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8,787 businesses to stay closed in Riyadh until June 20

JEDDAH: Riyadh municipality introduced on Wednesday that 8,787 business businesses have been prohibited from practising their ordinary actions until June 20, together with barber outlets, magnificence salons, gyms, cinemas and shisha cafes.

The Saudi authorities excluded all actions the place social distancing can’t be utilized from the three-phased plan it unveiled on Might 25 for a return to regular life. Different actions that stay suspended embody sports activities and well being golf equipment, leisure facilities and cinemas.

As curfew restrictions have eased up in the Kingdom, the Ministry of Well being reminded individuals who have returned to work this week not to share consuming utensils with co-workers. The Kingdom recorded 30 new COVID-19-related deaths on Wednesday, elevating the full to 579. There have been 2,171 new circumstances reported in the Kingdom, that means 91,182 folks have now contracted the illness. There are 22,444 lively circumstances, 1,321 of them are in crucial situation.

The Well being Ministry additionally introduced that 2,369 extra sufferers had recovered from coronavirus, bringing the full variety of recoveries in the Kingdom to 68,159. Saudi Arabia has to date carried out 870,963 exams for COVID-19.

The ministry known as upon folks to proceed washing their fingers utilizing cleaning soap and water, the fundamental safety measure towards the virus, in addition to protecting the nostril and mouth with a face masks, medical or cloth, apart from these in an enclosed area.

Anybody experiencing any of the signs of the virus — excessive fever, dry cough and respiration difficulties — is suggested to use the “Mawid” app for self-evaluation, or name 937 for inquiries and consultations. The ministry has enabled callers to get dependable info  via an interactive chat with medical groups through WhatsApp on 920005937.

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Top chefs’ favorite cities around the world for great restaurants

(Bloomberg) –Everyone knows you can enjoy wonderful meals in cities such as Paris, New York, London and Tokyo. But what of other dining destinations, with fabulous dishes that are more likely to be found in casual bars or bistros than in fancy restaurants?

We asked some of the world’s leading chefs about their favorite food cities, from the markets of Ghana in West Africa through the crowded and noisy streets of Kolkata to a tiny island off Auckland, in New Zealand.

Here are their recommendations.

Buenos Aires, Argentina Mauro Colagreco is the holder of the title of World’s Best Restaurant at Mirazur, in the south of France. But he still misses the food of his native Argentina. “The country and cuisine are both incredibly close to my heart,” he says. “I often return to La Plata and Buenos Aires to see family and spend time there. In Buenos Aires, I always recommend Parrilla Don Julio, it offers the best Argentinian meat cooked with unparalleled expertise. For brunch or a relaxed lunch, Narda Comedor is comfort food with fresh ingredients.”

Melbourne, Australia British-born Ashley Palmer-Watts is the executive chef of Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in London and Melbourne, where he has fallen in love with the dining scene. “Melbourne is great because of the range of types of restaurants,” he says. “They are just so approachable, with good tasty food. My go-to restaurants are Cutler & Co. and MoVida. I love sitting at the bar.”

Read: Caramel – An Extraordinary Culinary Experience

Accra, Ghana “There is amazing street food in Accra,” says chef Selassie Atadika, where she celebrates Africa’s culinary heritage at Midunu. “There is everything from bofrot (donuts) and hausa koko (spiced millet porridge) and waakye (rice and beans) to afternoon snacks of fried yam stick with shito (preserved chili sauce with dried shrimp). Then there is kenkey (fermented corn) in the Osu night market and an ice-cold akpeteshie (a spirit made from palm wine or sugar cane juice) cocktail with live music at the Republic bar.”

Kolkata, India Chef Asma Khan of Darjeeling Express in London savors the food of her native Kolkata, or Calcutta as it was formerly known. “There is a unique food experience not to be missed if you are in Calcutta over a weekend: Terreti Bazar on Sun Yat Sen Street. It is fascinating, with Chinese and Indian stalls selling breakfast.” Her other recommendations include Arsalan, Park Circus, for biryani and Shiraz for classic Mughlai. “And no trip is complete without kati roll (kebab). The original place is Nizam’s behind New Market.” (My personal favorite restaurant in Kolkata is Mocambo, which traces its history to 1956.)

