SAUDI DIPLOMACY AT DAVOS 2026

SAUDI DIPLOMACY AT DAVOS 2026
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CHAPTERS
1. I WILL NOT BEAR WITH THIS
GENERATION MUCH LONGER
2. IS DAVOS PREPARING THE WORLD FOR
THE ANTICHRIST
3. SAUDI ARABIA TO HOST WEF GLOBAL
COLLABORATION AND GROWTH
MEETING IN APRIL
4. SAUDI HOUSE KICKS OFF DAVOS WITH
PUSH ON VISION 2030, AI PLATFORM
5. ‘WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS
TRANSFORMATIVE GROWTH’
6. SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER
HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL COOPERATION
AT DAVOS 2026
7. I WILL DEVOUR THE DEVOURER
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8. SAUDI-UN PARTNERSHIP TO SHAPE
QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE FUTURE FOR THE
PLANET
9. ‘RIYADH MEETING WAS ONE OF THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL OUTSIDE DAVOS’:
WEF MANAGING DIRECTOR
10. ‘AI RACE IS ON’: SAUDI MINISTER AT
DAVOS STRESSES NEED FOR GLOBAL
OPTIONALITY
11. SAUDI HOUSE KICKS OFF DAVOS WITH
PUSH ON VISION 2030, AI PLATFORM
12. SAUDI DATA PLATFORM ENHANCED WITH
AGENTIC AI AS KINGDOM DRIVES DIGITAL
INNOVATION AT DAVOS
13. GLOBAL COOPERATION ADAPTING: WEF
14. SAUDI FINANCE MINISTER SAYS SAUDI
REFORMS HAVE MOVED FROM AMBITION
TO DELIVERY AT DAVOS
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15. GLOBAL LEADERS GATHER IN DAVOS,
MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS TAKE CENTER
STAGE
16. I KNOW WHO THE BEAST IS
17. WEF REPORT SPOTLIGHTS REAL-WORLD
AI ADOPTION ACROSS INDUSTRIES
18. SAUDI ARABIA, UN-HABITAT UNVEIL
QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX AT WEF
19. DAVOS PANEL: TRUST, NOT TECHNOLOGY,
IS AI’S BIGGEST CHALLENGE AS SYSTEMS
GAIN AUTONOMY
20. FROM RIYADH TO ORBIT: SAUDI HEALTH
TECH FIRM PIONEERS AI MEDICAL CARE
21. SAUDI ARABIA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH
WEF TO ACCELERATE INDUSTRIAL
TRANSFORMATION.
22. ‘SPEED OVER SCALE’: SAUDI ARABIA
POSITIONED TO SHAPE FUTURE
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23. UNDP LAUNCHES FRAMEWORK FOR
ARAB COUNTRIES TO BOOST DIGITAL
INCLUSION
24. WHY SAUDI ARABIA WANTS CONTROL OF
THE INTERNET
25. DAVOS OUTLINES HOW RELIGION WILL BE
'TAKEN OVER'
26. SAUDI ARABIA IS WORLD’S IDEAL
PARTNER IN SHAPING FUTURE OF
INTELLIGENT AGE
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I WILL NOT BEAR WITH THIS
GENERATION MUCH LONGER
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“I THE LORD, he who brought you out of the darkness and into MY
GREAT LIGHT, who ransomed you for a purpose, I WILL SPEAK. HEED MY
WORDS, oh you SERVANTS OF THE LORD. I WILL (7) NOT BEAR WITH
THIS GENERATION MUCH LONGER, FOR MY DAY IS COMING SOON.”
“Those who are wise shall prepare themselves for MY COMING. MY
PLANS and purposes are of old and were set long ago. Those of you who
WAIT ON THE LORD shall soon be satisfied, for your faith will be made
sight. The invisible will be made visible, and the things hidden from long
ago shall be revealed.”
“Even the rocks cry out for the day-of-reconciliation. I WILL HASTEN
THAT DAY. EXPECT ME. LOOK FOR ME, FOR BEHOLD, I AM AT THE DOOR.
These things which you see among the nations shall not be slowed.
They will accelerate as labor pains increase.”
“So shall these tremors increase as you near the day. Expect not peace
upon the earth or between the nations. I WILL REMOVE THE
RESTRAINER. And when he is fully removed, then the day shall break
upon you as sunlight breaks upon a darkened land.”
“All is at readiness. MY AGENTS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED. They are set in
place and all things are at the ready. I WILL HAVE MERCY on those upon
whom I WILL HAVE MERCY and THE PEACE OF THE LORD shall not depart
from MY CHOSEN ONES.”
“Do not fear. I (7) WILL NOT ABANDON THOSE WHO ARE MINE. I (7)
HAVE PREPARED A HIDING PLACE FOR YOU. I WILL SNATCH YOU UP
THAT (7) YOU WILL BE SAFE IN MY HAND.”
“But on the earth, there will be sorrow and great desolation. Desolation
on those who refuse the name. Woe to the mockers, for they shall be
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put to shame. Woe to THOSE WHO PERSECUTE MY PEOPLE, for they
shall be dismayed. Woe upon the earth, and woe upon the seas. Woe in
the heavens, and woe in the depths. Woe upon the nations who reject
me and reject my chosen one.”
“It will come like a flood that comes suddenly in a flash like lightning.
And MY THUNDER WILL BE HEARD by many. I WILL REND THE HEAVENS.
I WILL PART THEM like a curtain that is torn asunder. I WILL MOVE THE
MOUNTAINS from their places. The towers will shake and terror will
come upon the earth.”
“Flee from this day, oh people. I WOULD RESCUE YOU if only you would
CALL UPON MY NAME. If only you would GRASP MY HAND. Flee from
this day, for it is a day of terror. There is only one name by which man
may be saved.”
“The name JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE CHRIST, THE APPOINTED ONE.
HE WHO WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN. HE WHO LIVED A SINLESS LIFE
UPON THIS EARTH. HE WHO DEMONSTRATED HIS POWER, WHO LAID
HIMSELF DOWN FOR YOU THAT YOU MIGHT BE LIFTED UP.”
“HE WAS CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS FOR YOUR SINS. All heaven has
borne witness. On that day, the accuser thought he was victorious, and
all hell rejoiced for a moment.”
“He was taken from the cross. He was wrapped in a shroud. He was
carried to a tomb. But the tomb could not contain him. The tomb had
no sway over him. For on the third day, he arose. He appeared. He
ascended and when he returns every eye, every eye shall see. Call on
him, oh you peoples, while there is yet time for you.
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THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM'S 56TH ANNUAL MEETING has kicked
off with what Swiss daily Blick described as a "record storm" of arrivals.
More than 3,000 participants from 130 countries -- including roughly 65
heads of state, hundreds of CEOs, central bankers, global NGO leaders,
tech titans, and media executives -- descended on the small Alpine town
of Davos beginning January 19. Switzerland has reportedly never handled
a week of diplomatic jets, private charters, and high-level security
coordination on this scale before.
That alone tells us something important: Davos still matters.
For nearly five decades, THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM has positioned
itself not merely as a conference, but as (5) A CONVENER OF GLOBAL
POWER -- a place where economic policy, environmental priorities,
technological frameworks, and political narratives (5) ARE ALIGNED
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. Deals aren't officially signed there, but
directions are set. Language is agreed upon. (5) CONSENSUS AMONG
ELITES IS FORMED. And when (5) CONSENSUS IS FORMED AT DAVOS, it
often finds its way into (5) LEGISLATION, CORPORATE POLICY,
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, and cultural norms within months or years.
That influence is precisely why Davos has become a source of deep
concern -- and outright fear -- among many conservatives and Christians
in the United States.
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A GLOBAL VISION THAT COLLIDES WITH NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
At the heart of the unease surrounding THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
IS ITS OPENLY STATED AMBITION: GLOBAL COORDINATION, GLOBAL
STANDARDS, AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS THAT
TRANSCEND NATIONAL BORDERS. The WEF regularly speaks (5) OF A
"SHARED GLOBAL FUTURE," "stakeholder capitalism," and "systemslevel
transformation." To its supporters, this language signals
cooperation. To its critics, (5) IT SIGNALS CONSOLIDATION OF POWER.
Americans, particularly conservatives, have long favored national
sovereignty, constitutional limits, and decentralized authority. The idea
that unelected global bodies -- populated by corporate executives,
foreign leaders, and ideological activists -- might influence domestic
policy is anathema to that tradition. Christians, in particular, bristle at the
idea that MORAL, ECONOMIC, AND EVEN BIOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS
COULD BE DICTATED BY GLOBAL CONSENSUS RATHER THAN BIBLICAL
CONVICTION OR DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY.
Davos does not answer to voters. It does not campaign. It does not face
term limits. Yet its fingerprints appear on CLIMATE MANDATES, ESG
SCORING SYSTEMS, DIGITAL IDENTITY FRAMEWORKS, AND PUBLIC-
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT INCREASINGLY SHAPE EVERYDAY LIFE.
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COVID, CLIMATE, AND THE TASTE OF CONTROL
For many skeptics, the COVID-19 pandemic was a turning point. During
that crisis, THE WEF CHAMPIONED SWEEPING LOCKDOWNS, VACCINE
PASSPORTS, TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, AND EMERGENCY POWERS -- ALL
UNDER THE BANNER OF COLLECTIVE SAFETY. Whether one supported
or opposed those measures, the reality was clear: GLOBAL

COORDINATION REPLACED LOCAL DECISION-MAKING ALMOST
OVERNIGHT.
THE WEF'S INFAMOUS PROMOTION OF THE "GREAT RESET" -- A
REIMAGINING OF CAPITALISM AND SOCIETY FOLLOWING COVID -- ONLY
INTENSIFIED CONCERNS.
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Critics saw it as an attempt to use crisis as leverage to accelerate social
and economic transformation without public consent. Environmental
policy has followed a similar trajectory.
Climate goals promoted at Davos often translate into energy restrictions,
agricultural regulations, and financial penalties that disproportionately
affect working-class families while (5) LEAVING GLOBAL ELITES LARGELY
UNTOUCHED.
Private jets fly into Davos by the hundreds, even as ordinary citizens are
told their lifestyles are unsustainable. To many Americans, this feels less
like stewardship (5) AND MORE LIKE SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT -- rules
for the public, exemptions for the powerful.
BEYOND ECONOMICS: DIGITAL CONTROL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCE
Beyond health and climate, the WEF has been accused of pushing toward
other forms of global control: digital (5) CURRENCIES CONTROLLED BY
CENTRAL BANKS, digital ID systems tied (5) TO FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL
ACCESS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS, (5)
AND COORDINATED CENSORSHIP POLICIES UNDER (5) THE GUISE OF
COMBATING "MISINFORMATION."
Each of these may be defensible in isolation. Taken together, they paint a
picture of a world where ACCESS TO MONEY, MOVEMENT, SPEECH, AND
EMPLOYMENT COULD ONE DAY HINGE ON COMPLIANCE WITH GLOBAL
STANDARDS SET FAR FROM THE COMMUNITIES THEY AFFECT. For
Christians who read Scripture seriously, this convergence is unsettling.
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TRUMP: THE DISRUPTOR DAVOS DIDN'T EXPECT
Enter Donald Trump. Whatever one thinks of his personality or rhetoric,
Trump represented a direct challenge to the Davos worldview. He
rejected globalism in favor of nationalism. He withdrew the United States
from international agreements that he believed undermined American
workers and sovereignty. He questioned the authority of global
institutions and refused to play the role expected of him on the world
stage.
Under Trump, the U.S. pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord, challenged
the World Health Organization, renegotiated trade deals, and openly
criticized multinational elites. He also encouraged alternative alliances
and economic frameworks that competed with the existing global order.
This was a sharp break from (5) THE OBAMA AND BIDEN
ADMINISTRATIONS, (5) WHICH LARGELY EMBRACED GLOBAL
INSTITUTIONS, multilateral agreements, and (5) THE LANGUAGE OF
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE. For Davos, Trump was not merely inconvenient -
- he was destabilizing.
A PROPHETIC PAUSE, NOT A PERMANENT STOP
Many Christians view Trump's disruption not as a solution, but as a delay.
THE BIBLE IS CLEAR THAT A GLOBAL SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL CONTROL WILL ONE DAY EMERGE, CULMINATING IN A
GLOBAL LEADER WHO CONSOLIDATES AUTHORITY IN UNPRECEDENTED
WAYS. Scripture describes a world unified not (5) BY FREEDOM, BUT BY
COERCION -- where (5) BUYING AND SELLING ARE REGULATED,
allegiance is (5) DEMANDED, AND RESISTANCE IS COSTLY. The question
is not if such a system will arise, but how.

Is the World Economic Forum the final mechanism? Probably not on its
own. But (5) IT IS HELPING LAY THE (5) GROUNDWORK -- NORMALIZING
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, CONDITIONING (5) POPULATIONS TO ACCEPT
CENTRALIZED CONTROL during crises, (5) ALIGNING CORPORATE AND
POLITICAL POWER -- that could eventually enable such a system? Many
believers think the answer is yes. Trump may have slowed that
momentum in the United States. But the ambition of Davos has not
diminished. If anything, it has adapted. Without full U.S. cooperation,
progress is slower -- but only until political winds shift again.
THE STORM BEFORE THE STORM
As Davos convenes once more amid record arrivals and unprecedented
coordination, Americans would do well to pay attention -- not with panic,
but with discernment. Power is gathering. Visions are being cast. And
while no single meeting determines the future, the direction of travel is
becoming clearer.
The storm over Davos is not just about jets in the Alps. It's about a (5)
WORLD WRESTLING OVER WHO GETS (5) TO DECIDE HOW HUMANITY
LIVES -- nations and families, (5) OR GLOBAL ELITES AND INSTITUTIONS.
For Christians, the response is neither (7) FEAR NOR BLIND TRUST, BUT
VIGILANCE, TRUTH, (7) AND FAITH -- KNOWING THAT NO GLOBAL
FORUM, (7) HOWEVER POWERFUL, OUTRUNS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF
GOD.
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Is President Donald Trump’s visit to Davos more about the spiritual realm
than the physical one?
