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Iran should wake up
  Mahmoud Ahmad     POLICYMAKERS generally think up policies that are beneficial to their country. But there are some whom I really cannot fathom. I would like to look inside the minds of policymakers in Iran to see if they are thinking ...
Special place for drifters
  Mahmoud Ahmad     WHEN the word drifting blazes through my mind, I just clench my teeth in frustration at the sheer brazenness of our youth and the futility of the act that, in fact, yields a momentary pleasure to the self-aggrandizing ...
Sorry, we do not rent to Saudis
Mahmoud Ahmad My friend switched jobs from Madinah to Jeddah recently and last week I was with him, helping him in his search for an apartment in Jeddah. He had asked me to go with him since I knew the ...
Credit cards trap
  Mahmoud Ahmad     HOW best should one use a credit card? If that question was posed to credit card holders, very few will provide a valid answer while the vast majority would state that the card is a passport to pay ...
Huroob or not Huroob
Mahmoud Ahmad     HUROOB, escaped employee, is an option open for sponsors or employers at the Interior Ministry where they can report their domestic help and labor who escapes from work. There have been many cases of expatriate labor that come ...
Minimum wage for expats!
  Mahmoud Ahmad     WITH the cost of living rising globally, including the Kingdom, the need for a minimum wage has become important for all in order to keep up with daily expenses. Businessmen have increased their prices claiming that the cost of ...
Is it safe to eat outside?
Mahmoud Ahmad     SOMETIMES I ask myself this question: How safe is it to eat or buy food from outside? What rankles me is that invariably we just see the end product without getting to know the chain that ended up ...
‘Health terrorism’ is a real threat
  Mahmoud Ahmad     Last week a series of articles in Okaz newspaper caught my eye and made me ponder whether we are facing a ticking health bomb. The first article in Okaz stated that one quarter of people in the Kingdom ...
Is Dubai a sad city?
  Mahmoud Ahmad     WHILE reading the local newspapers last week, an article by a Saudi writer in one of the newspapers caught my attention. It was an article on Dubai. You may well ask, what’s so interesting that my attention was ...
When smiling is compulsory!
    Mahmoud Ahmad       Early last week, I had to visit a number of government branches in Jeddah to renew some permits and complete other official paperwork. I consider visiting any government department as punishment not only because of the procedures but most ...
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