenjak offers with a warm cozy communal set up at Via Riyadh.

The Berenjak menu celebrates Persian dishes, featuring a range of Mezzeh-style sharing plates, charcoal-grilled kebabs, khoreshy (stews), rice and salads. Dishes are prepared using traditional Persian tools such as the mangal barbecue, and vertical rotisserie, all crafted with the finest seasonal ingredients and Persian influences from London of saffron, pomegranate and herbs.

As the brand reflects, “our story began with a grain of rice, and it has brought us here,” a journey that continues in Riyadh, where tradition and innovation come together to shape Berenjak’s next chapter by Cool Inc. VIA Riyadh. Reservations are now open

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Manal Saleh

Wegovy®️ HD demonstrated a mean weight loss of 20.7%1, and around one-third of patients achieved 25% or greater weight loss in the STEP UP trial

First US FDA approval of a GLP-1 treatment under the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher pilot programme, for products addressing critical US national health priorities

Wegovy®️ HD complements Wegovy®️ 2.4 mg, which is already approved in the US for weight management and cardiovascular risk reduction

Novo Nordisk expects to launch Wegovy®️ HD in the US in April 2026

 Novo Nordisk today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Wegovy®️ HD (once-weekly injectable semaglutide 7.2 mg) to reduce excess body weight and maintain weight reduction long-term. The FDA awarded a Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher for Wegovy®️ HD, accelerating its review and underscoring its potential to address critical patient needs and national health priorities in the US.

The accelerated approval is based on results from the STEP UP trial programme. In the STEP UP trial, semaglutide 7.2 mg injected once weekly demonstrated 20.7%1 mean weight loss in participants with obesity, and approximately one in three people experienced 25% or greater weight loss. In the STEP UP type 2 diabetes (T2D) trial, in participants with obesity and type 2 diabetes, semaglutide 7.2 mg demonstrated a mean weight loss of 14.1%1. In both trials, the well-known safety and tolerability profile of semaglutide was reaffirmed with semaglutide 7.2 mg, which was comparable to previous trials with semaglutide for weight management.

 “Since its launch in 2021, Wegovy®️ has transformed the lives of many people living with obesity and helped them achieve meaningful weight loss and important cardiometabolic benefits, including an unprecedented reduction in cardiovascular risk,” said Mike Doustdar, president and CEO of Novo Nordisk. “Earlier this year, we launched the Wegovy®️ pill, and with the accelerated approval of Wegovy®️ HD, we are introducing a new offering for our injectable semaglutide that provides even greater weight loss of approximately 21%. At Novo Nordisk, our goal is to provide innovative therapies that support healthier lives for people living with obesity, and we look forward to launching Wegovy®️ HD to help even more people reach their weight and health goals.”

Novo Nordisk expects to launch Wegovy®️ HD in a single-dose pen in the US in April 2026.

Wegovy®️ 7.2 mg is already approved for adults with obesity in the EU and the UK. Novo Nordisk expects regulatory decisions in the EU and the UK on semaglutide 7.2 mg in a single-dose pen in the second half of 2026.

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ACCIONA TESTS NEXT-GENERATION REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM TO IMPROVE DESALINATION EFFICIENCY

INNOVATION AND CIRCULARITY

The system also explores new ways to increase circularity in desalination plants by generating renewable energy and producing cleaning chemicals directly from brine streams.

DUBAI, MARCH XX, 2026. ACCIONA has successfully tested a next-generation reverse osmosis configuration designed to improve the energy efficiency and sustainability of seawater desalination, as part of the European innovation project LIFE INDESAL.

The pilot system completed nearly two years of demonstration at the Leading Experimental Accelerator in Desalination (LEAD®️), located at the San Pedro del Pinatar desalination plant in Spain. The trials confirmed stable and efficient performance while producing high-quality permeate water (total dissolved solids (TDS) below 200 mg/L).

