Mauricio Ruiz is a writer and journalist who has lived in the US, Belgium, Mexico and Norway. His work has appeared in Words Without Borders, Catapult, The Common, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, JMWW, River Teeth, Literal Magazine, among others. He's been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Myriad Editions Competition in the UK, as well as the Fish Short Story Prize in Ireland. He has received fellowships from OMI writers (NY), Société des auteurs (Belgium), Jakob Sande (Norway), Can Serrat (Spain), and the Three Seas' Council (Rhodes). His second book, Silencios al sur, was published in early 2017, and his work has partially been translated into Dutch and French. Mauricio Ruiz can be followed on Twitter and Instagram.
Saudi photographer Khaled Al Enazi has spotted a giant rock in the desert of Saudi Arabia. While recording the archaeological treasures of Al-Ula, he came across […]
Until very recently, women in Saudi Arabia were not allowed to drive. Everything changed on 24 June 2018, when the decades old ban on female drivers […]
A 170km long belt of skyscrapers, called the Line, is planned for Neom, Saudi Arabia’s metropolis of the future. The concept was first revealed at the […]
Setting off from the capital Riyadh to the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, the flight from the Flyadeal budget carrier sets a long-awaited milestone for […]
Saudi Arabia will spend 1 trillion dollars over a decade to promote itself as a leisure tourist destination and achieve the ambitious goal of attracting 100 […]
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The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, has just unveiled the project for a new global mountain tourism destination. The Trojena complex, estimated to […]
Spanish rail company Renfe has opened 30 posts for female train drivers in Saudi Arabia, for which they received no less than 28,000 applications. Saudi Arabian […]
During King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, a popular beauty contest for camels held in Saudi Arabia, 43 contestants were disqualified for having subjected the animals to various […]
Representatives from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia attended World Travel Market London (WTM) and told the world that the country is ready to welcome international tourists. […]
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