{"id":85311,"date":"2024-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/04\/18\/a-mix-of-everything\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T00:00:00","slug":"a-mix-of-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/04\/18\/a-mix-of-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"A mix of everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>It\u2019s a mixed bag for Saudi in the foreign press today, with Iran-Israel tensions, <\/strong><strong>AlUla and <\/strong><strong>E<\/strong><strong>sports making the rounds.<\/strong> The Kingdom and the UAE issuing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KSAmofaEN\/status\/1780544515578683498\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">a joint statement<\/a> calling for maximum \u201cself-restraint\u201d and warning regional players against the \u201cdire consequences\u201d of war earned coverage from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-04-17\/saudis-and-uae-warn-of-war-dangers-as-israel-iran-tensions-boil?srnd=homepage-middle-east\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>. The statement came following a phone call between Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Emirati President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in which the two discussed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/36df35ca-d3e7-412f-8176-026b0812558a\/Spanish-gov%E2%80%99t-ups-stake-in-Telefonica-in-bid-to-counter-Stc-%E2%80%94-just-as-Housing-Minister-AL-Hogail-lands-in-town\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran\u2019s unprecedented attack on Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Meanwhile, <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/16\/sport\/esports-world-cup-saudi-arabia-spt-intl\/index.html\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a><\/strong><strong> sees Riyadh\u2019s Esports World Cup (EWC) as a lifeline to the <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/20\/technology\/e-sports-revenue-video-gaming.html\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">ailing<\/a><\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/20\/technology\/e-sports-revenue-video-gaming.html\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">industry<\/a><\/strong>, featuring the \u201clargest prize pool in esports history\u201d \u2014 a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESWCgg\/status\/1780219657003078100\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 60 mn<\/a> jackpot. The event \u2014 which is not funded by the Public Investment Fund \u2014 will run for eight weeks, starting late June. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Although not everyone is on the same page:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayApex?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Apex Legends<\/a> \u2014 one of the clubs competing in EWC \u2014 will reportedly not be altering its inclusive characters and cosmetics to fit the Kingdom\u2019s cultural norms, the game\u2019s developers have told <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/apex-legends-lgbtqia-characters-tournament-saudi-arabia-1851411189\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Kotaku<\/a> after the tournament faced some backlash over it being hosted in the Kingdom. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ALSO WORTH A SKIM-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2024-04-17\/habitas-alula-review-saudi-arabia-luxury-resort-reveals-travel-challenges\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/strong><strong> is out with a travel review and extensive critique of Habitas AlUla<\/strong>\u2019s too-good-to-be-true resort in the desert. <\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/apr\/16\/saudi-arabia-moderate-country-travel-ban-crime-womens-rights\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> is out with yet another piece on <strong>Saudi women\u2019s rights.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Esports to AlUla and regional tensions, it\u2019s a mixed day for the Kingdom in the global press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2561],"tags":[2650,10,61,268,229],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-85311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saudi-in-the-news","tag-alula","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-saudi-in-the-news","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"f790e2cd-de1a-4e93-9ab8-eeb2ad22ffc0","order":"11","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/4\/6.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Iran-Israel tensions, AlUla and Esports drive the conversation for foreign press","related_issue":[85291],"teaser":"From Esports to AlUla and regional tensions, it\u2019s a mixed day for the Kingdom in the global press","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/4\/.1d56880a-160b-470d-97bf-61cca64e3748.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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