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As in all major urban centres worldwide, Canada's largest city, home to 2.9 million people and representing an important economic engine for the entire nation, has been severely impacted by the necessary health-safety measures requiring restrictive stay-at-home orders and the extended shuttering of dining and retail spaces.
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Known as the “City of Roses,” Taif is a city located on the slopes of the Hejaz Mountains in Saudi Arabia's province of Makkah. The sixth most popular city in the Kingdom, Taif enjoys moderate weather throughout the year, even in summer — making it a popular summertime destination for Saudis to escape the scorching heat typically experienced in lower-lying regions elsewhere in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Ali Russell is the Chief Marketing Officer of Extreme E. The five-race global electric SUV off-road racing series aims to leverage the power and popularity of motorsports to raise awareness about climate change by holding races in extreme environments around the world which have already been damaged or affected by climate and environmental issues.
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The stunning desert landscapes of AlUla in Saudi Arabia make the perfect setting for the start of the inaugural FIA-backed Extreme E all-electric SUV racing season. The Desert X Prix will take place in AlUla between April 3-4, 2021. Following the Dakar Rally and Formula E, the Kingdom welcomes Extreme E. It's not only a prestigious motorsports event but also a natural partner for advancing the country's own Vision 2030 goals of promoting the renewable energy sector, fighting desertification, and placing a strong focus on sustainability.
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"If you want to do something, if you want to be a writer, you've got to write. If you want to be a filmmaker, you have to make films." - Spike Lee, during a talk delivered in San Francisco on June 8, 1996.
These words may seem entirely intuitive and straightforward, but it's funny how we can often lose sight of the truth of this statement.
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Julia Cosgrove is the award-winning Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at AFAR Media, based in San Francisco, which publishes the influential travel magazine AFAR and website. Born in New York and raised in Berkeley, she now lives in Oakland, California – where she's been sheltering in place since the pandemic.
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Ever since moving to Saudi Arabia, I've wanted to visit the enigmatic flower men living in the southern provinces of the country and extending into Yemen. They're the descendants of ancient Tihama and Asir tribes dating back two millennia who are known for wearing colourful and distinctive flower garlands on their heads. They also sport an ornate traditional curved dagger, called the jambiya, over a colourful and multi-patterned wrap-around male skirt known as a futa.
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They say that luck happens when preparation meets opportunity. Well, I recently had to cut short a planned 16-day self-drive tour of Saudi Arabia only on the fourth day due to coronavirus restrictions announced by the government. My original itinerary included mostly hotel stays during the first week and mainly camping on the second week – as I hoped to make my way around remote sites in Tabuk Province.
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If you're planning on heading out on a group or self-drive safari, photography gear is big on the list. While proper equipment may be expensive, it's well worth the investment in chronicling and enjoying the full safari experience. Some photography outlets offer gear rental options in popular safari destinations around the world. Unfortunately, safari photos on an iPhone just can't have the same effect. The whole attraction of safari photography is to capture wildlife clearly from a distance. Evidently, you don't want to make the evening news for creeping up close to a lion or rhino with your camera phone.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how we've lived and worked in 2020. These changes extend into 2021 and beyond, as certain major companies have made remote work the permanent norm for many of their employees. The work-from-home trend has meant that the line between our professional and personal lives has been significantly blurred.
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One of the things I most looked forward to when visiting Brazil's northern city of Manaus, known as the Gateway to the Amazon Rainforest, was the opportunity to visit some of the aboriginal people living in the Amazon. The opportunity came when we sailed along the Rio Negro river towards a riverside village inhabited by the Tuyuca (Tuyaka) people. They also call themselves Dojkapuara or Utapinõmakãphõná. Their population is concentrated in Brazil and Colombia. Tuyuca is spoken by 500 to 1,000 people in these two South American countries.
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