Mumbai, India Ravinder Bhogal of Jikoni, in London, loves Mumbai for the food. “It’s a mosaic of old and new and such diversity,” she says. She enjoys the vegetarian dishes at places like Shree Thaker Bhojanalay and Swati Snacks; and Trishna or Mahesh Lunch for Maharashtrian seafood. Then there is Wasabi at the Taj Mahal Palace for Japanese. “What is currently thrilling is young chefs like Thomas Zakaria at Bombay Canteen who have traveled the world and worked at big-name restaurants in London and New York.”

Dublin, Ireland French chef Pierre Koffmann is a new convert to Dublin after two visits to Ireland from his London base. “I was amazed by the food,” he says. “And the service is even more impressive. The Irish are so friendly and welcoming. They love eating and drinking and they love life. We went to two particularly good places. Aimsir is a long drive, but it is worth it. Everything was fantastic and the welcome was among the best I’ve had in my life. The GreenHouse was was more classical and the cooking was very good.”

Bari, Italy Chef Francesco Mazzei, of Sartoria in London, is a champion of southern Italian cuisine, and picks the Puglian capital of Bari as a favorite dining destination. “Puglia is very fertile, with amazing produce,” he says. “Go to a restaurant like Giampà and you can taste amazing seafood, as well as the pasta and the olive oil. It’s a great city. The cucina povera of the south (of Italy) is finally gaining the respect it deserves overseas. Another favorite restaurant of mine is Lo Scoglio, right near the airport. They cook with passion.”

Uruapan, Mexico This city in Michoacán state has been in the news for the wrong reasons—killings by drug gangs. But chef Martha Ortiz, with restaurants in Mexico City and London, says: “I am very proud of being Mexican. I don’t think people should be afraid. Uruapan is not touristic but I have eaten the most delicious mole with Cotija cheese and they use beautiful herbs and make wonderful tortillas. The best food is to be found in the homes of traditional cooks, who welcome visitors though they are not formal restaurants.”

Auckland, New Zealand Samoan-born chef Monica Galetti, of Mere in London, grew up in New Zealand and picks Auckland as a favorite food city. “Forget the fine dining—you can get that in London,” she says. “It’s a city to go and chill out and enjoy great produce. One place we always eat is called Depot. It’s simple fare and delicious. There’s an open kitchen and you sit at the bar and eat great fish and New Zealand oysters, or simple vegetarian dishes. Or take the ferry to Waiheke island, with all the little cafes near the beach. It is so relaxed.”

Lima, Peru Chef Albert Adria of Tickets, in Barcelona, is a big fan of Peruvian cuisine and loves Lima. “You can try so many different styles of Peruvian cooking,” he says. “You can eat very traditional food at cevicherias like Don Fernando, which is unbelievable. Or you can eat sandwiches and very casual food in the markets. But then Lima is also home to some of the very best restaurants in the world, places like Central, Maido and Astrid y Gaston.” (Closer to home in Spain, Adria is also a lover of Cádiz.)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Shane Osborn of Arcane, in Hong Kong, was impressed by a recent visit to Riyadh. “People there have a very deep love of food and the hospitality is incredible,” the Australian-born chef says. “I loved kabsa, a local specialty cooked with lamb and rice and cardamom flavors. It’s best to eat with the locals.” His enthusiasm is shared by Italian chef Francesco Mazzei, who recommends the Mama Noura chain. (Not surprisingly, he’s also a fan of his brother’s Italian restaurant, Fiamma.)

Read: 12 Best Fast-Casual Lunches in New York, From Top World Cuisines

Ljubljana, Slovenia Ljubljana is the pick of Ana Roš, winner of the title World’s Best Female Chef. She welcomes the emergence of a new generation of younger chefs in the Slovenian capital, a two-hour drive east of her restaurant Hiša Franko. “I used to feel very lonely before, but there is a whole new generation discovering Slovenian produce and bringing back regional food,” she says. She particularly admires Gostišče Grič, in the countryside; and TaBar in the city. For classic, it has to be Restavracija Strelec in Ljubljana Castle.

