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An unholy alliance of Buddhist terrorists
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     Siddhartha Gautama, who became universally known as the sage Buddha, was born some 2,500 years ago in Nepal. He was a human being who became acutely enlightened in understanding life and explaining it in its simplicity. It is ...
The negative blowback of pay increases
Tariq A. Al-Maeena     There have been several voices recently calling for blanket salary increases for public service employees to cover the increase in the cost of day-today essentials.  With rents rising to unprecedented levels and the majority of Saudis yet to ...
The saga of a valiant woman
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     In recent times, the local press has carried stories of Saudi women who have earned recognition beyond the borders of this country. Most of the women were gifted in the sciences and the arts.  However, for one it ...
Bangladesh optimistic on new arrangements
Tariq A. Al-Maeena     Shamsul Huda, a resident Bangladeshi, is convinced that the Bangladesh government is breathing a sigh of relief after the recent announcement that Saudi Arabia is lifting the ban on the new recruitment and the transfer of sponsorship of ...
Through the eyes of a 15-year-old
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     Earlier this month, the Israeli Defense Forces gunned down and killed a Palestinian near the border with Gaza.  What was so heinous about this act was that the victim was a 57-year-old mentally retarded woman who had wandered ...
Milking the cow
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     A major portion of the male Saudi workforce is employed in the government sector or in public service sectors that serve a large segment of the Kingdom's population. A recent chance encounter with one such employee in a ...
The dilemma of expatriates
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     Shamsul Huda an expatriate guest worker who has been living in the Kingdom for a number of years is alarmed at what he sees as a trend of “anti-expatism”, if you will. He tells me that most ...
In the words of their presidents
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     President’s Day in the USA is based on a historic event to honor the first US president, George Washington, back in 1879. It then evolved into a federal holiday for all government organizations, and the third Monday of every ...
Have our roads become killing fields?
Tariq A. Al-Maeena The Kingdom’s roads have indeed become the killing fields.  Hardly a day goes by without any horrific traffic accidents needlessly claiming a number of lives.  In most of the reported cases, failure to observe traffic laws is ...
‘It’s not the people’s fault!’
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     Responding to a column I wrote a couple of months ago on the worsening condition of our roads, a friend accused me of not confronting the issue honestly and of placing the major blame on the driving public ...
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