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Expat amnesty: More time is needed
Mahmoud Ahmad   WITH less than 40 days left for Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s amnesty to end, the real question now is: What’s the next step in this ongoing Nitaqat and overstaying saga? The King’s three-month amnesty was designed ...
An expat’s life: The way we wish it would be
Mahmoud Ahmad     I will present two pictures of the lives of two foreigners. Let’s name them Muhammad and Hasan. Muhammad decided to leave to a country in the West to work. Hasan, on the other hand, chose to stay in ...
Stereotyping: Saudis cannot work
  Mahmoud Ahmad     I WAS sitting with a group of Saudi managers from different companies, based in Jeddah and Riyadh, last week and discussions veered from topic to topic till it got animated when we all began discussing problems at work, especially ...
And who holds them accountable?
Mahmoud Ahmad A few weeks ago, I found a National Water Company (NWC) sticker stuck on the front door of my house informing me that their services to my house have been disconnected due to an outstanding bill. Usually at ...
Burmese, other nationalities’ dilemma
  Mahmoud Ahmad     THE news to grant Burmese expatriates residency permits (iqamas) free of cost was a decision long awaited. The Burmese Muslim community that escaped from the inhumane treatment by the government of Burma (now called Myanmar) years back found themselves ...
Expatriate workers’ dignity is our dignity
  Mahmoud Ahmad   It was really saddening to see the state of panic and fear psychosis prevailing in the major cities of the Kingdom with the rumor mills working overtime leaving many of the expatriates living in the Kingdom in a state ...
Booming business beggars belief!
Mahmoud Ahmad The sight of beggars on every corner of the streets of Jeddah is becoming normal. Today no one is surprised to see beggars everywhere. They would only be surprised if they did not see the familiar face at the ...
The two most-scary words: ‘Reported Huroob’
Mahmoud Ahmad     THE news of Cabinet approving amendments in the Labor Law that clearly specify that a foreign worker is not allowed to work under anyone other than his sponsor and that the sponsor is not allowed to leave his workers ...
Do not encourage Ethiopia-phobia
Mahmoud Ahmad The recent phenomenon of Ethiopia bashing in our country’s media is turning a wee bit malicious. I was surprised at the recent media campaign against Ethiopian nationals, who have been singularly targeted by the media for all the ...
Smoking-free society: A pipe dream
  Mahmoud Ahmad     Sometimes I believe whatever society does to combat the scourge of smoking is just not enough — the awareness campaign, the increased cost of cigarettes, various modes of actions in the fight against smoking in our society are all ...
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