Cádiz, Spain This port in southwest Spain is the pick of Spanish chef Nieves Barragan, of Sabor, in London. She goes there to relax and to enjoy great snacks in small bars and restaurants. “You walk into almost any bar and you can be sure that the food will be tasty,” she says. “You have a glass of sherry and tapas and life is good. I go to Manteca. It is a very old bar and everything is amazing: Sardines, anchovies. You forget the world. Then I go to El Faro. They have amazing seafood and food from the market. It’s heaven.”

San Sebastián, Spain French chef Helene Darroze, with restaurants in London and Paris, says: “San Sebastián is particular in my heart as I spent my childhood in the Basque Country. San Sebastián is for me the capital of the region’s gastronomy.” She points to the quality of the produce and the range of places to eat, from humble tapas bars to fancy restaurants. Her many favorites include Ganbara, a pintxos (tapas) bar whose signature dish is roasted mushrooms and foie gras, with a confit egg yolk in the middle.

Minneapolis, U.S. New York-based Daniel Boulud of Daniel is a fan of Minneapolis. “It’s always been one of the top cities but now you are seeing the rise of a whole generation of chefs going back home from New York, from Chicago, from L.A. and Europe. They are opening very cool places. People like Ann Kim at Young Joni, and Jamie Malone at Grand Cafe. And then you have John Kraus, a very, very talented pastry chef with Patisserie 46, which is really special. A good city for food is a city with good companies spending on entertaining.”

San Francisco, U.S. San Francisco is where Swiss-born Daniel Humm first lived when he moved to the U.S. in 2003. “It really opened up my eyes,” says Humm, whose Eleven Madison Park in New York is a winner of the title World’s Best Restaurant. “I saw chefs working much more freely and it changed how I look at food. It was liberating.” His favorite spots include Swan Oyster Depot, a counter in a fish market, for the freshest seafood. He also loves Cotogna for rustic Italian cuisine. Humm opens Davies and Brook in London on Dec. 9.

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'Because I can': Careem welcomes Saudi women drivers

RIYADH: Reem Farahat waited for a ride request. Her phone pinged. “I’ve already cried twice,” she said, heading out to work as one of Saudi Arabia’s first female drivers for Careem. The Dubai-based ride-hailing app, along with global behemoth Uber, reacted to Saudi King Salman’s September announcement of an end to the kingdom’s ban on female motorists by saying it would hire women in the conservative kingdom. On Sunday, when the king’s decree took effect, nearly a dozen Careem ‘captainahs’–all Saudi women–were ready to pick up riders. “This morning, when I got in the car, I felt the tears coming,” Reem said as she stocked her car with chilled water bottles for her riders.

A Saudi female customer gets into the car of Reem Farahat, a female employee of Careem, a chauffeur car booking service, in Riyadh. PHOTO: AFP “I pulled the car over and cried. I could not believe that we now drive… It’s a dream. I thought it would be totally normal, I’d just get in the car and go. I was surprised by my own reaction.” She took a long pause.”I didn’t expect it,” she said. “I’m doing this because I can. Because someone has to start.” Seventy per cent of Careem’s customers in Saudi Arabia are women, according to company statistics, a figure largely attributable to the kingdom’s now-obsolete ban on women driving. Uber puts its equivalent figure closer to 80 per cent. At Careem’s offices on Sunday, staff gathered to celebrate the women’s first day on the job. Farahat’s first ride request came just hours after the ban was officially lifted. “This is my first ride. I’m excited. I’m excited to know who I’m picking up, what their reaction is going to be,” she said.