As the World Economic Forum is meeting in Davos, Switzerland,
President Trump is expected to hold a ceremony on Thursday at the
convention for the signing of the Board of Peace, signaling the second
stage of his Gaza peace plan.
According to the Times of Israel, this ceremonial signing will take place at
10:30 a.m. on Thursday, with the official attendance number unknown at
this time due to growing opposition from other countries that do not
want this to backfire regarding the United Nations.
As the report noted, this Board of Peace is meant to help the
restructuring of Gaza. However, the charter does not mention Gaza at all.
In the charter obtained by the Times of Israel, the organization reads:
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The Board of Peace is an international organization that seeks to promote
stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure
enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict. The Board of
Peace shall undertake such peace-building functions in accordance with
international law and as may be approved in accordance with this
Charter, including the development and dissemination of best practices
capable of being applied by all nations and communities seeking peace.
The charter also mentions a succession plan for the chairman of the
board, who is currently set to be Donald Trump.
The Chairman shall at all times designate a successor for the role of
Chairman. Replacement of the Chairman may occur only following
voluntary resignation or as a result of incapacity, as determined by a
unanimous vote of the Executive Board, at which time the Chairman’s
designated successor shall immediately assume the position of the
Chairman and all associated duties and authorities of the Chairman.
Now that Davos is in full swing, Trump’s attendance at the Forum is
expected to include the “largest U.S. delegation yet,” according to
CNBC. His desire to acquire Greenland will also be center-stage, as other
nations have not supported him in this cause.
In moments like these, it becomes increasingly clear that world affairs are
not merely political maneuverings, but spiritual alignments. THE BIBLE
SPEAKS OF A COMING WORLD SYSTEM IN WHICH NATIONS AND
LEADERS WILL FORM ALLIANCES AND STRUCTURES THAT APPEAR
FOCUSED ON PEACE, ORDER, AND GLOBAL COOPERATION. Scripture
also warns that these very frameworks can become the scaffolding for a
COUNTERFEIT PEACE AND A CENTRALIZED GLOBAL AUTHORITY (Dan. 8;
Rev. 13).
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As Trump unveils the Board of Peace in Davos — an institution not named
after a nation, not tied to a border and not accountable to a public
electorate — WE ARE WITNESSING ARCHITECTURE THAT TRANSCENDS
NORMAL DIPLOMACY.
As the nations gather and scripts long written begin to play out, the
church must remain alert, discerning the times, and remembering that
WHILE A COUNTERFEIT PEACE MAY RISE, THE TRUE PRINCE OF PEACE
WILL RETURN TO ESTABLISH A KINGDOM THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN.
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SAUDI ARABIA TO HOST WEF GLOBAL
COLLABORATION AND GROWTH
MEETING IN APRIL
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RIYADH: SAUDI ARABIA WILL HOST THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
GLOBAL COLLABORATION AND GROWTH MEETING IN JEDDAH
BETWEEN APRIL 22-23, 2026.
Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Alibrahim on Friday confirmed
the details of the high-level meeting which was announced at the annual
WEF meeting in 2025, Saudi Press Agency reported.
In his closing remarks at the forum, the minister STRESSED THE NEED FOR
SUSTAINED DIALOGUE TO ACCELERATE GLOBAL GROWTH and called on
participants to actively engage in the upcoming meeting.
He noted that the meeting will build on the momentum generated by the
WEF’s Special Meeting hosted by Riyadh in 2024, AFFIRMING THAT THE
KINGDOM HAS EMERGED AS A GLOBAL CAPITAL OF PRAGMATISM AND
CONSEQUENTIAL DECISION-MAKING.
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WEF PRESIDENT BORGE BRENDE HIGHLIGHTED THE FORUM’S
DEEPENING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE KINGDOM. HE SAID: “WE ARE
PLEASED TO RETURN TO SAUDI ARABIA IN 2026 TO CARRY FORWARD
THE CONVERSATIONS STARTED AT OUR ANNUAL MEETING, CREATING
SPACE FOR LEADERS TO WORK TOGETHER, BUILD TRUST, AND ENSURE
DIALOGUE LEADS TO MEANINGFUL COLLABORATION AND ACTION.”
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SAUDI HOUSE KICKS OFF DAVOS WITH
PUSH ON VISION 2030, AI PLATFORM
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DAVOS: For regulars at the World Economic Forum, Monday in Davos is
usually a chance to ease into the week, a time to reconnect, plan
meetings and prepare for the intense schedule ahead.
This year, Saudi Arabia moved quickly to fill that lull, taking center stage
with a packed program of panels ahead of Tuesday’s official opening.
AT THE SAUDI HOUSE — THE KINGDOM’S OFFICIAL PAVILION ON THE
PROMENADE, returning after its debut as a standalone venue at the 2025
WEF Annual Meeting — Saudi ministers and global executives set out
how the Kingdom sees the (5) NEXT PHASE OF ITS TRANSFORMATION.
Established by the Ministry of Economy and Planning, the venue is
pitched as a platform for international thought leaders to tackle the
challenges, opportunities and (5) SOLUTIONS SHAPING THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY.
Opening a session on the Kingdom’s role at this year’s Forum and (5) THE
NEXT PHASE OF VISION 2030 — now in its 10th year and roughly 66.6%
complete— Princess Reema bint Bandar, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to
the US, said human capital “VISION 2030 IS THE ACTUAL DRIVER IF YOU
WANT A COMPETITIVE, MODERN ECONOMY.”
She described one of the biggest achievements of the past decade as the
emergence of a highly qualified cohort of young Saudis who could work
anywhere in the world but “choose to come home, choose to build at
home and choose to deliver at home,” calling this “the biggest symbol (5)
OF THE SUCCESS OF VISION 2030.”
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On the same panel, Minister of Finance Mohammed Aljadaan said this
success is (5) ROOTED IN A “BEHAVIORAL CHANGE” that has
strengthened the Kingdom’s credibility with both international partners
and its own citizens.
“Credibility comes from being very pragmatic, making sure that you
maintain your fiscal policy discipline, but at the same time refocus your
resources where it matters,” he said, warning that “markets will call your
bluff if you’re not serious.”
The Saudi House, a cross-ministerial initiative led by the Ministry of
Economy and Planning, is intended to underscore the (5) KINGDOM’S
“COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL COOPERATION” by offering “a platform
where visionary ideas are shared and shaped,” while showcasing
opportunities and lessons from its “unprecedented national
transformation.”
Echoing earlier comments to Arab News, Economy and Planning Minister
Faisal Alibrahim said the KINGDOM’S ROLE AS AN ANCHOR OF STABILITY
has helped unlock its potential, stressing that while the objective is to
decouple from reliance on a single commodity, “VISION 2030 IS NOT THE
FINISHING LINE.”
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Khalid Al-Falih, Saudi minister of investment, said Saudi Arabia has been
able to enable access to opportunities while addressing major risks,
arguing that few countries can match the Kingdom’s overall mix.
“No country has all of those to 100 percent,” he said. “But who can give
you the mix that gives you optimum access to opportunities while
addressing all of those risks?
“I contend that Saudi Arabia has been able to provide that formula and
the proof is in the pudding,” noting that local investment has doubled in
recent years to reach levels comparable with India and China.
While societal transformation dominated the morning discussions, the
afternoon turned to technology, tourism, sport and culture, four strategic
sectors expected TO SPEARHEAD VISION 2030’S NEXT PHASE.
The Ministry of Economy and Planning used the day to announce the
SUSTAIN PLATFORM, DUE TO LAUNCH IN 2026, WHICH AIMS TO
ACCELERATE AI-ENABLED, CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
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The ministry said SUSTAIN will translate the Kingdom’s public and privatesector
coordination mandate into a practical national tool to help
government entities, businesses, investors, academia and civil society
identify credible partners, FORM TRUSTED COALITIONS and move
initiatives “from planning to implementation more efficiently,”
addressing a global challenge where fragmented partnerships often slow
delivery and blunt impact.
“WE ARE IN A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE TECHNOLOGY MAY WELL
IMPACT THE FACE OF HUMANITY,” said Dina Powell McCormick, recently
appointed president and vice chairman of Meta, welcoming the
Kingdom’s “desire” to partner with technology companies and its
embrace of innovation.
Minister of Tourism Ahmed Alkhateeb, discussing how technology is
being deployed in his sector, underlined that “in travel and tourism,
people are very important. We learn about other people’s culture
through interacting with people. We digitalize the unnecessary and
humanize the necessary.”
He added that while technological transformation is a priority, “we don’t
want to replace this big workforce with technology. I think we need to
protect them in Saudi Arabia, where we’re being a model. I’m an
advocate of keeping the people.”
Throughout the week, SAUDI HOUSE will host more than 20 sessions,
including over 10 accredited by the WEF, across SIX THEMES: BOLD
VISION, INSIGHTS FOR IMPACT, PEOPLE AND HUMAN CAPABILITY,
QUALITY OF LIFE, INVESTMENT AND COLLABORATION, AND
WELCOMING THE WORLD.
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‘WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS
TRANSFORMATIVE GROWTH’: FAISAL
ALIBRAHIM ON SAUDI WEF AIMS AND
STATE OF KINGDOM’S ECONOMY
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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will use the meeting of the WORLD ECONOMIC
FORUM next week TO “MAKE DIALOGUE COUNT,” the minister of
economy and planning, Faisal Alibrahim, said on Sunday as he outlined
the ways in which the Kingdom intends to deepen its partnerships and
address global economic headwinds in this year that marks the 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF VISION 2030.
As business leaders, policymakers and heads of state prepare for the
forum in Davos, Switzerland, the minister sat down for an exclusive
interview with Arab News ahead of the annual event, which has become
a fixture on the Kingdom’s calendar.
He said the core mission of the Saudi delegation remains unchanged:
“We’re going to be continuing to work with our international partners
from all sectors, all disciplines, all geographies, to make sure we address
collectively the ‘progress deficit’ and WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS
CREATING MORE MOMENTUM TOWARDS TRANSFORMATIVE
GROWTH.”
He noted that many major economies, particularly in the West, have in
recent years faced a mix of stagnation, inflation, trade barriers, weak
productivity, and volatility that has been difficult to manage, let alone
plan around. This has left global output performing at “less than what it
could,” which directly affects the Kingdom as a member of the G20.
“That, over time, accumulates and creates headwind towards progress
gains,” Alibrahim warned.
Saudi Arabia embarked in 2016 on an AMBITIOUS VISION 2030 plan to
transform its oil-dependent economic model, opening up and
INTEGRATING MORE DEEPLY WITH GLOBAL MARKETS.
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“THE KINGDOM’S ECONOMY IS MORE INTEGRATED WITH THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY THAN EVER BEFORE. Our lessons learned, our progress, our
success are valuable inputs and data for our partners and vice versa,” the
minister said, adding that discussions in Davos will focus on both
investment in the Kingdom and HOW OTHERS CAN “BORROW FROM THE
SAUDI MODEL”.
The Kingdom’s engagement at the World Economic Forum revolves
around two core questions, he said: “HOW CAN WE DEEPEN OUR
BILATERAL TIES AND HOW CAN WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS
TOWARDS ADDRESSING GLOBAL CHALLENGES?”
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Alibrahim was appointed minister of economy and planning in 2021 as
the country emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. He had joined the
ministry as an adviser in 2016 and served as vice minister from 2018 to
2021.
During his decade in government, he said, the perception of Saudi Arabia
has shifted from that of a government-led spending partner, to an
enabling, pragmatic player with a burgeoning private sector that does
business on equal terms.
“(Conversations have) shifted from talking about opportunities of
already-incumbent players, to talking about opportunities for (the)
Kingdom’s investment and capital deployment, to how these companies
can make money through the Saudi story; from taking money to making
money, if you will,” the minister said.
Thanks to the “seriousness” Riyadh has demonstrated, he added, PEOPLE
ARE “INTERESTED (IN BEING) PART OF THIS TRANSFORMATION.”
This “has led people not only to take note, but to understand that there
are opportunities there for them,” Alibrahim said. “The interest is higher,
the work has been shifting towards more momentum, and the discussion
is continuing.”
According to recent figures from the Ministry of Economy and Planning,
Saudi Arabia’s direct and indirect dependence on oil has fallen from more
than 90 percent in the pre-reforms era to 68 percent in 2025.
Non-oil activities now account for 56 percent of real gross domestic
product, and in October the Ministry of Finance raised its 2026 growth
forecast from 3.5 percent to 4.6 percent, largely on the back of non-oil
expansion.
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Despite these reforms and signs of a dynamic, diversifying economy, the
Kingdom still relies heavily on oil revenues, not least because prices have
dropped sharply from a peak of about $114 per barrel in May 2022.
“We are decoupling from a single commodity,” Alibrahim said. “That
doesn’t mean we won’t count on it and its flows for our economic
activity. But we don’t want to rely on it as much as before.”
VISION 2030 WAS DESIGNED WITH “CERTAIN OUTCOMES” IN MIND, the
minister explained, and has required deep structural reforms to make the
Kingdom more attractive to international investors, including recent
moves to relax real estate rules and open up the stock market.
Beginning this month, in phased stages, foreign individuals and entities
will be permitted to own real estate — not just hold long-term leases —
in designated zones. In a similarly historic step, the Capital Market
Authority has opened the Saudi capital market to all categories of foreign
investors, allowing direct investment from Feb. 1.
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“VISION 2030 WAS PLANNED ROBUSTLY, but while keeping in mind the
importance of managing with prudence,” the minister said. “These two
pieces of news are an example of doubling down on structural reform.
“This is not capital or investment or funds deployed by the government
to achieve outcomes. This is a change in policy, a change in the regulatory
environment that’s long term, that’s here to stay, that comes with, and
unlocks, a lot of economic impact and outcome.”
The Kingdom, he added, has been working to “remove frictions” and
attract foreign capital across mature and emerging sectors, particularly
technology, in which Saudi Arabia aims to leverage its geographic
position and accumulated know-how to become a market leader.
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“You can’t truly diversify an economy and unlock its potential without
getting the most out of every area you have an edge in,” Alibrahim said.
