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Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi
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Iran: Sponsoring terrorism and division
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi After a long argument by a Lebanese university professor, the news show host asked me: So, has Saudi Arabia finally decided to stop supporting terrorist organizations and join the US-led coalition against Islamist terror? • What a ...
Terrorism—'It's all their fault!'
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi “It is all his fault!” Children start their defense system by blaming their shortcomings, wrongdoings and troubles on the others. As they get “wiser” their tactics become more educated and sophisticated. They also start believing their ...
Judging the ‘different others’
  Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi     I was sitting next to my favorite classmate and friend, Jack, in Journalism School, University of Oregon. He was commenting on a subject matter, when he suddenly announced: Me, as a Jew and a communist, think ….” ...
E-government: Thank you Prince Naif
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi I have just received an email from the Interior Ministry with a questionnaire, regarding its electronic services. A week earlier, I had a text message informing me that my request has been received at Jeddah “Reception ...
Saudi-Colombian love family? Why not?
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi Angie Bogota is a Colombian girl, who happened to study at the same school as a Saudi man and his sister in Auckland, New Zealand, seven years ago. They were all young teenagers, then. The Saudi girl became ...
Foreign 'Juliets' and Saudi 'Romeos' - why not?!
DR. KHALED M. BATARFI In response to the love story of Spanish-American Julieta and her Saudi Romeo in my last article, I received many responses. Some attempted to predict the future of the couple, if they did get married. Most were ...
Estabraq and her Saudi hero!
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi Estabraq is an Iraqi living in Saudi Arabia. We were talking about her experience in this country, and she told me a childhood favorite story. “In January, 1991, the UN war to clear Kuwait from Iraqi ...
Guest workers treatment: What a shame!
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi The poor man was cleaning up the street under the scorching summer sun in Jeddah. He typically chose intersections, near traffic lights. A young man opened his window and gave him a water bottle. A lady handed ...
Graduation, dreams and realities!
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi Talking to a number of our students abroad, I told them that every great achievement in life starts with an obsessive dream. Imagine a person driving his car around with no purpose. You ask him where ...
Education — A new strategy?
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi • “How do you see the 80-billion-riyals education project?,” asked a foreign journalist. — “It is unprecedented. However, it is not the figure that amazed me, but rather the strategy itself,” I answered and explained: For decades, ...
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