Saudi national and newly licensed Reem Farahat, an employee of Careem, a chauffeur car booking service, prepares for a customer shuttle using her car in Riyadh. PHOTO: AFP The driver–who also works with her father as a quality control consultant, is training in life coaching, and scuba dives with her sister off the Red Sea city of Jeddah–picked up Leila Ashry from a local cafe. Walking towards the car, Leila spotted Reem, did a little jump of joy on the sidewalk, and was already chatting as she opened the door. “Oh my god I can’t believe it’s you. I can’t believe you’re here. I can’t believe I’m here,” Leila said. “I’ve been tweeting to my friends that my ride is coming and it’s a woman! And you’re so pretty! And I can sit in the front now–wait, can I actually sit in the front next to you?” Some 2,000 women have signed up to get their Careem licenses since September, said Abdulla Elyas, co-founder and CPO–“chief people officer”–of the ride-hailing app. They are all Saudi women, from their 20s to their 50s. Uber also plans to introduce women drivers to their service this autumn. “They come from completely different backgrounds,” Elyas told AFP. “We have women who have degrees, a master’s degree. We have women who have no degree at all. We have women who want to do this full time. We have women who want to do this part time (for) an additional income, who are already working.” Most of those who had been licensed by Sunday, like Reem, had permits from foreign countries, enabling them to skip driving courses and take the final exam for a Saudi license. The ‘captainahs’ can pick up any customer, man or woman. Both the driver and rider have the right to end the ride at any point. Leila, a young medical student with a pixie cut and bright smile, says she would still choose a woman. “This automatically feels a lot safer… being a female and dealing with sexism on a day-to-day basis. There’s just something about it that feels wonderful. But it’s not only that. It’s also women joining the workforce,” she said. Sitting in the front passenger seat, she recalled previous rides with male drivers. “Before, sometimes they would stare at me from the mirror,” she said. “It’s just like that thing we share with women, where we just automatically understand what it’s like to be in that position where you feel their eyes on you but you can’t say anything, you can’t do anything against it.” She turned to chat to Reem, and sang a riff from a West Side Story tune before saying: “If you can do it, then I can do it.” “See? That’s what I was talking about,” Reem said. “It’s that ripple effect.” Read the full article

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Saudi Arabia Struggles to Become Tourist-Ready

The Kaaba at the start of Hajj, which brings Saudi Arabia an enormous wave of visitors. Al Jazeera English / Flickr

Skift Take: Saudi Arabia has a lot of societal issues to solve before it can even be on a serious tourism map of the planet. And so far it has come back with lots of big plans, and nothing else. "Saudi Arabia doesn’t even issue tourist visas." We rest our case.

— Sarah Enelow

It’s the day before the grand opening of Shaden, a luxury desert camp in Saudi Arabia where air-conditioned tents look out on sandstone cliffs. A princely delegation is on its way. But the place isn’t quite ready.

Peacocks for the garden of the 10,000-riyals-a-night royal suite haven’t arrived. The cow brought in to provide fresh milk for the cafe has been mooing all night. It “won’t shut up,” laments Ahmed Al Said, the project developer, as he gives orders over the clang of hammers and shovels.

Saudi Arabia as a whole isn’t ready for tourists either. But its rulers are intent on revolutionizing the economy, and tourism is high on their list. They figure it can create jobs for a youthful population, earn revenue to reduce oil-dependence, and help open the kingdom to the world. Which it might — if anyone can be persuaded to come.

To be sure, the country attracts plenty of foreign travelers — about 18 million last year, the most in the Arab world. But they’re almost all Muslim pilgrims visiting Mecca. Regular tourism barely exists. And there are so many obstacles that a Saudi Arabia full of holidaymakers is as hard to envisage as a Saudi Arabia that’s no longer hooked on fossil fuels.

Saudi Arabia doesn’t even issue tourist visas. Its alcohol ban, strict dress code, and curbs on gender mixing are red flags for many people who’d be happy to visit Dubai’s beaches or Egypt’s pyramids. Then there are the secret police, who often keep a close watch on foreign visitors, and the religious police, who chastise people for moral violations. Even many Saudis prefer to vacation in Dubai, where they can wear what they want and go to nightclubs or movie theaters.

‘There Was Demand’

“There are aspects of Saudi that will put people off,” said Jarrod Kyte, product director at U.K. tour company Steppes Travel.