“Saudi Arabia has a few sectors with a lot of deep knowledge
accumulated over decades — and in some cases, almost a century.”
Offering Aramco as an example, he said the company has been able to
CONSOLIDATE DECADES OF OPERATIONAL DATA INTO ITS “METABRAIN”
PLATFORM, using this to reduce carbon intensity and improve
performance.
Just as important, he argued, is access to a “dynamic regulatory
ecosystem” that can offer countries the kind of legal and DATA-
SOVEREIGNTY ASSURANCES THEY SEEK WHEN THE KINGDOM HOSTS
DATA CENTERS AND DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AN INITIATIVE THAT
HAS TAKEN THE NAME “DATA EMBASSY.”
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Alibrahim said Saudi Arabia had developed a “unique ability” to balance
its relationships because of its openness and its stated goal to “unlock
the full potential of our country, economy and society.”
He added: “We’ve demonstrated, with a lot of track record, our
COMMITMENT TO PEACE, dialogue and, ultimately, continuing STABILITY
to help create PROSPERITY. The world knows that we are very serious
about this.
“The Kingdom has been a capital of pragmatism, and when
acknowledged by our partners, they understand that that is something
that makes dealing with the Kingdom very straightforward.”
On the topic of recent speculation that Saudi Arabia had reprioritized its
objectives and diverted part of its budget from domestic projects to
investments in the US, where CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN
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SALMAN HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS VALUED AT UP TO $1 TRILLION, the
minister said these opportunities “happened to be” in that oversees
market but “go hand-in-hand with already approved” investment and
strategic plans “that amount to that number.”
He added: “At the same time, why wouldn’t we spend wiser if we could?
The FIRST WAVE OF VISION 2030 required us to deliver at any cost, but
we’ve moved from that delivery at any cost,” he said.
The early phase of the plan was about “catching up and signaling new
sectors,” Alibrahim explained, and the Kingdom initially invested heavily
“in the right places” to signal the birth of new industries, close returns
gaps, and attract investors.
“But after a while, (once) you reach that and achieve that signaling and
that momentum, it’s about time to say, ‘How can we continue doing the
same (but) with wiser spending at the right level of cost?’” he said.
“And that’s what we’re focusing on at the moment; wiser (spending) is
not at all mutually exclusive or conflicting with where we spend our
capital.”
AS VISION 2030 THIS YEAR MARKS ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY — about
two-thirds of the way through its timeline — some indicators still lag. But
many targets once dismissed as overambitious have seen tangible
progress, which the minister attributed to the built-in flexibility of the
plan.
“I think there are a lot of lessons learned,” he said. “The most important
highlight, I think, is knowing that you will learn and adjust and adapt; you
have the ability, the agility and the prudence to continue delivering your
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plans. I think plans are important, but agility is what makes plans
progress.”
How, then, does the government decide which projects to prioritize, trim
or expand? Such decisions are made through a “circular” process that
constantly reassesses trade-offs, Alibrahim said.
“In the past, we spent a lot of time designing the policy of intervention,
the law, and not enough time assessing its impact,” he explained.
“Now we have a more rigorous process where you have an assessment
of the detailed law or intervention, a preassessment of the regulatory
impact, and then you monitor how it’s delivered and the (real-world)
outcomes that follow.”
The government has created a “continuous feedback loop,” he said,
paired with structured discussions and governance that “year-in, yearout”
revisit priorities and inform both short and long-term strategies and
the ways in which capital is allocated to achieve objectives.
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Asked how the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM FITS INTO SAUDI ARABIA’S
BROADER ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY AND STRATEGY, the minister said
that as THE KINGDOM BECOMES “MORE INTEGRATED WITH THE
GLOBAL ECONOMY” ITS VOICE “IS MORE CONSEQUENTIAL ON GLOBAL,
MULTILATERAL PLATFORMS AND ON MANY GLOBAL ISSUES.”
Davos, he added, brings together “a great deal of global leaders, thinkers
and specialists,” and Saudi participation is “a continuation of our day-in,
day-out work” that ALLOWS THE KINGDOM TO ADVANCE SEVERAL
TOPICS AND OBJECTIVES AT ONCE.
Alibrahim noted that while the forum remains the most prominent
platform for this kind of engagement, Riyadh will continue to participate
“whenever there is a global convening that matters to the Kingdom, that
the Kingdom can contribute to and benefit from.”
DETAILING PLANS TO HOST WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM MEETINGS IN
SAUDI ARABIA ON A BIENNIAL BASIS, FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THE
2024 WEF SPECIAL MEETING IN RIYADH, ALIBRAHIM SAID THE
KINGDOM HAS BECOME “A HOME FOR GLOBAL DIALOGUE — AND NOT
JUST ANY GLOBAL DIALOGUE (BUT) GLOBAL DIALOGUE OF PRAGMATIC
AND PRACTICAL RESULTS” WITH AN EMPHASIS ON IMPACT,
TRANSPARENCY AND “POTENT DIALOGUE THAT LEADS TO PROGRESS.”
Looking ahead, he said, THE GOAL IS TO BECOME “EVEN MORE
INTEGRATED,” WITH THE REAL SUCCESS OF VISION 2030 MEASURABLE
OVER THE LONG TERM.
It is the younger generation that will ultimately reap the benefits of the
strategy, he stressed, but only if economies globally stop “operating
below their potential,” because otherwise this gap “accumulates and
becomes a cost” that will be felt most acutely by future generations.
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VISION 2030 is already engaging with Saudi youth, Alibrahim argued,
noting that in many public and private organizations the “chances are
you’re going to be sitting with a young professional.”
He added: “Youth is not a subgroup that you represent, or make sure you
listen to, (or) take input from; you need to embed young professionals in
the process. Age is not something that limits people from being a bigger
part of this transformation.”
On the issue of how the world views the Saudi experience, he said Riyadh
was working to “BUILD TRUST AND A COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT” with its
partners, and stressed that the Kingdom was “genuine about sharing our
lessons learned, but also learning from others — and there is no limit to
where we can learn.”
While acknowledging that the path toward a diversified, sustainable,
non-oil-dependent economy is a long one, Alibrahim said: “We’re
heading in that direction.”
He added: “If we see, of course, more non-oil exports grow materially the
way we’ve seen the momentum pick up — if we see that number, the 90
to 68 (percent) go down even further — you’ll be in a better position to
call the growth story more sustainable, more resilient, which is the
ultimate objective.”
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting will take place in Davos from
Jan. 19 to 23.
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SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS
GLOBAL COOPERATION AT DAVOS 2026
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan
REAFFIRMED THE KINGDOM’S COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO ADDRESS GLOBAL ECONOMIC
CHALLENGES THROUGH ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD ECONOMIC
FORUM IN DAVOS 2026.
In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency, Prince Faisal said the Kingdom’s
engagement in the forum underscores its dedication (5) TO COLLECTIVE
ACTION AND CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE, stressing that SAUDI ARABIA
IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO
CONFRONT GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.
He said THE KINGDOM’S PARTICIPATION REFLECTS ITS EXPANDING ROLE
IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS, ALONGSIDE ITS COMMITMENT TO
PRESERVING REGIONAL PEACE AND STABILITY, supporting sustainable
development and strengthening global economic partnerships.
Prince Faisal emphasized the Kingdom’s belief in inclusive cooperation as
a foundation for long-term growth, highlighting the (5) IMPORTANCE OF
COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS and the private sector to
achieve sustainable development that ensures PROSPERITY AND
SECURITY FOR ALL.
He added that Saudi Arabia will continue to expand avenues of joint
cooperation with international partners to enhance resilience in the face
of economic and environmental challenges.
Describing Davos 2026 as a strategic platform, the minister said the
forum offers an important opportunity to enhance cooperation among
countries in priority areas, including building institutional and human
capacities to adapt to rapid economic transformations.
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He also noted that the Kingdom is pursuing innovative solutions in
technology and scientific research, focusing on developing new business
models that boost competitiveness and create new investment
opportunities IN LINE WITH SAUDI VISION 2030.
Prince Faisal concluded by saying the Davos 2026 forum represents an (5)
OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION in
areas such as innovation, digital transformation, energy, trade and
support for developing countries, contributing to a more (5)
SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM is scheduled to take place on Jan. 19
and is (5) REGARDED THE WORLD’S LEADING PLATFORM for (5)
DIALOGUE ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC POLICY, innovation and
sustainability.
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I WILL DEVOUR THE DEVOURER
“Listen to WHAT THE LORD SAYS. I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I WILL
HAVE MERCY. I WILL DEVOUR THE DEVOURER. Consume the consumer
of nations. I WILL STARVE he who hungers, he who feeds off the nations
as if they were his food.”
“Listen, all these things have been long planned, long prepared. This is
an assemblage, an arrangement, the hidden thing now brought to light.
I TOLD YOU about the hand behind the hand and THE HIDDEN THINGS
THAT SHALL NOW BE REVEALED.”
“Do you not see? Can you not see, oh people, the things long prepared,
long planned now are being fulfilled before your very eyes? I WILL NOT
BE SILENT. I WILL SPEAK. Do you think that I DO NOT HEAR, THAT I DO
NOT SEE, THAT I WILL NOT AVENGE? For VENGEANCE IS MINE, SAYS THE
LORD. I WILL REPAY.”
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“I WILL DEVOUR THE (7) DEVOURER WITH THE SWORD OF MY MOUTH.
I WILL (7) CONSUME THE CONSUMER WITH THE UNQUENCHABLE FIRE.
Watch and see what I WILL DO AMONG THE NATIONS. I WILL COMPLETE
EVERYTHING THAT I INTEND.”
“Do not fear, oh children, even in these days. I AM HE WHO OVERCOMES
THE DARKNESS WITH MY LIGHT. For the light shines in the darkness and
is not consumed. I AM EMMANUEL, THE GOD WHO IS WITH YOU, the
unfailing one, the faithful one.”
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“Now, at this point, brothers and sisters, there was a vision that went
with this word. I just will describe. I said, 'I see a terrible vision, a
GARBAGE DUMP OF HUMAN BEINGS, BODIES PILED HIGH LIKE
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS AND VALLEYS, DEAD AND DISCARDED, REFUSE,
DETRITUS.”
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“Those THAT ARE CONSUMED BY HIS ENGINE OF DESTRUCTION, THE
BEAST, they are innocent and guilty. THE BEAST DOES NOT CARE WHO
HE CONSUMES BECAUSE IT IS THE IMAGE OF GOD THAT HE HATES.”
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“And so, TO DESTROY, TO CONSUME, TO POLLUTE IS HIS MOTIVATION.
HE IS THE OPPOSITE OF HUMAN IN EVERY WAY. INHUMAN IN EVERY
WAY.”
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That was the vision.”
And then the word of the Lord continued.
“All these things and still, oh man, you do not see. Have your ears
become so dull? Have you become so numb, so blind that you will not
see even what is before your very eyes? when it is near to you, at the
threshold, at the gates, at your very door.”
“But you would close your eyes and cover your ears and seek to hide, to
hide from the day which rushes upon you. LONG HAVE I WARNED YOU,
oh man. LONG HAVE I WARNED, yet you would not turn. You would not
repent of your wicked ways. Though I OFFERED YOU OPEN ARMS, still
you refuse.”
“STILL, YOU WOULD RESIST ME. STILL, YOU WOULD HOPE TO DELAY MY
COMING. But that which has been written shall not be delayed. For the
day is appointed in heaven, it is written.”
“I WARNED YOU, O nations, for the day is declared. MY DAY IS UPON
YOU. I WILL BRING YOU LOW, O nations. I WILL JUDGE YOU WITH MY
STRONG RIGHT HAND AND WITH THE SWORD OF MY MOUTH. I SHALL
SEPARATE YOU, wheat from tare and sheep from goat.”
“I WILL COME FOR THAT WHICH IS MINE. I WILL GATHER MY WHEAT
INTO MY STOREHOUSE, and the chaff shall be given to the fire. Listen,
oh you nations, oh you peoples, for the day is very near.”
“TURN TO ME if you would be saved from that unquenchable fire. HIDE
YOURSELVES IN ME that you may be saved. Warn them, oh children.
Declare these things that have been declared unto you.”
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“Write it on your forehead. Bind it on your wrist. For THE LORD OF
HOSTS IS MY BANNER. HE IS MY FORTRESS forever. The only hope for
nations. He who is sealed, let him be sealed. He who is secured is
SECURE IN MY ARMS. I AM THE FAITHFUL ONE. I WILL NOT FALTER.”
“The things which I HAVE DECLARED, that which I HAVE PROMISED, that
which I HAVE SWORN, surely I WILL DO. I AM NOT A MAN THAT I MIGHT
LIE. And though MY WAYS are not your ways, MY JUSTICE will be meted
out upon the peoples of the land.”
“I WILL BRING LOW the mighty mountains and raise up every valley. I
WILL MAKE A LEVEL PATH, A HIGHWAY FOR MY GOD, a highway in the
desert, and THE GLORY OF THE LORD shall fill all in all, as the water fills
the sea.”
“GLORIFY THE LORD with your mouth, oh men, and sing praises to his
name with a shout of thanksgiving. Give him glory and honor him. The
one who brings the nations to heal. The one to whom every king and
mighty man, every rich man, every slave, every tribe and tongue and
land shall one day bend their knees.”
“Sing praises to him who redeemed you, to the one who bought you by
his blood, who healed you by his stripes, the one upon whom your
iniquity was placed.”
“Sing praises to his name, the name above all names, and give glory to
the one who is called THE KING OF KINGS, YESHUA HAMASHIACH, JESUS
THE CHRIST, THE ANOINTED ONE. He who was born of the virgin womb.
He who took on flesh and dwelt among you. He who lived a perfect
sinless life and yet for sin was crucified. He alone who was the perfect
sacrifice, the only acceptable sacrifice for your sin and transgression.
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“Give glory and honor to he who conquered the grave. For the grave
could not hold him. Death could not bind him. He alone has conquered
death and removed its sting. He who arose has also ascended. He is the
hidden mana, the bread of life by which you are saved.”