Results from the project show that the new configuration can reduce the energy consumption of reverse osmosis processes compared with conventional systems. The improvement is achieved mainly through the implementation of low-pressure multistage reverse osmosis, in which shorter pressure vessels enable a better flux distribution. Moreover, thanks to this configuration more tailored membrane-cleaning strategies can be applied to tackle fouling issues, which help optimize plant performance while maintaining high water quality.

Beyond energy savings, the project also explored new ways to enhance circularity in desalination plants by making use of brine streams generated during the process. During the demonstration phase, the system was able to generate renewable energy from brine (0.1 kWh per cubic metre of brine) by reverse electrodialysis and produce chemical reagents on site derived from the same stream applying electrodialysis with bipolar membranes.

This approach could allow desalination facilities in the future to generate the cleaning chemicals required for membrane maintenance directly within the plant, potentially increasing operational self-sufficiency while reducing the need for external chemical supply.

While the solution is currently at pilot stage, the configuration developed within LIFE INDESAL could potentially be scaled for use in future seawater desalination plants or integrated into existing facilities through partial retrofits.

With water scarcity becoming an increasingly pressing global challenge, improving the efficiency and sustainability of desalination technologies is a key priority in many water-stressed regions around the world.

The LIFE INDESAL project, coordinated by ACCIONA, has a total budget of €3.1 million and brings together several European partners, including the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Cantabria, APRIA Systems, REDstack and REVOLVE.

The initiative highlights how innovation and international collaboration can help develop more energy-efficient and circular solutions for the future of desalination.

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MOZN is the only organization from the Middle East to be recognized among the world’s financial crime technology providers and the highest‑ranked year‑on‑year mover

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, London, UK – March 30, 2026 – MOZN, a leading enterprise AI company, announced its recognition in the 2026 Chartis Financial Crime and Compliance 50 (FCC50) ranking, placing 16th globally among the world’s top financial crime technology providers. This milestone sees the company advancing 30 places from its rank last year, reinforcing its position as the only Middle Eastern‑based organization recognized in the report.

Published annually by Chartis Research, the FCC50 ranking and report evaluates leading vendors across key criteria including technology, innovation, strategy, and market impact. MOZN’s strong performance in this report reflects its continued investment in advanced AI capabilities and its commitment to delivering modern, high‑impact financial crime solutions for financial institutions worldwide.

At the center of this achievement is MOZN’s leading FOCAL platform, an end-to-end AI-native financial crime prevention platform built on a unified FRAML (Fraud + AML) architecture. FOCAL enables institutions to manage AML, fraud detection, sanction screening, and regulatory compliance within a single environment, while supporting faster deployment and improved operational efficiency.

In addition to its overall ranking, MOZN received multiple category recognitions, including the "Time to Value” award under the Financial Inclusion category and the “Portfolio Monitoring" award under the Functionality category. These accolades highlight the platform’s ability to deliver measurable impact, automate complex compliance processes, reduce manual workloads, and accelerate return on investment through its agentic AI capabilities.

“This recognition underscores the trajectory MOZN is on as we redefine how financial crime and fraud are addressed globally,” said Dr. Mohammed Alhussein, Founder and CEO of MOZN. “As regulatory complexity and financial crime risk continue to intensify, institutions need technology that delivers clarity, speed, and scale. Our continued rise in the FCC50 ranking reflects not only our strong growth, but the trust our customers place in us to protect their institutions, and the exceptional work of our teams who continue to build with purpose and precision.”

‘MOZN’s rapid rise in the FCC50 ranking reflects several recent investments in its FinCrime portfolio, which align with a solid strategic technology roadmap and material AI and GenAI initiatives,’ said Sean O’Malley, Research Director at Chartis. ‘These investments continue to generate strong results in most areas of MOZN’s core technology, notably its scalability and flexibility, analytics, model transparency and model development.’

MOZN’s placement as the only company in the Middle East in the FCC50 2026 ranking reinforces its role as a regional trailblazer with global ambitions. As financial institutions increasingly seek integrated, AI-driven compliance solutions, MOZN continues to expand its footprint globally, supporting organizations in navigating an increasingly complex financial crime landscape.

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