Not all people, though — which is why Steppes is offering its first tour to Saudi Arabia next month. It cost almost $6,000 per person, and was hard to arrange because it required invitational visas. But Kyte said it was irresistible to seasoned travelers who wanted to check an unusual country off their list. He’s hoping to do it again: “It became very apparent there was demand there.”

That’s what the Saudi government is keen to capitalize on. Its post-oil plan, known as Vision 2030, includes measures to encourage the entertainment industry and develop coastlines and historical sites — like Al Ula, where the Shaden resort is going up. Nearby are the 2,000-year-old ruins of Mada’in Saleh, a relic of the same ancient civilization that built the better-known city of Petra in Jordan.

In charge of the tourism drive is Prince Sultan bin Salman, head of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage and a son of the king. He said the kingdom is finally waking up to ideas he’s been promoting for years.

“A lot has been invested, not in the tourism sites as we would like to see it, but the supporting infrastructure — airports and roads and so on,” Prince Sultan said in an interview in Riyadh. He dismissed concerns that opening up the conservative kingdom to foreigners would cause trouble.

“People would say the social environment isn’t right,” he said. “I keep telling them: the social environment will follow. And that is what’s happening today.”

Waiting for Tourists

Prince Sultan reels off a list of museums that are about to open and others he plans to commission. They will let Muslims learn about Islam in the place where it was born, he said. The religious dimension may help win backing from Saudi Arabia’s powerful clerics, who often oppose change.

Investment in cultural heritage is underway too: The government has set aside five billion riyals ($1.3 billion). It’s also encouraging private spending by companies like Jeddah-based Al Jazirah Safari, which is building the Shaden resort, a 100 million-riyal project.

Some Saudis who live there are looking forward to the opportunities. Farmer Ahmed Al Masoud plans to turn his orange groves into a resort where he’ll teach tourists about traditional agriculture. Businessman Faras Al Harby is importing souvenirs from China.

They’re all waiting for one thing: tourists. On a recent afternoon, 56-year-old Birgit Mitchell had the place pretty much to herself. An American teacher who lives in Saudi Arabia, she took the bus there, playing her guitar for Saudi women at rest stops along the way. “Wow, I can’t believe we can just walk here,” she said, popping in and out of the carved tombs.

Most visitors are Saudi residents, like Mitchell, or citizens of other Gulf countries, who don’t need visas. The government hasn’t said when it will start issuing tourist visas.

“The visa is the axis for the numbers that will come,” said Ahmad Al Fadhel, co-owner of another camp nearby. But he sees a chicken-and-egg problem with the government’s plans too: “Investors don’t want to come because tourists haven’t come, and tourists don’t want to come because the services haven’t come.”

Turmoil in the Middle East has kept visitors away even from established destinations like Egypt. Saudi Arabia — though more stable than many neighbors — isn’t immune. In 2007, four Frenchmen on their way back from Mada’in Saleh were killed by militants.

Movie Night

That’s one reason local schoolteacher Ahmed Al Imam, who works part-time as a tour guide, doesn’t plan to give up his day-job even if visa curbs are lifted and visitors pour in. “Imagine if I quit teaching,” he said, snapping his fingers, “and one night a crazy person did something wrong. Tourism will stop.”

Perhaps the most potential lies in persuading Saudis to spend money in their own country rather than abroad. Domestic tourism is expected to grow 7.4 percent per year to 66 million trips by 2020, driven by both religious and leisure travel, according to a Colliers International report this month.

“There is a positive outlook for tourism in Saudi Arabia, with strong growth forecast and a wave of investment underway,” the report said.

The week the new camp opened, there was a program of Saudi films in Al Ula — projected onto a cliff, because there are no movie theaters in the kingdom. There’d been some grumbling beforehand about the corrupting influence of such a show. In the event, men and women gathered in their cars to watch, and vendors hawked tea under the stars.

“The country does have some beautiful natural resources for tourism,” said Graham Griffiths, an analyst at Control Risks in Dubai. But he said the Saudis will struggle to get a return on their investments “if they don’t open up.”

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