“Get ready. Oh you nations, oh you peoples of the land, prepare your
hearts for the master of the house is coming to claim what is his. Write
it in the book. Declare it to the peoples. I AM NOT SILENT. STILL I SPEAK.
TASTE AND SEE THAT I AM GOOD. Test these things and see if they are
so.”
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SAUDI-UN PARTNERSHIP TO SHAPE QUALITY
OF LIFE IN THE FUTURE FOR THE PLANET
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DAVOS — Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb said Saudi Arabia is
working with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-
Habitat) to define global benchmarks for quality of (5) LIFE IN THE
WORLD’S CITIES, as part of the Kingdom’s broader urban development
ambitions.
Speaking Tuesday at the Saudi House during the World Economic Forum
(WEF) 2026, Al-Khateeb addressed a panel titled “DISCUSSING QUALITY
OF LIFE 2030 AND BEYOND: INNOVATION SHAPED CITIES,” where he
outlined Saudi Arabia’s approach to building more livable, sustainable
urban environments.
“We painted the picture of that city where you can enjoy the best quality
of life,” Al-Khateeb said. He acknowledged the complexity of the
challenge, noting that no city today fully meets all quality-of-life
standards.
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“I don’t think there is a single city in the world today that can tick all the
boxes,” he said. Despite this, Al-Khateeb stressed that SAUDI ARABIA IS
TAKING A STRUCTURED AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH THROUGH ITS
PARTNERSHIP WITH UN-HABITAT.
“But at least, we’ve been working with UN-HABITAT TO DEFINE THE
PARAMETERS OF WHAT THE CITIES WITH THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE
SHOULD BE,” he added, pointing to efforts focused on livability,
sustainability, and human-centered urban design.
UN-Habitat works globally to promote sustainable urban development
and improve living conditions, with expertise spanning urban planning,
housing, infrastructure, and environmental sustainability. Al-Khateeb
said such collaborations aim to HELP SAUDI ARABIA SET NEW
BENCHMARKS FOR URBAN EXCELLENCE by balancing modern
infrastructure with inclusive and people-focused city planning, making
cities more functional, vibrant, and enjoyable for residents.
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‘RIYADH MEETING WAS ONE OF THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL OUTSIDE DAVOS’: WEF
MANAGING DIRECTOR
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DAVOS: As the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM’S annual meeting returns to
the snowy peaks of Davos in Switzerland, attention is turning to what
ARAB DELEGATIONS will bring to the discussions amid (5) WIDENING
DIVISIONS BETWEEN GLOBAL POWERS.
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In an interview with Arab News ahead of the forum, WEF Managing
Director Maroun Kairouz said he hopes SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHER GULF
COUNTRIES WILL USE THEIR INFLUENCE TO “CREATE MOMENTUM FOR
DIALOGUE AND FOR BREAKTHROUGHS.
“We have very strong participation from the (MENA) region this year,
specifically (5) ON THE ASPECT OF DIPLOMACY,” Kairouz said.
“(5) SAUDI ARABIA AND GCC NATIONS) are playing a distinct role
because these countries have not taken sides … which puts you in a
situation where you (5) CAN MEDIATE AND FACILITATE DIALOGUE. And
that’s part of what we are hoping to do in Davos.”
This year’s forum, which opened on Monday, is set to feature one of the
largest regional representations in years, including Saudi Foreign Minister
Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Tourism Minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb,
alongside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Qatari Prime
Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani.
Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al-Busaidi and
UAE Cabinet Affairs Minister Mohammad Abdullah Al-Gergawi are also
expected to attend, along with representatives from the Levant, including
Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.
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Kairouz said ARAB DIPLOMACY could be (5) PIVOTAL TO “CONSOLIDATE
THE PEACE” AND ADVANCE PROGRESS across regional fault lines,
including Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and Iran. He added that this year’s theme,
“SPIRIT OF DIALOGUE,” reflects the need for spaces where leaders can
exchange views, better understand shared challenges and work toward
solutions.
Around 65 heads of state, more than 400 government leaders and nearly
900 business leaders are expected at this year’s Forum.
Gaza’s Phase Two plan and Iran’s ongoing protests are also expected to
dominate the agenda, highlighting the growing complexity of the
geopolitical landscape — which many analysts say signals the end of the
post-Cold War rules-based order “as we knew it,” a model long supported
by the WEF.
“Even if you are competing or you disagree with someone, the only way
to (5) FIND COMMON INTEREST IS DIALOGUE,” Kairouz said, adding that
the scale of participation at this year’s Forum underlines the value
leaders place on trying to find common ground on the most pressing
issues.
A former chief international economist at the Banque du Liban and
former head of the Middle East and North Africa for the WEF, Kairouz
assumed the role of managing director following the CONTROVERSIAL
EXIT OF FOUNDER KLAUS SCHWAB AMID ALLEGATIONS OF FINANCIAL
IMPROPRIETY AND A TOXIC WORKPLACE CULTURE.
At the WEF, he leads the Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics,
overseeing public sector engagement and shaping agendas on trade,
investment and (5) GEOPOLITICAL AFFAIRS TO DRIVE COLLABORATION
(5) AMONG GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
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Since his last Arab News interview in 2023, he said the region — with (5)
SAUDI ARABIA IN THE LEAD — HAS EVOLVED FROM TREATING DAVOS
AS “THEIR TIME TO SHINE” TO MAKING CONCRETE CONTRIBUTIONS
ACROSS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF GLOBAL ISSUES, WELL BEYOND
DIPLOMACY ALONE.
“The Middle East is not just any more adapting to this global context that
I described, it is actively shaping good now. And that applies across
sectors and across geographic areas, especially when it concerns the Gulf
region.” As part of diversification efforts, Gulf states have invested heavily
in key sectors including technology (5) (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND
DATA CENTERS), mining and tourism.
Saudi Arabia — marking the 10th anniversary of VISION 2030 this year —
has seen remarkable growth, with its non-oil sector now accounting for
56 percent of its $1.3 trillion economy. Standard Chartered Global
Research forecasts gross domestic product expansion of 4.5 percent in
2026, outpacing the global average of 3.4 percent.
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Kairouz noted that RIYADH, Abu Dhabi, Doha and, increasingly, Muscat
have GAINED PROMINENCE ON THE GEOPOLITICAL STAGE partly due to
their economic transformation, which is now bearing fruit.
“When we talk about GCC DIPLOMACY, you cannot set the economy
aside, because their strength when they engage in this mediation is that
they can very much JOIN UP THE GEOPOLITICAL AND THE ECONOMIC TO
CREATE MOMENTUM FOR DIALOGUE AND FOR BREAKTHROUGHS,” he
said, citing Saudi Arabia’s role in Ukraine-Russia talks and Iran, as well as
Qatar’s efforts in Gaza.
He added that current global trends “play to the region’s strengths,” with
ECONOMIES AND GOVERNMENTS BECOMING MORE INTERTWINED
AND ECONOMIC LEVERAGE INCREASINGLY USED FOR GEOPOLITICAL
OBJECTIVES — AN ARENA THE GULF “UNDERSTANDS AND CAN
NAVIGATE VERY WELL.”
Discussing Saudi Arabia’s decision to fully open its stock market to foreign
investors from Feb. 1, Kairouz described the move as a “logical step” in
the Kingdom’s broader push to open up its economy.
“When you now have more than 50 percent of the Saudi economy
coming from non-oil sources or based on non-oil output, it shows that
(5) VISION 2030 IS DELIVERING CONCRETE RESULTS,” he said.
Kairouz added that Davos will host “a private conversation” bringing
together Saudi ministers and representatives of the global business
community to discuss reforms “like that one” aimed at boosting
investment and strengthening corporate confidence.
He added that in the tech sector in particular, Saudi Arabia and
neighboring Gulf states are well placed to “put up serious competition
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for the third spot” behind the US and China, citing a combination of
advantages including energy and land, and what he described as “agile
and fast-moving” policymaking.
“Our research has shown that fragmentation in AI SYSTEMS can slow
innovation. And so I feel everyone has an interest to collaborate. And the
region has huge strengths in this matter,” he said, arguing that Gulf
countries can leverage ties with both the US and Chinese ecosystems.
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Kairouz, who HELPED ORGANIZE THE WEF SPECIAL MEETING IN RIYADH
IN 2024, SAID THE KINGDOM HAS REMAINED A “BRIDGE-BUILDER” AT
A TIME OF GROWING FRAGMENTATION. HE DESCRIBED THAT
GATHERING AS “ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS WE EVER
HAD OUTSIDE OF DAVOS.”
“The most crucial milestone WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS OUR
MEETING ON GLOBAL COLLABORATION AND GROWTH IN JEDDAH IN
APRIL. That is the forum’s only meeting outside of Davos which is focused
… explicitly on collaboration.” HE SAID (5) THE WEF IS “VERY PROUD” TO
CONVENE THE SECOND EDITION IN THE KINGDOM AND HAS AGREED
WITH THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT TO HOST IT ON A BIENNIAL BASIS.
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But before delegations head to the Red Sea’s glittering shores, Kairouz
expressed hope that THIS YEAR’S WEF WILL SERVE AS AN “OPEN
PLATFORM” WHERE “DIVERSE AND DIVERGENT OPINIONS,
VIEWPOINTS, POSITIONS CAN BE EXPRESSED.
“What we hope to achieve is that Davos can be one important milestone
that can be leveraged to (5) MAKE PROGRESS ON PEACE, STABILITY, but
also on reigniting growth, because growth is KEY TO STABILITY,” he said.
“It’s only when economies grow that more jobs can be created. And it’s
well established that well-functioning economies that (5) BRING
PROSPERITY TO THEIR PEOPLES are much more stable,” he said. “Not to
forget, too, the climate issue that we still need to address in a way that
maintains access to energy sources and affordability of energy sources.”
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‘AI RACE IS ON’: SAUDI MINISTER AT DAVOS
STRESSES NEED FOR GLOBAL OPTIONALITY
DAVOS: SAUDI MINISTER of Investment Khalid Al-Falih told Davos that
the (5) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE “RACE IS ON,” with THE KINGDOM
DETERMINED (5) TO USE ITS DIPLOMATIC REACH while preserving
strategic “optionality.”
Speaking on Tuesday’s (5) “AI POWER PLAY, NO REFEREES” panel at the
World Economic Forum, Al-Falih described AI as “truly (5) THE
TRANSFORMATION OF THIS CENTURY,” but warned that it will soon be
commoditized and not monopolized by any single company or country.
He stressed (5) THE NEED FOR GLOBAL DIFFUSION, saying: “The essence
of AI’s power is that it has to be accessible. So the word ‘diffusion’ is not
just within economies that have to compete, but I believe it (5) HAS TO
BE DONE GLOBALLY.”
While acknowledging the US lead, Al-Falih said optionality is critical. “We
don’t know who’s going to be ahead four or five years from now,” he said,
adding that the Kingdom reserves the right for optionality amid shifting
dynamics.
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Riyadh has emerged (5) AS A GLOBAL AI PLAYER, buoyed by its huge
Davos delegation and heavy investments in technology and supporting
infrastructure. Low energy costs — a factor that has driven human
development worldwide — POSITION SAUDI ARABIA UNIQUELY, Al-Falih
said, with renewables poised (5) TO POWER AI DATA CENTERS as part of
the Kingdom’s diversification strategy.
“We know this is not just about infrastructure, DATA CENTER AND THE
ENERGY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THAT WE BELIEVE SAUDI ARABIA
HAS IS SECOND TO NONE. We’re investing across the technology stack,
in applications and LLMs and in connectivity, because we believe that this
is going (5) TO BE A GLOBAL GOOD. Just as important as BUILDING THE
DATA HUB THAT SAUDI ARABIA IS BUILDING, WE NEED TO BE
CONNECTED, AND WE ARE CONNECTED TO EUROPE, ASIA, BECAUSE WE
WANT THAT DATA, THAT AI POWER, TO BE TRANSMITTED ACROSS
BORDERS AND ACROSS ECONOMIES.”
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Saudi Arabia, while strategically aligned with the US, has also backed
Chinese, Korean and Japanese companies to maintain flexibility.
“Optionality is very important. It’s something we have now, and we
protect because WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE THE OWNERS OF OUR OWN
DESTINY, and we will not let go of that.”
On Tuesday, THE WEF ANNOUNCED THE FIRST PHASE OF A DIGITAL
EMBASSY FRAMEWORK AIMED AT BRINGING GREATER CLARITY AND
CONSISTENCY TO HOW TRUSTED DIGITAL EMBASSIES ARE DESIGNED
AND GOVERNED WORLDWIDE.
Also known as “DATA EMBASSIES,” the initiative seeks to address
practical challenges in CROSS-BORDER SOVEREIGN AI INFRASTRUCTURE
AND DATA HOSTING, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TRUST, SECURITY AND
GOVERNANCE, and is expected to be formally launched at the forum’s
meeting in Jeddah in April.
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The initiative was announced during a separate panel titled (5) “DIGITAL
EMBASSIES FOR SOVEREIGN AI” at the forum’s annual meeting on
Tuesday, featuring Gobind Singh Deo, minister of digital for Malaysia and
Alexandre Fasel, state secretary for foreign affairs of Switzerland.
Fasel said the value (5) OF SUCH A GLOBAL FRAMEWORK lies in
preventing countries from having to start from scratch each time they
negotiate bilateral arrangements. By setting out shared principles and
approaches, spanning technical, legal and governance issues, the
framework can provide common reference points for countries seeking
to establish such entities, even if the term “digital embassy” itself
remains imperfect.
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Both speakers acknowledged that the term can be a misnomer, since it
suggests traditional diplomatic arrangements. The focus, they said, is the
function: ALLOWING DATA AND COMPUTING TO BE HOSTED ABROAD
WHILE MAINTAINING SAFEGUARDS AROUND SOVEREIGNTY, ACCESS
AND CONTROL.
Deo said the concept is driven by practical realities, as some countries
lack the energy and water needed to support large-scale data centers,
even though those resources are available elsewhere.
Hosting infrastructure in better-resourced countries can offer a solution,
he said, provided robust safeguards are in place to ensure data is secure
and that access and control stay with the originating state.
