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Just who is in service to whom?
Tariq A. Al-Maeena I recently received the following from an American acquaintance of mine.  He wrote: “Have you ever written anything about the Kingdom’s passport control?  I just returned from a multi-country trip and every place in the GCC I went ...
A fight that cannot cease
Tariq A. Al-Maeena The war against corruption must never cease. Corruption eats away the moral fiber of a society and eventually ends up destroying the government, institution or the individual’s sense of ethics and integrity.  This moral decay has fueled enough anger ...
Dawn of a new year
Tariq A. Al-Maeena   THE Gregorian calendar ushered in 2013 yesterday. Throughout the globe, individuals reflected on the previous year and along with the usual compendium of New Year’s resolutions, many of which simply don’t last the month before they are ...
Bangladesh on the move
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena   THERE are millions of Bangladeshis working in GCC countries as everywhere else. And although most of them fill the unskilled sector, there are among these expatriates a large number of semi-skilled and skilled workers.   Altogether they form a ...
You don’t need an expert to tell you that
Tariq A. Al-Maeena   Residents of Jeddah have become experts on what is wrong with their city. They contend that they have the background to make such claims having experienced the downside of living here. Ahmed is one such resident who considers himself ...
Thailand’s overtures to the Kingdom
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena   THAILAND’S relationship with Saudi Arabia has been somewhat strained for more than two decades.  But steps toward normalizing relations to previous levels seem to be taking hold.  In September of this year, the first official bilateral talks were ...
And now for some good news
  Tariq A. Al-Maeena     FOR many of us, following the news lately has been nothing short of despair. Wars and civil strife have become commonplace in our headlines. The conflicts and the avarice of humans always seem to hog the headlines. Killings, ...
Sri Lankan discord on ethnic integration continues
Tariq A. Al-Maeena   SRI Lanka fought Tamil separatists for nearly three decades.  The civil war was finally brought to a close in 2009, with thousands of people losing their lives during the conflict.  During the final stages of the conflict, questions ...
Obama by a landslide
Tariq A. Al-Maeena     THE US presidential election is less than two weeks away. And as the polling date gets closer, so does the gap between the two candidates running for election, Obama and Romney. In a straw poll of Saudis and ...
Extending the license to kill
Tariq A. Al-Maeena     When the Jeddah Municipality recently began enforcing a Ministry of Interior directive to ban smoking in public places including cafes and restaurants, many non-smokers heaved a sigh of relief. Not so with many tobacco importers and traders. ...
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