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No rest in rest houses
The concerned authorities should also put an end to the greediness of the owners who are only concerned with making profits regardless of whether the services they provide are of some quality or substandard.
Why do our shops reject payment by credit cards?
For these people, the credit cards are just like cash cards. They request the banks to deduct the amount of their purchases from their accounts once the salary is deposited into them to avoid paying any fees on the outstanding ...
Medical treatment for needy expats
AN Arab expat friend of mine, who is legally working in a modest job in the private sector, told me a painful story he encountered at a government hospital. His wife got sick and he went to the closest government ...
What are we burying in our stomachs?!
Anyone who has seen the viral videos of food inspectors confiscating food deemed unfit for consumption at restaurants, warehouses and other locations cannot help but wonder about the quality of the meat we are consuming. The question on everyone’s mind ...
Suhoor and Iftar without electricity!!
And all that I hope from the electricity company after I congratulate them with the holy month is to answer my innocent question:
Why my driver insisted on buying me a cup of tea?
I looked at him in anger: How could he dare criticize the streets in Jeddah and its respectable municipality? This is what we were missing. Some one who is not a citizen would dare to point an accusing finger on ...
Saudization is not racism
IT is unfair that some people describe the process of Saudization and putting Saudi citizens first as racism. It is as if they are only looking at the issue from one side. However, the population in Saudi Arabia is increasing ...
Status of foreign women married to Saudis
THE Ministry of Labor and Social Development has been enforcing a decision that bans foreign wives of Saudi citizens from being employed in jobs allocated for Saudi women. Many columnists have written about this issue, criticizing the ministry’s policy.
We need to reduce pressure in the workplace
The head of a municipal office in Al-Baha was recently shot and killed by an employee who then committed suicide by shooting himself. It was a heinous and painful crime, and took place inside a government office that is responsible ...
An expatriate worker with diabetes
LAST Ramadan, a street cleaner turned to me after performing prayers at the mosque and said he felt severely dizzy and could not focus. I felt sorry for him as he was an old man. His medical insurance card had ...
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