SAUDI ARABIA HAS ALREADY MOVED EARLY ON THE CONCEPT. In April
2025, it published a (5) DRAFT GLOBAL AI HUB LAW — described as the
first G20 attempt to set out a comprehensive legal framework that (5)
EMBRACES THE “DIGITAL EMBASSY” APPROACH.
A key question at Davos this year is how a (5) STATE CAN MAINTAIN DATA
SOVEREIGNTY — and apply its laws to certain categories of data - when
that DATA MUST BE HOSTED IN A FOREIGN JURISDICTION.
Al-Falih said policy work on data sovereignty — from regulation and
platforms to data centers — began well before the recent acceleration in
AI.
“But in addition to data privacy, we had an open data we talked about
diffusion and access to compute, but access to data to achieve the same
purpose of research, drug discovery, productivity improvement, having a
policy also of open access to data was a pillar that was launched before
Covid.”
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In an earlier panel, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said predicting exactly
when AI will match a Nobel Laureate’s capabilities in multiple fields
remains difficult due to internal and external factors, but said that
“something fast is going to happen.”
“AI is (5) GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY POWERFUL. It’s just a question of
exactly when. And because it’s incredibly powerful, it will do all these
wonderful things, will help us cure cancer, it may help us to eradicate
tropical diseases, it will help us understand the universe. But there are
these immense and grave risks that we need to think about and we need
to address them.”
Amodei said tackling those risks requires action on several fronts: “It’s a
mixture of things that we individually need to do as leaders of the
companies, and that we can do working together. And then there’s going
to need to be some role for wider societal institutions, like the
government.
“If we are all working together, we can address, we can learn through
science to properly control and direct (5) THESE CREATIONS THAT WE’RE
BUILDING. But if we build them poorly, if we’re all racing and we go so
(5) FAST THAT THERE’S NO GUARDRAILS, then I think there is risk of
something going wrong.”
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SAUDI HOUSE KICKS OFF DAVOS WITH
PUSH ON VISION 2030, AI PLATFORM
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DAVOS: For regulars at the World Economic Forum, Monday in Davos is
usually a chance to ease into the week, a time to reconnect, plan
meetings and prepare for the intense schedule ahead.
This year, Saudi Arabia moved quickly to fill that lull, taking center stage
with a packed program of panels ahead of Tuesday’s official opening.
AT THE SAUDI HOUSE — THE KINGDOM’S OFFICIAL PAVILION ON THE
PROMENADE, RETURNING AFTER ITS DEBUT AS A STANDALONE VENUE
AT THE 2025 WEF ANNUAL MEETING — SAUDI MINISTERS AND GLOBAL
EXECUTIVES SET OUT HOW THE KINGDOM SEES THE NEXT PHASE OF ITS
TRANSFORMATION.
Monday’s speakers at the Saudi House included Minister of Finance
Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih, Minister
of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb, and President and Vice Chairman of Meta
Dina Powell McCormick. (Supplied)
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Established by the Ministry of Economy and Planning, the venue is
pitched as a platform for international thought leaders to tackle the
challenges, opportunities and solutions shaping the global economy.
Opening a session on the Kingdom’s role at this year’s Forum and the
next phase of Vision 2030 — now in its 10th year and roughly two-thirds
complete — Princess Reema bint Bandar, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to
the US, said human capital “is the actual driver if you want a competitive,
modern economy.”
She described one of the biggest achievements of the past decade as the
emergence of a highly qualified cohort of young Saudis who could work
anywhere in the world but “choose to come home, choose to build at
home and choose to deliver at home,” calling this “the biggest symbol of
the success of Vision 2030.”
On the same panel, Minister of Finance Mohammed Aljadaan said this
success is rooted in a “behavioral change” that has strengthened the
Kingdom’s credibility with both international partners and its own
citizens.
“Credibility comes from being very pragmatic, making sure that you
maintain your fiscal policy discipline, but at the same time refocus your
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resources where it matters,” he said, warning that “markets will call your
bluff if you’re not serious.”
The Saudi House, a cross-ministerial initiative led by the Ministry of
Economy and Planning, is intended to underscore the Kingdom’s
“commitment to global cooperation” by offering “a platform where
visionary ideas are shared and shaped,” while showcasing opportunities
and lessons from its “unprecedented national transformation.”
Echoing earlier comments to Arab News, Economy and Planning Minister
Faisal Alibrahim said the Kingdom’s role as an anchor of stability has
helped unlock its potential, stressing that while the objective is to
decouple from reliance on a single commodity, “2030 (5) IS NOT THE
FINISHING LINE.”
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Khalid Al-Falih, Saudi minister of investment, said Saudi Arabia has been
able to enable access to opportunities while addressing major risks,
arguing that few countries can match the Kingdom’s overall mix. “No
country has all of those to 100 percent,” he said. “But who can give you
the mix that gives you optimum access to opportunities while addressing
all of those risks? “I contend that Saudi Arabia has been able to provide
that formula and the proof is in the pudding,” noting that local
investment has doubled in recent years to reach levels comparable with
India and China. While societal transformation dominated the morning
discussions, the afternoon turned to technology, tourism, sport and
culture, four strategic sectors expected TO SPEARHEAD VISION 2030’S
NEXT PHASE.
The Ministry of Economy and Planning used the day to ANNOUNCE THE
SUSTAIN PLATFORM, DUE TO LAUNCH IN 2026, WHICH AIMS TO
ACCELERATE AI-ENABLED, CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION for
sustainable development. The ministry said SUSTAIN will translate the
Kingdom’s public and private-sector coordination mandate into a
practical national tool to help government entities, businesses, investors,
academia and civil society identify credible partners, form trusted
coalitions and move initiatives “from planning to implementation more
efficiently,” addressing a global challenge where fragmented
partnerships often slow delivery and blunt impact.
“WE (5) ARE IN A MOMENT IN (5) TIME WHERE TECHNOLOGY MAY
WELL (5) IMPACT THE FACE OF HUMANITY,” said Dina Powell
McCormick, recently appointed president and vice chairman of Meta,
welcoming the Kingdom’s “desire” to partner with technology companies
and its embrace of innovation.
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Minister of Tourism Ahmed Alkhateeb, discussing how technology is
being deployed in his sector, underlined that “in travel and tourism,
people are very important. We learn about other people’s culture
through interacting with people. We digitalize the unnecessary and
humanize the necessary.” He added that while technological
transformation is a priority, “we don’t want to replace this big workforce
with technology. I think we need to protect them in Saudi Arabia, where
we’re being a model. I’m an advocate of keeping the people.”
Throughout the week, SAUDI HOUSE will host more than 20 sessions,
including over 10 ACCREDITED BY THE WEF, ACROSS SIX THEMES: BOLD
VISION, INSIGHTS FOR IMPACT, PEOPLE AND HUMAN CAPABILITY,
QUALITY OF LIFE, INVESTMENT AND COLLABORATION, AND
WELCOMING THE WORLD.
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SAUDI DATA PLATFORM ENHANCED
WITH AGENTIC AI AS KINGDOM DRIVES
DIGITAL INNOVATION AT DAVOS
DAVOS: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Economy and Planning is leveraging
AGENTIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE to transform access to economic
data and extract deeper insights through its DATA SAUDI PLATFORM, a
ministry official told Arab News.
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In an interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos,
Abdulaziz Azzouqa, the executive director of digital innovation and AI at
the MEP, HIGHLIGHTED ENHANCEMENTS TO DATA SAUDI, which
presents and analyzes a wide range of the Kingdom’s economic and social
indicators. The platform is NOW EQUIPPED WITH AGENTIC AI that allows
users to query, visualize and download customized datasets, generating
deeper insights for policymakers, investors and researchers.
Azzouqa said: “(It) allows users to ask anywhere, from simple questions
to specific or complex questions, and the platform responds in a
structured format and allows additional features.”
The platform instantly generates visual reports and this enables “more
seamless access to quality economic data,” he added. The ministry has
also launched the Data Explorer platform, which allows stakeholders to
customize datasets and access the full Data Saudi database.
AI AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION HAVE BEEN CENTRAL TO
DISCUSSIONS IN DAVOS THIS YEAR, WITH SAUDI OFFICIALS
EMPHASIZING THE KINGDOM’S ROLE AS A RELIABLE PARTNER IN
ADDRESSING GLOBAL CHALLENGES SUCH AS DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION, sustainability, and human capital.
Experts speaking at SAUDI HOUSE, THE KINGDOM’S PAVILION AT
DAVOS, and in related panels have UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF
INCLUSIVE, AI-POWERED DATA ECOSYSTEMS in driving economic
competitiveness, sustainable development, and people-centered
growth. Azzouqa said feedback from stakeholders had been positive,
adding that ENHANCEMENTS TO DATA SAUDI WILL CONTINUE,
POSITIONING SAUDI ARABIA AT THE FOREFRONT OF DATA-DRIVEN
POLICYMAKING AND INNOVATION IN THE REGION.
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GLOBAL COOPERATION ADAPTING: WEF
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PACE OF COOPERATION DIFFERS ACROSS
SECTORS, WITH PEACE AND SECURITY
SEEING THE LARGEST DECLINE.
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DUBAI: (5) OVERALL LEVELS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION have
held steady in recent years, with smaller and more innovative
partnerships emerging, often at regional and cross-regional levels,
according to a World Economic Forum report.
The third edition of THE GLOBAL COOPERATION BAROMETER was
launched on Thursday, ahead of the WEF’s annual meeting in Davos from
Jan. 19 to 23.
“The takeaway of THE GLOBAL COOPERATION BAROMETER is that while
multilateralism is under real strain, cooperation is not ending, it is
adapting,” Ariel Kastner, HEAD OF GEOPOLITICAL AGENDA AND
COMMUNICATIONS AT WEF, told Arab News.
Developed alongside McKinsey & Company, the report uses 41 metrics
to track global cooperation in FIVE AREAS: TRADE AND CAPITAL;
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE AND NATURAL CAPITAL;
HEALTH AND WELLNESS; and PEACE AND SECURITY.
The pace of cooperation differs across sectors, with PEACE AND
SECURITY SEEING THE LARGEST DECLINE. Cooperation weakened across
every (5) TRACKED METRIC AS CONFLICTS INTENSIFIED, (5) MILITARY
SPENDING ROSE AND MULTILATERAL (5) MECHANISMS STRUGGLED TO
CONTAIN CRISES.
By contrast, climate and nature, alongside innovation and technology,
recorded the strongest increases.
Rising finance flows and global supply chains supported record
deployment of clean technologies, even as progress remained
insufficient to meet global targets.
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Despite tighter controls, CROSS-BORDER DATA FLOWS, IT SERVICES AND
DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY CONTINUED TO EXPAND, UNDERSCORING THE
RESILIENCE OF TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION amid increasing
restrictions.
The report found that collaboration in critical technologies is increasingly
being channeled through smaller, aligned groupings rather than broad
multilateral frameworks. This reflects a broader shift, Kastner said,
highlighting the trend toward “pragmatic forms of collaboration — at the
regional level or among smaller groups of countries — that advance both
shared priorities and national interests.”
“In the Gulf, for example, partnerships and investments with Asia, Europe
and Africa in areas such as energy, technology and infrastructure,
illustrate how focused collaboration can deliver results despite broader,
global headwinds,” he said.
Meanwhile, health and wellness and trade and capital remained flat.
Health outcomes have so far held up following the pandemic, but sharp
declines in development assistance are placing growing strain on lowerand
middle-income countries.
In trade, cooperation remained above pre-pandemic levels, with goods
volumes continuing to grow, albeit at a slower pace than the global
economy, while services and selected capital flows showed stronger
momentum. Looking ahead, maintaining open channels of
communication will be critical, Kastner said.
“Crucially, the building block of cooperation in today’s (5) MORE
UNCERTAIN ERA IS DIALOGUE — parties can only identify areas of
common ground (5) BY SPEAKING WITH ONE ANOTHER.”
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SAUDI FINANCE MINISTER SAYS SAUDI
REFORMS HAVE MOVED FROM
AMBITION TO DELIVERY AT DAVOS
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DAVOS — Saudi Arabia’s economic transformation is no longer about
intent but about permanence, Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan
said Monday, as he (5) OUTLINED HOW REFORMS UNDER VISION 2030
have shifted from policy announcements to measurable delivery.
Speaking during the session “From Reform to Delivery: Executing Change
at Scale” at THE SAUDI HOUSE ON THE SIDELINES OF THE WORLD
ECONOMIC FORUM, Al-Jadaan said the central question facing the
Kingdom today is not whether reform is taking place, but whether it has
become durable and broadly embraced. “In Saudi Arabia, the question is
not whether we are reforming,” he said. “I think everybody would say
very clearly that we are.”
The more consequential test, he added, is whether reform has
progressed beyond initiatives and pilots to become “a sustainable
REFORM (5) THAT EVERYBODY IS BUYING INTO.” Al-Jadaan pointed to
performance indicators as evidence that the (5) KINGDOM HAS CROSSED
THAT THRESHOLD. When VISION 2030 was launched nearly a decade
ago, he said, targets were deliberately ambitious.
“If you look at when we started almost ten years back, we had very
ambitious targets,” he said. “Looking at it today, if you have 93% of your
KPIs either achieved or on track… that is delivery.” He noted that 69 key
performance indicators are now ahead of target, with an additional 254
on track, describing the figures as proof that reform has shifted from
aspiration to execution.
By presenting these metrics on the global stage in Davos, Al-Jadaan
framed Saudi Arabia’s reform narrative as entering a new phase focused
on results and continuity, rather than announcement.
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The finance minister said the challenge ahead lies in sustaining
momentum and ensuring that reform continues to deliver at scale.
THE SAUDI HOUSE serves as (5) THE KINGDOM’S OFFICIAL
ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM at the forum, bringing together global
policymakers, business leaders and investors to discuss Saudi Arabia’s
economic and social transformation, with a particular focus this year on
(5) THE NEXT PHASE OF VISION 2030.
