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A cause to act upon
Tariq A. Al-Maeena An investigative unit for a regional media outlet has discovered that there is “strong evidence” that the government of Myanmar is fueling anti-Muslim sentiment leading to riots and that genocide is indeed taking place in some provinces. The media ...
Big boots to fill
Tariq A. Al-Maeena Today marks a new chapter at the Pakistani Consulate in Jeddah.  It is the start of the fresh tenure of a new Consul General who has replaced Mr. Aftab Khokher the outgoing diplomat who is on his way ...
What impression of the Kingdom do visitors get at Jeddah airport?
Tariq A. Al-Maeena I recently read a report that the airport in Jeddah would be completed by mid-2016.  Finally, I said to myself, but with some reservation as such announcements in the past have proven to be no more than public ...
Food prices rise while oil prices decline
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     AT the beginning of this year I read a report, which included some input from food traders and market analysts. They confidently predicted that if the trend of lower oil prices at the time continued, then food prices ...
Eradicating the ills of smoke
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     THE Kingdom has come a long way in combating the menace of smoking. Be it in the form of cigarettes or Sheesha (water pipe), the banning of this practice in public places such as malls, office buildings ...
World champion Toastmaster honored
  Saudi Gazette Report   DHAHRAN — Toastmaster Mohammed Al-Qahtani from North Park Club of Saudi Aramco recently won the World Championship of Public Speaking competition held in Las Vegas after delivering his speech on “The Power of Words”. In all there were ...
A very pious day
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     TODAY, some two million worshippers gather in Arafat to perform one of the five obligatory tenets of Islam. Since dawn, nearly 2 million Muslim pilgrims will have made their way from Makkah to a nearby hillside and ...
A gathering point for bodies and souls
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     THERE are mosques standing or being built in every locality or so it seems. In a kilometer of the neighborhood around me, I can count three mosques standing and two in the process of construction.  Some of these ...
A family man in hiding
Tariq A. Al-Maeena Other people's problems often hit a nerve, a nerve that invokes passion, anger and the need for justice.  Such were my emotions when I read a blog by Ali Shah titled “Our lives-KSA.”  Ali Shah, the CEO ...
A one-man mission
Tariq A. Al-Maeena There are some individuals who come to this earth to take what they can get.  And then there are others who watch silently and contribute nothing meaningful.  And yet there is a third breed of people, rare ...
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