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Why do we judge young Saudis in a negative way?
Abdo Khal Okaz I recently met a young Saudi who studies medicine abroad. I was impressed with his outstanding academic performance and his desire to add and contribute more to the field of medicine. This young man is one of the thousands of ...
Rains make a mockery of the Kingdom’s drainage projects
  Abdo Khal Okaz     With every rainy season, one of our cities becomes a victim of the rains giving rise to the same cries and complaints of the season before. Riyadh has been the first victim of the rainy season this year. The rains ...
Illegal workers of tomorrow
  Abdo Khal Okaz   The second grace period provided to illegal expatriate workers to rectify their status has ended. Apparently there is little time left for the large number of expats who have yet to correct their status.The closer we got ...
Who’ll discipline Haia staffers?
  Abdo Khal Okaz     JUST about a year ago, President of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) Dr. Abdullatif Aal Al-Sheikh banned the Haia staff from chasing suspects. Al-Sheikh's order was implemented for some time, but soon ...
Who stands in the way of reforms in Haia?
  Abdo Khal Okaz   SHEIKH Abdullatif Al-Alsheikh was appointed chairman of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) to introduce comprehensive reforms that would do away with the serious and recurring mistakes being committed by its members. It is ...
Protection law born without a name
Abdo Khal Okaz After many long and painful years, the Himaya (protection) law against all forms of abuse was finally approved. The law consists of 15 articles explaining in detail the meaning of abuse, methods of reporting domestic violence cases and the punishments ...
Need to discipline imams
Abdo Khal Okaz The fight that took place among devotees at Al-Firdous Mosque in Riyadh following the Friday sermon further confirms the fact that mosques are often unregulated. There are imams (preachers) who are not properly educated and do not have sufficient ...
Who protects the victims of violence?
Abdo Khal Okaz Incidents of domestic violence have been on the rise recently. Every day we hear or read about a case where the victim is beaten up or deprived of the right to live a normal life or get married or ...
A bomb waiting to go off
Abdo Khal Okaz Adl, or the act of male guardians preventing women from getting married, is a bomb waiting to go off. It reminds me of the sleeper terrorist cells. These are undercover organizations that are unseen but are more dangerous than ...
Saudi captives around the world
Abdo Khal Okaz Tuberculosis is threatening the lives of about 25 Saudi inmates in Iraqi prisons, a recent report said. Earlier, horrible stories of executions involving many Saudis in Iraq had also come to light. Reports on our young men in Iraqi ...
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