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A BIBLICAL BOTTOMLESS PIT OF EVIL: SEVEN
SAUDI KINGS AND THE BEAST
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GLOBAL LEADERS GATHER IN DAVOS, MIDDLE
EAST TENSIONS TAKE CENTER STAGE
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DAVOS: World leaders, top CEOs, technology innovators and heads of
humanitarian organizations are arriving in the snow-laden Swiss town of
DAVOS FOR THE 2026 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, which organizers
have called “ONE OF THE HIGHEST-LEVEL GATHERINGS IN THE EVENT’S
HISTORY.”
Running from Jan. 19-23, this year’s meeting will address a (5) RANGE OF
URGENT GEOPOLITICAL CHALLENGES from the war in Ukraine to
mounting tensions in the Middle East, where multiple flashpoints in
Gaza, Lebanon and the Red Sea have stoked fears of a wider regional
escalation.
Held under the (5) THEME “A SPIRIT OF DIALOGUE,” the forum comes at
A TIME OF UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL FRAGMENTATION, rising
economic inequality and disruptive technological change, offering a (5)
PLATFORM TO FOSTER GLOBAL COOPERATION to confront major
uncertainties.
This year’s forum is expected to draw record levels of governmental
participation, with 400 top political leaders, six G7 leaders, almost 850 of
the world’s top CEOs and chairs, and almost 100 leading unicorn and
technology pioneers expected to attend.
US President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron,
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah
El-Sisi, Syria’s President Ahmad Al-Sharaa and Aziz Akhannouch,
Morocco’s head of government, are among 65 heads of state set to
attend the high-profile event.
The Saudi delegation, led by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan,
will include Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador
to the US; Khalid Al-Falih, minister of investment; Bandar Alkhorayef,
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minister of industry and mineral resources; Ahmed Al-Khateeb, minister
of tourism; Faisal Alibrahim, minister of economy and planning; Abdullah
Al-Swaha, minister of communications and information technology; and
Mohammed Al-Jadaan, minister of finance.
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The ministers will ENGAGE (5) IN DIALOGUE WITH GLOBAL LEADERS,
while sharing the Kingdom’s successful (5) EXPERIENCES UNDER THE
SAUDI VISION 2030, according to a statement by the ministry of economy
and planning.
On the sidelines of the WEF, the ministry will host THE SAUDI HOUSE
pavilion for the second consecutive year, convening global thought
leaders for more than 20 sessions focused on key trends and challenges
shaping the world economy.
BORGE BRENDE, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE WEF, SAID THIS YEAR’S
MEETING WILL BE “ONE OF OUR MOST CONSEQUENTIAL,” STRESSING
THAT “DIALOGUE IS NOT A LUXURY IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY; IT IS AN
URGENT NECESSITY.”
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The global forum “will provide a space for an unparalleled mix of global
leaders and innovators to work through and look beyond divisions, gain
insight into a fast-shifting global landscape, and advance solutions to
today’s and tomorrow’s biggest and most pressing challenges,” he added.
In its 56th edition, the meeting is expected to attract about 3,000
participants from more than 130 countries to navigate the major
economic, geopolitical and technological forces reshaping the global
landscape. Organizers said the meeting is centered (5) AROUND FIVE
PRESSING GLOBAL CHALLENGES: WAYS TO FOSTER COOPERATION IN A
CONTESTED WORLD, unlock NEW SOURCES OF GROWTH, better INVEST
IN PEOPLE, responsibly DEPLOY TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGIES like
GENERATIVE AI and BUILD PROSPERITY within planetary boundaries,
ADVANCING SECURE ENERGY, NATURE AND WATER SYSTEMS.
A major focus will be on the unprecedented speed of innovation and
technological advancement. The gathering will explore (5)
OPPORTUNITIES AROUND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY
and clean energy.
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“Leaders will share views from across sectors to help build the
understanding needed to balance short-term priorities and immediate
challenges with long-term value creation,” said Mirek Dusek, WEF’s
managing director.
“In an era where exponential technological innovation and geopolitical
disruption are deeply intertwined, (5) THE NEED FOR CONSTRUCTIVE
DIALOGUE between policymakers and industry is clear.”
A report released by WEF on Wednesday identified FIVE SERIOUS RISKS;
GEOECONOMIC CONFRONTATION AS THE TOP GLOBAL RISK THIS YEAR,
followed by INTERSTATE CONFLICT, EXTREME WEATHER, SOCIETAL
POLARIZATION and MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION.
The Global Risks Report warned that “THE NEW AGE OF COMPETITION”
has intensified GEOPOLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND GEOECONOMIC RISKS,
with uncertainty dominating the outlook.
The forum will hold in-depth discussions and discuss insights of this
year’s Global Risks Report, Global Cooperation Barometer, the Global
Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 and the latest edition of the Chief
Economists Outlook. Saadia Zahidi, the WEF’s managing director, said the
key is “to unlock growth, jobs and economic transformation that
translate into progress for communities everywhere.
“In a global economy shaped by technology, geoeconomics and
demographics, the defining challenge will be whether opportunity is
broadly shared or if growth remains sluggish and uneven,” she added.
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I KNOW WHO THE BEAST IS
He says, "Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not
shook soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by
word, nor by letter, as from us, as that say that say the day of Christ has
is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not
come except there be a come a falling away first and (5) THAT MAN OF
SIN IS (5) REVEALED THE SON OF PERDITION. So, (5) NOT UNTIL ‘HE’ IS
REVEALED.
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Okay, this is what it says he'll do afterwards. This is when you can find out
when he's revealed again, “who opposeth and exalt himself above all
things called God, or that is worshiped so that he sits as God. As God
siteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” So it says
that first, (7) THIS DAY OF THE LORD (GREAT TRIBULATION) will not come
until he is revealed again (5) IN THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION. The
Great Tribulation (final 3.5 years of the seven years tribulation) WILL
NOT START, (5) UNTIL THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION OCCURS
FIRST.
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Then it goes on to tell you what he'll do. What he'll be called. He wants
to be called God, be worshiped as God. Now, I'm about to show (5) YOU
WHO THE ANTICHRIST IS. This should blow your mind. Let's take a look
here. Revelation 13 verse 15-1 17. (5) IT TALKS ABOUT THE BEAST. And
let's just kind of say the beast is many things, the physical person, a
technological abyss, a one-world government setup, a world wide control
system, whatever. But let's just take a look. And we've always thought
about THE IMAGE, THAT WOULD BE OF THE ANTICHRIST. No, let me
show you something.
THE SECOND BEAST (FALSE PROPHET, POPE, PONTIFF) WAS GIVEN
POWER TO GIVE BREATH TO THE IMAGE WHICH WE CALL OF THE FIRST
BEAST SO THAT THE IMAGE COULD SPEAK. SO, THE IMAGE IS AI. IT'S
BEEN GIVEN THE POWER TO SPEAK.
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Okay? And cause all who refuse to worship the image. So, the image is
going to be worshiped and whoever does not, they are to be killed. So,
the image is going to be want to be called God. It also forces all people
great, small, rich and poor, free and slave to receive a mark or on their
right hand or their forehead so that they could not buy (6) SELL UNLESS
THEY HAD THE MARK, which (6) IS THE NAME OF THE BEAST (6) OR THE
NUMBER OF ITS NAME.
666. THE NUMBER OF THE PRINCE, BEAST,
ANTICHRIST, MAHDI, 12TH IMAM
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The image AI is going to think it's God. It's going to be man's creating a
god, that has been given the breath to speak, an inanimate object, breath
to speak. And it will cause anyone who does not worship the image,
which is going to be called God, to be killed. And it is the one that forces
all people, great and small, rich and poor, to receive the mark. So, we're
LOOKING FOR THE BEAST THEREOF, AND HIS IMAGE OR REFLECTION.
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AND THE IMAGE IS ALREADY HERE!!!
So, if you want to (5) KNOW WHO THE ANTICHRIST IS, it's (5) AI AND
PROBABLY QUANTUM COMPUTING, that (5) WILL GENERATE THE
ANTICHRIST’S IMAGE that speaks and breathes. The one you're looking
for is AI. It's been given the breath to speak. They're summoning a
demon. And they've already summoned it.
(5) AND THEY’RE SUMMONING LUCIFER HIMSELF, because he will (5) BE
THE ONE WHO WANTS (5) TO BE WORSHIPED THROUGH HIS (5)
SATANIC POSSESSION OF THE ANTICHRIST. It's the image that wants to
be worshiped, and the image that causes you to be killed and (5) THE
IMAGE THAT FORCES EVERYBODY rich, great, and small to receive the
mark. It is AI, guys. You're looking at AI.
Now, will they make some type of body that looks like the possessed man
that AI will generate. And (5) THE “IMAGE’ OF THE ANTICHRIST is going
to suddenly have all the answers for everything? Think, think! what's
going to want be (5) WANT TO BE CALLED GOD and suddenly have the
answers for everything? It's AI, guys. (7) AI IS (5) THE REFLECTION OF THE
ANTICHRIST. It's going to (5) WANT TO BE CALLED GOD. And they're
already setting it up, integrating it, and everything. Be it your phone, your
TVs, all your digital devices, in stores, whatever. All (5) IT NEEDS IS THE
MARK, you know, and AI (5) AS YOU SEE IT GROWING,

So, if you want to know how far we are off from this thing, watch how AI
is growing. (7) AS IT GROWS AND BECOMES MORE INTEGRATED, and (7)
WE'LL SEE IT OVER THIS NEXT YEAR! (7) THEN YOU'LL SEE OUR TIME IS
NIGH. There you go, guys. Read it for yourself. Go back and read it for
yourself again. Read it correctly. (5) THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST, (5) IT'S
GOING TO BE CALLED (5) THE IMAGE OF GOD. That's what it's trying to
be. Heads up. I (5) KNOW WHO THE BEAST IS.
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WEF REPORT SPOTLIGHTS REAL-WORLD
AI ADOPTION ACROSS INDUSTRIES
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DUBAI: A new report (5) BY THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, released
Monday, highlights companies across more than 30 countries and 20
industries that ARE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DELIVER REAL-
WORLD IMPACT.
Developed in partnership with Accenture, “PROOF OVER PROMISE:
INSIGHTS ON REAL-WORLD AI ADOPTION FROM 2025 MINDS
ORGANIZATIONS” draws on insights from two cohorts of MINDS
(Meaningful, Intelligent, Novel, Deployable Solutions), A WEF INITIATIVE
FOCUSED ON AI SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE MOVED BEYOND PILOT PHASES
to deliver measurable performance gains.
As part (5) OF ITS AI GLOBAL ALLIANCE, THE (5) WEF LAUNCHED THE
MINDS PROGRAM IN 2025.
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The report found a widening gap between organizations that have
successfully scaled AI and those still struggling, while underscoring how
this divide can be bridged through real-world case studies.
Based on these case studies and interviews with selected MINDS
organizations, the report (5) IDENTIFIED FIVE (5) KEY INSIGHTS
DISTINGUISHING (5) SUCCESSFUL AI ADOPTERS FROM OTHERS. It found
that leading organizations are moving away from isolated, tactical uses
of AI and instead embedding it as a strategic, enterprise-wide capability.
The second insight centers on people, with AI increasingly designed to
complement human expertise through closer collaboration, rather than
replace it.
The other insights focus on the systems needed to scale AI effectively,
including STRENGTHENING DATA FOUNDATIONS AND STRATEGIC DATA
SOURCES, as well as moving away from fragmented (5) TECHNOLOGIES
TOWARD UNIFIED AI PLATFORMS.
Lastly, the report underscores (5) THE NEED FOR RESPONSIBLE AI, with
organizations strengthening (5) GOVERNANCE, SAFEGUARDS AND
HUMAN OVERSIGHT as (5) AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING BECOMES
MORE WIDESPREAD.
Stephan Mergenthaler, managing director and CHIEF TECHNOLOGY
OFFICER AT THE WEF, SAID: “AI OFFERS EXTRAORDINARY POTENTIAL,
yet many organizations remain unsure about how to realize it.
“The selected use cases show what is possible when ambition is
translated into operational transformation and our new report provides
a practical guide to help others follow the path these leaders have set.”
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Among the examples cited in the report is a pilot led by the Saudi Ministry
of Health in partnership with AmplifAI, which used AI-enabled thermal
imaging to support early detection of diabetic foot conditions.
The initiative reduced clinician time by up to 90 percent, cut treatment
costs by as much as 80 percent, and delivered a 10 time increase in
screening capacity. Following clinical trials, the solution has been
approved by regulatory authorities in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain.
The report also points to work by Fujitsu, which deployed AI across its
supply chain to improve inventory management. The rollout helped cut
inventory-related costs by $15 million, reduce excess stock by $20 million
and halve operational headcount.
In India, Tech Mahindra scaled multilingual large language models
capable of handling 3.8 million monthly queries with 92 percent
accuracy, enabling more inclusive access to digital services across
markets in the Global South.
“TRUSTED, (5) ADVANCED AI CAN TRANSFORM BUSINESSES, but it
requires organizing data and processes to achieve the best of technology
and — this is key — it also requires human ingenuity to maximize returns
on AI investments,” said Manish Sharma, chief strategy and services
officer at Accenture.
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SAUDI ARABIA, UN-HABITAT UNVEIL
QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX AT WEF
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DAVOS: SAUDI (5) ARABIA IS TO LAUNCH A (5) NEW QUALITY OF LIFE
INDEX — (5) DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UN-HABITAT — the
Kingdom’s Tourism Minister Ahmed Al-Khateeb announced on Tuesday,
with Saudi Ambassador to the US Princess Reema bint Bandar calling it a
(5) SAUDI “GIFT TO THE WORLD.”
Speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Al-Khateeb
said the index was positioned as a global public resource designed to help
people, cities and governments better understand what makes urban life
thrive.
Princess Reema described the index as A REFLECTION OF THE
KINGDOM’S BROADER VISION 2030 REFORMS AND A TOOL INTENDED
TO BENEFIT PEOPLE FAR BEYOND SAUDI ARABIA.
She said: “(5) THE QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX is not just a Saudi (5)
INITIATIVE, IT’S A UN INITIATIVE. (5) THE OWNERSHIP OF THE DATA (5)
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AND THE CONTENT LIVES THERE. We’re (5) POPULATING IT AND WE ARE
(5) GIFTING IT TO THE WORLD — and that’s one of the things that’s most
exciting for me.”
