AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoBroadcast & Sports Culture: beIN Media Group renewed its Wimbledon partnership, securing exclusive Championships rights across 24 MENA territories (including Yemen) through 2030, with matches streamed via TOD by beIN and beIN CONNECT. Yemen Spotlight (Extreme Sports): Yemen’s “Spider-Man of Yemen,” Al-Qaqa Ibn Antar, died after a free-solo fall into the Hardah Dam volcanic crater in Dhale; Civil Defense said divers recovered his body after a complex rescue. Arts & Heritage (Textiles): The Royal Ontario Museum acquired the Widad Kawar Collection of Arab Dress and Heritage Arts—nearly 600 textiles and objects spanning the Levant and West Asia, including Yemen—bringing Yemeni-linked cultural material into a major global museum setting. Food & Community (Yemeni Cafes): A new podcast episode, “Third Spaces & The Rise of Yemeni Cafes in America,” explores how Yemeni and Muslim-owned cafés create community beyond the mosque, featuring Sana’a Cafe voices and a musical performance on qawha. UN & Yemen Peace: UN envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council Yemen’s truce holds but the conflict remains unresolved, warning militarisation is pulling students and teachers into armed groups and urging renewed political progress.
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