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AlUla Falcon Cup celebrates nine days of spectacular heritage sports

January 6, 2024568 Views

AlUla's Mugharia Heritage Sports Village hosted 2,000 elite falcons and their owners during the first edition of the tournament, held from December 28th to January 5th International contest attracted leading falconers from all over the world for a series of exciting races and traditional 'best-in-show' falcon beauty contests After nine days of thrilling aerial action and hotly-debated beauty contests featuring perfectly groomed birds of prey, the first-ever AlUla Falcon Cup has come to an end. The debut tournament attracted some of the best and most awarded falconers, who competed for a share of a record-breaking prize pot of US$16 million. A collaboration between the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) and the Saudi Falcons Club (SFC), the AlUla Falcon Cup is an exciting new edition...

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First woman competes at Middle East’s top falconry show

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December 8, 2020483 Views

Athari Alkhaldi stands out amid a sea of men and falcons at the Middle East’s top falconry competition: the first Saudi woman to qualify and participate in the event. “With my participation ... I proved I am here, that women can join this field, that it’s not only restricted to men,” she said, alongside her falcon Ma’aned. Falconry is an important part of the desert heritage of Arabs of Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries going back thousands of years. Athari Alkhaldi, the first Saudi woman to qualify and participate in the King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival, holds a falcon during the show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 1, 2020. Courtesy of King Abdulaziz Falconry Media Center/Handout via REUTERS The two-week King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival, which gathers more than 4,000 ...