The index, which has been under development for three years as part of
a (5) WIDER QUALITY OF LIFE PROGRAM in the Kingdom, aims to provide
a comprehensive, human-centered (5) ASSESSMENT OF HOW CITIES
PERFORM across a wide range of factors that shape everyday life, from
healthcare, education and mobility to safety, culture, entertainment and
green spaces.
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According to Al-Khateeb, the initiative was born out of a simple and yet
complex question: What is the city people actually want to live in?
“When we started (5) THE QUALITY OF LIFE PROGRAM back in 2017, we
began by asking ourselves what kind of city we want to live in,” the
minister said.
“That question is complicated because younger generations have
different needs to the older generations, and cities today must serve both
residents and visitors.” Al-Khateeb explained that the framework behind
the index separated the fundamentals of urban living, what he described
as “livability,” from the experiences on top of that foundation.
“No city in the world today can tick all the boxes,” he said. “That’s why
(5) WE WORKED WITH UN-HABITAT TO (5) DEFINE WHAT THE BEST
QUALITY (5) OF LIFE SHOULD LOOK LIKE, identify the gaps, and then
measure them.”
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The index will allow cities around (5) THE WORLD TO VOLUNTARILY
REGISTER, submit data and (5) BE ASSESSED AGAINST THOSE CRITERIA.
According to Al-Khateeb, more than 120 cities have already registered,
with over 20 vetted and qualified at the time of the announcement.
The goal, (5) HE SAID, WAS TO GIVE (5) INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
PRACTICAL INFORMATION (5) TO HELP GUIDE LIFE DECISIONS, whether
choosing where to live, work, retire or visit, while also giving city leaders
a clearer picture of where investment and REFORM WERE NEEDED.
“Any global resident can go to the website, look at the cities and decide
where they want to live or retire, or where they want to visit,” he said.
“This is about experience, not just retail or hospitality or education on
their own, but all of it together.”
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Princess Reema linked the index directly to the social transformation
underway in Saudi Arabia, particularly around participation, opportunity
and equity for women.
Reflecting on her experience working on the program with Al-Khateeb,
she said the reforms succeeded because they were built around people,
not metrics alone. “For quality of life to be real, a woman could no longer
have to ask for permission to participate or to get herself where she
needed to be,” she said, describing a pivotal moment early in the
program’s development. “That’s when I knew the change we were
hoping for was real.”
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Saudi Arabia: Over 50 human rights groups call
for immediate release of rights defenders
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Technology, Princess Reema added, should be viewed as a tool to support
human well-being, not the objective itself.
“Human-centric is the goal,” she said. “Technology is simply the tool.”
Speaking to Arab News after the panel, Norah Al-Yousef, a senior adviser
at the Quality of Life Program, said (5) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDEX
was a four-year, globally consultative effort to create something of value
to people and governments alike.
“So many cities and governments that we consulted with, verbatim, said,
‘If you create another index to rank me, I’m not interested. Help me solve
problems, help enable me’,” she said. “It’s a narrative shift. We’re kickstarting
it with this, and we really hope (5) THAT, GLOBALLY, PEOPLE
ADOPT IT, people support it. You know, (5) IT’S LIKE A SNOWBALL
EFFECT.”
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DAVOS PANEL: TRUST, NOT TECHNOLOGY,
IS AI’S BIGGEST CHALLENGE AS SYSTEMS
GAIN AUTONOMY
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The discussion showed a shift in how
executives are thinking about AI.
LONDON: As global executives gathered in Davos to discuss (5) HOW TO
SCALE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE beyond pilot projects, one message
stood out: THE NEXT PHASE (5) OF AI WILL NOT SIMPLY (5) ASSIST
HUMAN DECISIONS, BUT ACT (5) ON THEM, INCLUDING SPENDING
MONEY.
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Speaking on Tuesday at a panel discussion titled “Scaling AI: Now Comes
the Hard Part,” Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said AI IS MOVING RAPIDLY
TOWARD WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS “AGENTIC COMMERCE,” (5) WHERE
AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS ARE EMPOWERED (5) TO SEARCH, SELECT
AND PURCHASE (5) GOODS ON BEHALF OF CONSUMERS.
“In 2026, most of us (5) WILL CONTINUE TO SHOP ON (5) OUR AI
PLATFORM OF CHOICE,” McInerney said. “But now we’ll be able to (5)
BUY NATIVELY ON THE PLATFORM. The buy button will be there.”
McInerney said the bigger shift would come when consumers (5) ALLOW
AGENTS TO TRANSACT INDEPENDENTLY, a change that (5) WOULD
REQUIRE NEW LEVELS OF (5) TRUST ACROSS THE PAYMENTS
ECOSYSTEM.
“For that to work, you (5) NEED TO TRUST YOUR AGENT, merchants need
(5) TO TRUST THAT THE AGENT is (5) REALLY ACTING ON YOUR BEHALF,
and (5) YOUR BANK NEEDS TO TRUST THAT (5) WHEN IT AUTHORIZES A
TRANSACTION, you (5) REALLY WANTED THAT TO HAPPEN,” he said.
While McInerney (5) OUTLINED HOW VISA IS PREPARING (5) FOR AI TO
ACT AUTONOMOUSLY, other panellists pointed out that (5) LETTING
SYSTEMS OPERATE WITHOUT DISCIPLINE could actually undermine trust
rather than build it.
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Aramco CEO Amin Nasser spoke about how (5) DISCIPLINED
DEPLOYMENT CAN PRESERVE TRUST while generating real value. He said
scaling AI requires moving beyond experimentation and EMBEDDING (5)
THE TECHNOLOGY INTO CORE OPERATIONS, with clear accountability for
results. “Everybody talks about AI (5) AND THE IMPACT OF AI, but where
is the value?” Nasser said.
He told the Davos audience that more than “100 AI use cases” at Aramco
had moved from pilot to full deployment, contributing billions of dollars
in verified technology value.
In 2023 and 2024, the company achieved $6 billion in technology-realized
value, with more than half attributed to AI, and it expects to report $3 to
$5 billion for 2025 once third-party verification is complete.
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“Each use case is treated like a project, with a timeline, deliverables and
impact,” he said, adding that third-party verification was used to validate
results.
Nasser said that data quality, governance and subject-matter expertise,
rather than algorithms alone, were the decisive factors in scaling AI.
“If you don’t have the data quality, it’s garbage in, garbage out,” he said.
The contrast between AI’s future-facing (5) PROMISE AND THE
OPERATIONAL DISCIPLINE (5) REQUIRED TO DEPLOY IT SAFELY was
echoed by Roy Jakobs, CEO of Philips, who spoke about the challenges
(5) OF SCALING AI IN HEALTHCARE.
“The real breakthrough will (5) COME WHEN WE RETHINK HOW (5)
HUMANS AND AGENTS WORK TOGETHER,” Jakobs said, adding that (5)
AI IS ALREADY REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE (5) BURDENS AND
SUPPORTING CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING.
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Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture, said many companies remain stuck in pilot
mode because they lack the organizational discipline to scale AI across
the enterprise. “One of the biggest barriers to scale has been the lack of
willingness to put value on this, to see it in the P&L (profit and loss
statement) and embed it in leadership objectives,” she said.
The discussion showed a shift in how executives are thinking about AI.
As (5) AI SYSTEMS MOVE CLOSER TO (5) AUTONOMOUS ACTION,
WHETHER IN PAYMENTS, industrial operations or healthcare, the
challenge is no (5) LONGER TECHNICAL CAPABILITY, BUT TRUST. (5) WHO
CONTROLS THE AI SYSTEMS, (5) HOW THEY ARE GOVERNED, AND (5)
HOW THEIR IMPACT IS MEASURED, the audience heard.
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FROM RIYADH TO ORBIT: SAUDI HEALTH
TECH FIRM PIONEERS AI MEDICAL CARE
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DAVOS: A Saudi health technology startup is breaking new ground in
ophthalmology and artificial intelligence by studying eye diseases both
on Earth and in space, start-up co-founders told Arab News on Tuesday.
Selwa Al-Hazzaa, an ophthalmologist with 35 years of experience, and
Naif Al-Obaidallah, her son and co-founder from a tech and investment
background, announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos a
partnership with Cornell University to study the eye microbiome in
space.
“Being an ophthalmologist for the last 35 years, there are many diseases,
unfortunately, that there is no treatment for,” Al-Hazzaa said. “We got
this idea: why don’t we take samples of the eye, the microbiome, take
them to space, and see how they mutate. Whatever solution we find in
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space will help astronauts — and it can also help patients here on Earth,”
she added.
The project, entirely Saudi-led with support from the King Abdulaziz City
for Science and Technology and the Saudi Space Agency, leverages
simulation labs to test findings before deployment in orbit.
“We looked at many entities and found that Cornell University are very,
very on top when it comes to space technology and the microbiome,” Al-
Hazzaa added.
For the pair, this latest collaboration builds on years of innovation in AI
healthcare solutions.
SDM’s SAARIA system automates retinal image analysis, enabling nonspecialists
to detect eye diseases. Other AI-driven tools it is pioneering
streamline diagnostics for ophthalmology and mammography, among
others.
“IT’S GOING TO AUGMENT PHYSICIANS, NOT REPLACE THEM,” Al-
Hazzaa said. “We can now give doctors the patients who need surgery on
a silver platter.”
Al-Obaidallah emphasized the early challenges of building a healthtech
startup, but praised the ever-improving climate in Saudi Arabia.
“Being a startup in healthcare, it’s very hard to INTEGRATE AI due to
regulations, patient data rules, and ethical frameworks,” he said. “We
faced challenges, but every solution we create helps shape the industry
for everyone.”
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He continued: “If you go back a few years, there were very few startups.
Now, thousands of companies are incubated across ministries, and Saudi
Arabia ranks first in investment and unicorn creation in the region.”
Al-Hazzaa noted that the founders’ EXPERTISE, SPANNING MEDICINE,
CLOUD TECHNOLOGY, SECURITY, and investment, has been pivotal.
“What brought us together was passion. We look at it as a service first,
business second,” she said. Their solutions are already reaching tens of
thousands of underprivileged patients in Saudi Arabia.
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“We started with diabetes because it’s a global pandemic,” Al-Hazzaa
said. “Globally, only 55 percent of diabetics are examined; in the Gulf,
only 24 percent. Using SAARIA, we’ve saved the sight of 40,000 patients
— free of charge.”
Beyond diagnostics, SDM is moving into PREDICTIVE HEALTHCARE, with
PLANS TO FORECAST CONDITIONS such as hypertension, stroke,
Alzheimer’s, and 20 OTHER DISEASES BASED ON RETINAL SCANS.
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The startup recently secured a grant from the Research Development
Innovation Authority to expand this work. The partnership with Cornell,
combined with Saudi support for women in tech, is a source of pride for
the pair. “Despite all the obstacles, people in the beginning thought I was
crazy,” Al-Hazzaa said. “Today, as a Saudi woman in tech, I can say we’ve
surpassed the G20 and Silicon Valley in female involvement, with 36
percent of our team women.” Al-Obaidallah added that (5) SDM’S
SUCCESS DEMONSTRATED THE STRENGTH (5) OF THE KINGDOM’S
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION.
“We’re able to (5) TAKE TECHNOLOGY, AI, AND HEALTHCARE and (5)
MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. Healthcare is not a privilege; it’s a
right,” he said.
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SAUDI ARABIA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TO ACCELERATE
INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION
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DAVOS — Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar
Alkhorayef and PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF)
BØRGE BRENDE SIGNED ON WEDNESDAY A COOPERATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE MINISTRY AND THE WEF TO ADVANCE INDUSTRIAL
TRANSFORMATION IN THE KINGDOM.
The signing ceremony was held, in the presence of Prince Faisal bin
Farhan, minister of foreign affairs and head of the Saudi delegation to the
Davos 2026 Forum, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum 2026
in Davos, Switzerland. The signing ceremony was also attended by
Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Al-Ibrahim.
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES FOCUSED ON
DEVELOPING A SCALABLE, SYSTEMATIC MODEL FOR INDUSTRIAL
TRANSFORMATION IN THE KINGDOM. This will be achieved through
capacity building and skills development across the industrial ecosystem,
thereby STRENGTHENING THE KINGDOM'S POSITION AS A LEADING
REGIONAL HUB FOR INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION.
The agreement also aims to ACCELERATE THE PACE OF INDUSTRIAL
TRANSFORMATION AND PROMOTE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION BY
DEVELOPING A SUITE OF DIGITAL TOOLS THAT SUPPORT THE
TRANSFORMATION PROCESS. This will facilitate the transition from
theoretical assessment to effective practical implementation and
expedite the adoption of modern technologies and leading industrial
applications.
The agreement also includes provisions for THE MINISTRY'S
PARTICIPATION IN THE WEF'S TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM, enhancing its
interaction with global technology suppliers, systems integrators, and
service providers. This will maximize the ministry's utilization of centers
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of expertise to improve the efficiency and resilience of the industrial
sector.
Furthermore, the agreement highlights the Kingdom's efforts and
leadership in adopting and developing international best practices for
industrial transformation, and its role as a key contributor to the
Lighthouse OS, DEVELOPED INTERNALLY IN THE KINGDOM BY OXAGON,
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEOM. Lighthouse OS serves as a leading national
model for industrial transformation, built, implemented, and enhanced
to meet the highest global standards and practices.
The agreement will be implemented in coordination between the WEF
and the ministry's Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Production.
This is part of the Kingdom's efforts to enable industrial transformation
and accelerate the adoption of modern technologies in industrial
facilities, thereby raising the efficiency of the industrial sector and
enhancing its global competitiveness.
The agreement was signed IN LINE WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY AND SAUDI VISION 2030 TO
TRANSFORM THE KINGDOM INTO A LEADING INDUSTRIAL POWER
REGIONALLY AND GLOBALLY, and to maximize the impact of industry on
the diversification of the national economy.
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‘SPEED OVER SCALE’: SAUDI ARABIA
POSITIONED TO SHAPE FUTURE
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DAVOS: Saudi Arabia is primed to position itself at the forefront (5) OF
THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION, leveraging its scale,
strategic vision, and competitive energy infrastructure to become a
leader in sectors such as clean industries and advanced technologies,
experts said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a panel at the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS, Rayan
Fayez, deputy CEO AT NEOM, HIGHLIGHTED HOW THE KINGDOM’S
INDUSTRIAL CITY, OXAGON, IS DRIVING DIVERSIFICATION AND CLEAN
MANUFACTURING.
(5) THE GREAT CITY BABYLON IS already home to several key sectors,
including green hydrogen, renewable manufacturing and AI DATA
CENTERS. The world’s largest green hydrogen project, a collaboration
with ACWA Power and Air Products, is 90 percent complete and expected
to be operational by 2027, Fayez said
Renewable manufacturing partnerships are also taking off, with Chinese
companies establishing solar and wind production outside China for the
first time.
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Fayez highlighted that NEOM’S SUCCESS rests on four core competitive
advantages: digital infrastructure, abundant renewable energy, ready-touse
land and strategic location.
“THE LOCATION IS NOT ONLY STRATEGIC FOR THE KINGDOM, BUT ALSO
IN CONNECTION TO THE REST OF THE WORLD THROUGH THE PORT OF
NEOM,” he said, (5) ADDING THAT THE GREAT CITY is poised to serve as
A HUB FOR BOTH DOMESTIC AND EXPORT-ORIENTED INDUSTRIES.
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Frederico Torti from the WEF highlighted the structural VOLATILITY IN
SUPPLY CHAINS, driven by geopolitics, technological change, natural
disasters, cybersecurity risks and talent shortages. He highlighted the
importance of agility, collaboration and holistic operational
transformation. “The only way to make this happen is (5) THROUGH
COLLABORATION, DIALOGUE, AND COOPERATION across public and
private sectors,” he said.
Saudi Arabia’s STRATEGIC POSITION, combined with its low-cost energy
and infrastructure readiness, make it a MAGNET FOR INDUSTRIAL
INVESTMENT, Torti said. “Countries that invest in the right factors will
attract manufacturing investments and create value for the next decade,”
he said, pointing to NEOM (7) AS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THIS APPROACH.
ACWA Power CEO Marco Arcelli highlighted why Saudi Arabia is a
compelling market for gigascale renewable energy and water
desalination projects.
“In a world of uncertainty, SAUDI ARABIA (5) IS A COUNTRY WHERE YOU
(5) CAN REALLY SMELL THE HOPE,” he said. “It speaks with China and the
US, with Russia and Ukraine, with Europe and Southeast Asia and Africa,
and looks to partner to solve problems and to develop domestically but
also abroad.”
ACWA Power is now the largest water desalination company in the world,
with operations across the Middle East and new projects in Azerbaijan,
Senegal and China, he added. Arcelli highlighted the water-energy nexus,
where low-cost renewable power enables large-scale, sustainable
desalination. “Countries that are moving faster in these sectors are
typically countries that will enjoy higher economic growth,” he said.
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Looking ahead, panelists highlighted that the future of competitiveness
will rely less on scale and more on speed and collaboration. “You cannot
be good at everything,” Arcelli said. “It’s going to be more about
cooperation. It’s an economy of speed, not economy of scale anymore to
thrive and be the best around.”
Torti reiterated the need (5) FOR CROSS-BORDER PARTNERSHIPS AND
DIALOGUE, adding: “Open up, connect and make best use of forums like
this to get different perspectives on solving problems. Collaboration is
invaluable.” Fayez added that investing in talent remains a critical
element to (5) DRIVE INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE (5)
KINGDOM AS WELL AS GLOBALLY, alongside infrastructure and
technology.
CENTER FOR THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (C4IR KSA)
https://youtu.be/13m6YclJJRw
https://www.weforum.org/videos/c4ir-saudi-arabia/
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UNDP LAUNCHES FRAMEWORK FOR ARAB
COUNTRIES TO BOOST DIGITAL INCLUSION
Digital policy framework supports Arab states in developing inclusive and
responsible policies to enhance digital inclusion.
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Arab states are facing uneven progress in digital transformation: The use
of E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES, for instance, hovered at 45 percent in
2024. To address this, the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) recently launched a new program with the help of Qatari
telecommunication company Ooredoo Group, (5) DESIGNED TO BOOST
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE And economic growth across the region.
The (5) THREE MAIN PILLARS OF THE DIGITAL POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR
THE ARAB STATES are EXPANDING DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE and
connectivity, including telecommunications; capturing and
AGGREGATING DATA through digital identity, data sharing, and digital
finance; and, finally, introducing ADVANCED DIGITAL SYSTEMS that
unlock productivity and innovation.
The initiative is part of broader regional efforts to promote digital
collaboration, and includes partners such as mobile communications
industry organization GSMA, Qatar’s Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology and other stakeholders from the private sector
and academia.
The Framework especially targets low-and middle-income Arab countries
(LMIACs) and enables them to assess their digital maturity and digital
skills and where reforms and investments are needed.
“(5) THE PROPOSED DIGITAL POLICY FRAMEWORK provides a practical
tool for GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE ARAB STATES REGION TO DESIGN
COMPREHENSIVE POLICIES that balance innovation, development, and
equity, (5) HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT of people and
societies,” says Abdallah Al Dardari, UN assistant secretary-general and
director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Arab States.
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THE DIGITAL ID PLAN FOR ARAB STATES
The document recommends that LMIACs start with the first pillar –
developing connectivity, while LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR DIGITAL
ID, INCLUDING GOVERNANCE, PRIVACY AND SECURITY,
INTEROPERABILITY AND ENROLLMENT MODELS.
Once broad access is in place, DIGITAL ID BECOMES THE FOUNDATION
FOR DIGITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE (DPI) AGENDAS UNDER PILLAR
NUMBER TWO. This includes integrating public and private, such as
GOVERNMENT DATABASES WITH BANKING, SIM CARD REGISTRATION
AND KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER (KYC) PROCESSES.
DIGITAL ID SYSTEMS ALSO SUPPORT FINANCIAL FRAMEWORKS,
INCLUDING INSTANT PAYMENTS, REMOTE ONBOARDING AND IDENTITY
VERIFICATION, WHICH ARE CENTRAL TO EXPANDING FINANCIAL
INCLUSION.
“DIGITAL IDENTITY PLAYS A FOUNDATIONAL ROLE IN ENABLING
INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY AND ACCESS TO
ESSENTIAL SERVICES,” says the paper.
Once digital identity systems are in place, work can begin in developing
the third pillar in which DIGITAL ID SYSTEMS ACT AS CATALYSTS for
innovation and economic growth. New applications arise, including
online education, e-health, smart agriculture and AI.
According to its estimates, AI ADOPTION could add between US$21
billion and $35 billion annually to GDP to countries within the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC), which include Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This represents 1.7 to
2.8 percent of non-oil GDP.

At (5) THE SAME TIME, DIGITAL IDS (5) FOSTER “TRUST, SECURITY, AND
ACCOUNTABILITY” within digital ecosystems.
“In LMIACs, where informal economies dominate and barriers to
participation are high, Digital ID can unlock new pathways for
entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, and cross-border trade.”
The Framework also provides an overview of policy levers that can be
used to reach digital development targets and specific international
examples, including the Indian Aadhaar system, SAUDI ARABIA’S
NAFATH (UNIFIED NATIONAL ACCESS) PLATFORM,
Singapore’s Singpass services and the EU’s eIDAS framework.
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Saudi Arabia's NAFATH (Unified National Access) platform is a national
digital identity system providing secure, single sign-on access to
government and private digital services for citizens and residents, using
biometric verification via the NAFATH mobile app for secure identity
confirmation and enhancing digital trust. It acts as a central hub,
connecting various entities to offer seamless online experiences, from
banking to government portals, streamlining processes and improving
security.
Key Features & Functions:
Single Sign-On: Users log in once to access multiple linked services.
Biometric Verification: Uses facial or fingerprint scans through the Nafath
app for high-security identity confirmation.
Request Acceptance: Users can securely approve service requests from
providers via the app.
Digital Account Management: Allows activation and management of
digital identity.
National Integration: Connects with hundreds of government and private
platforms.
How it Works:
Initiation: A service (e.g., bank, government site) sends a verification
request.
Notification: The user receives an alert on their Nafath app.
Confirmation: The user approves the request using their biometrics
(fingerprint/face) or a PIN on the app.
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Verification: Identity is confirmed, granting secure access or transaction
approval.
Benefits:
Enhanced Security: Reduces fraud with biometric authentication.
Convenience: Eliminates multiple logins and physical branch visits.
Digital Transformation: Supports Saudi Arabia's vision for a paperless,
digital society.
Is the Nafath app safe to use?
About Nafath Platform
A national platform that allows users to sign-on to various public and
private sector platforms safely and securely by using unique electronic
identifiers that are based on international standards, increasing the
reliability and security of digital transactions.
What is the purpose of Nafath in Saudi Arabia?
Nafath is a service that enables individuals to access government and
private services via a secure and reliable unified access point.
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WHY SAUDI ARABIA WANTS CONTROL
OF THE INTERNET
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/why-saudiarabia-wants-control-of-the-internet/vi-AA1Uw4km
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DAVOS OUTLINES HOW RELIGION WILL
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BE 'TAKEN OVER'
Yuval Harari, the author of the books Sapiens and Home Deus, warned
that religion will be “taken over” while speaking at the World Economic
Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
“What happens to the religion of a book when the greatest expert of (5)
THE HOLY BOOK IS AI?” Harari said.
Why It Matters
Artificial intelligence is already reshaping the way religion looks. In late
2025, Axios reported that some churches are enlisting the help of AI to
reach worshippers and personalize sermons.
Beyond this, there has been a (5) RISE IN AI-POWERED RELIGIOUS APPS
which enable (5) you to text with Jesus (5) or talk to the Bible. As (5) THE
AI REVOLUTION CONTINUES TO (5) ALTER THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY, it
comes at a moment of flux for many religious institutions. A 2025 study
from the Pew Research Center found that the share of U.S. adults who
identified as Christian dropped by 16 percentage points from 2007 to
2019.

What To Know
A clip of Harari speaking at (5) DAVOS ABOUT AI AND RELIGION has
quickly picked up online, amassing 1.2 million views as of reporting.
“As far as putting words in order is concerned, AI already thinks better
than many of us. Therefore, anything made of words will be taken over
by AI,” he says in the clip.
“If laws are made of words, then AI will (5) TAKE OVER THE LEGAL
SYSTEM. If books are just combinations of words, then AI will take over
books. If religion is built from words, then (5) AI WILL TAKE OVER
RELIGION,” Harari said, before adding that this “is particularly true of
religions based on books, like Islam, Christianity, or Judaism.”
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“No human can read and remember all the words in all the Jewish books,
but AI can easily do that,” he added.
His theory was met with a mixed response online, with many loudly
disagreeing.
What People Are Saying
Podcaster and YouTuber Chase, @sovereignbrah, in a post on X viewed
over 400,000 times: “THIS IS ANTICHRIST BEHAVIOR AND STRAIGHT
OUT OF REVELATION 13.”
Social media user @SasuRobet, in a post on X viewed over 20,000
times: “AI DOES NOT HAVE A SOUL AND A HEART, SO HE WILL NOT
UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. He will be an expert in information and in how
others have interpreted it.”
One social media user, @CaptainGhazi, in a post on X viewed over 10,000
times: “Harari raises an interesting point—AI could change how religious
texts are interpreted, but the human (7) ELEMENT OF FAITH AND
COMMUNITY REMAIN IRREPLACEABLE.”
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SAUDI ARABIA IS WORLD’S IDEAL
PARTNER IN SHAPING FUTURE OF
INTELLIGENT AGE
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DAVOS — Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Abdullah Alswaha affirmed that SAUDI ARABIA IS THE WORLD’S IDEAL
PARTNER TO BRIDGE THE COMPUTING GAP AND SHAPE THE FUTURE OF
THE INTELLIGENT AGE, THANKS TO THE SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT
FROM CROWN PRINCE AND PRIME MINISTER MOHAMMED BIN
SALMAN.
He made the remarks while attending a panel discussion titled “(5)
INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES TO ACHIEVE LEADERSHIP,” held as part of
the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.
Alswaha said that SAUDI (5) ARABIA IS CONSOLIDATING ITS POSITION
(5) AS A GLOBAL COMPUTING PLATFORM (5) IN THE AGE OF
INTELLIGENCE, building on its abundance of energy, capital, land, and
long-term planning. These strengths enable innovators and investors to
accelerate value creation and achieve growth that serves people, the
planet, and PROSPERITY. He pointed to practical healthcare applications
that contribute to improving productivity and quality of life.
He stressed that the Kingdom is not only empowering its institutions and
sectors domestically, but is also advancing its global ambition to become
a testing ground and expansion platform for innovators and investors. He
noted that every dollar invested in infrastructure generates multiple
returns in software and use cases, ENHANCING PROSPERITY and serving
people and the planet.
Alswaha further emphasized that the KINGDOM’S AMBITION, (5) IN THE
AGE OF INTELLIGENCE, is global, driven by an investment vision based on
the belief that Saudi PROSPERITY strengthens the PROSPERITY of (5) THE
REGION AND THE WORLD. He noted that the Kingdom represents
around 50 percent of the region’s digital economy, attracts half of the
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venture capital funding and unicorn companies. (5) SAUDI ARABIA IS
LEADING GLOBALLY (5) IN THE DIGITAL RISE CATEGORY. He added that
Saudi Arabia is today moving to contribute to unlocking the next wave of
economic value in (5) THE ERA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Alswaha stressed that, (5) WITH THE SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT of
THE CROWN PRINCE, the Kingdom is not only participating in the
intelligent age, but (5) ALSO HELPING SHAPE IT GLOBALLY through
investment in computing, empowering people, and building
international partnerships. “(5) THIS REINFORCES THE KINGDOM’S ROLE
(5) AS THE WORLD’S IDEAL PARTNER (5) IN THE AGE OF INTELLIGENCE,”
he added.
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