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Three states and three leaders!
Reactions to the recent tour of Asia by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman continue. The tour included three completely different countries important in various ways for Saudi Arabia led by three leaders with different personalities.Pakistan came into existence as a result of the partitioning of India in 1947. It is now led by Imran Khan, who retired from cricket as a national hero after leading his country to win the World Cup. I met him for the first time on one of his visits to Jeddah, where he came to perform Umrah, and to get donations for his great charity project, which is a cancer hospital, named after his mother.Imran Khan tried to defeat Pervez Musharraf, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in national elections, but they were stronger and had influential financial and tribal...
March 04, 2019

Three states and three leaders!

The truth about Gaza is out
The horror of what Israel did last year in Gaza, detailed in the recently released UN investigative report, cannot be adequately described in a few lines, but the evidence shows that the scale and impact of Israeli violence dwarfed anything allegedly done by the Palestinians.From March 30-December 31, 2018, when Palestinians were protesting in the Great March of Return for the declared right of Palestinian refugees to return to their ancestral homes in what is now Israel, the report said Israeli forces killed 189 Palestinians and wounded more than 6,100. Despite the staggering number of casualties, that was only the beginning of the story.Thirty-five children were killed. Two journalists were killed. Three “clearly-marked” paramedics were killed. A double amputee was shot and killed as...
March 04, 2019

The truth about Gaza is out

When appearance becomes an obsession
Al-JazirahFOR every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The spread of electronic media has social ramifications that are hard to predict. Technology is a double-edged weapon.Seeking perfection by looking at the achievements of people seen on social media could end up with dangerous consequences. Lately we have developed some kind of obsession with our appearance, sending more and more people to the cosmetic surgeons.This obsession is an international phenomenon. Cosmetic surgery has become a behavioral addiction emanating from psychological compulsions that make the victim wanting to constantly change his or her appearance.This addiction is now widespread among both men and women, more so among women. Saudi Arabia ranked first in the Arab world and third internationally for...
March 04, 2019

When appearance becomes an obsession

Ibrahim Muhammad Badawood
Bullying in our society
Al-MadinahWe have recently started to hear the word “bullying” used a lot. We even read about anti-bullying events and seminars. Some people might wonder what exactly constitutes bullying?Some references indicate that bullying is a form of violence and abuse, which is a kind of behavior that you may find in schools. Bullying is when an individual or a group of people target a weaker group or a person and attack them verbally or physically. Bullies follow the policy of threatening and intimidation.However, bullying does not only occur in schools. It can happen in the workplace, the neighborhood or between neighbors. Bullying is more than just provocation; it is about finding joy in humiliating others and imposing one’s power on them.There are different types of bullying. The first is...
March 03, 2019

Bullying in our society

Netanyahu should step down
The announcement that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be indicted on bribery and breach of trust charges marks a dramatic moment in Israeli politics and is a major blow to Netanyahu as he seeks a fifth term in office. However, Netanyahu should stop trying to reach this latest finish line. He should resign now.Netanyahu is alleged to have accepted gifts from wealthy businessmen and dispensed favors to try to get more positive press coverage. As such, he is facing three separate corruption investigations, pending a hearing.Netanyahu is entitled to the hearing on the impending indictment before charges are formally laid, but that is not expected to take place until long after the election on April 9. That puts his coalition partners in a bind. They must now decide whether to...
March 03, 2019

Netanyahu should step down

Is salary the only problem impeding Saudization
Al-RiyadhTHE Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf) has announced that it started extending support to private establishments to help them employ more Saudi men and women. This is one of the tasks of the fund along with numerous other programs and initiatives.Is the problem impeding the Saudization of jobs remains to be the low monthly payments alone?I wished so much that the Hadaf and the Ministry of Labor and Social Development had studied the labor market to check the jobs that were in most demand.According to the General Authority for Statistics (GaStat), there were 1,149,342 Saudi employees whose salaries ranged from SR1,500 to SR4,999 while there were 5,077,422 expatriates who earned monthly salaries of SR1,500 or less.The expatriates who received a salary of between SR1,501 and...
March 03, 2019

Is salary the only problem impeding Saudization

Warning signal for Egyptian railways
The tragedy at Cairo’s Ramses railway station in which at least 20 people were killed and some 40 injured, is all the greater because it already seems clear that it was entirely avoidable. The official investigation ought to discover the full facts. However, there are strong grounds to believe that the locomotive, which smashed into buffers at high speed, had been undergoing maintenance work outside the station. It appears the engine involved was a US-designed EMD G22 series, built under license and used around the world until 1991. It has been a workhorse of Egyptian National Railways (ENR). It could have had two thousand gallons of diesel fuel aboard when it crashed into the busy station. Though diesel has a far lower flashpoint than petrol, the horrific blaze that followed suggests...
February 28, 2019

Warning signal for Egyptian railways

Iran is on the brink of a major change
Sometimes the Western and Arab press speak of the absence of a ready alternative to the mullahs’ regime. The lost alternative is the missing link in the Iranian case.And when an alternative becomes a point of political debate, this means that the regime is in the process of demise.This is what has been happening in Iran for about a year, since the expansion of the protests and uprisings across Iran. All reports from various sources agree first that the Iranian people are seeking to get rid of the ruling regime. Second, the regime was unable to quell the uprisings and protests despite the use of various forms of repression.The slogans raised by the Iranian people in their demonstrations and protest movements have strategic importance. For example, since the beginning of the uprising, we...
February 28, 2019

Iran is on the brink of a major change

You are not youthful!
MakkahI KNOW two sisters, one a 38-year-old employee and the other a college student approaching 22. You might assume that of the two siblings, obviously the younger one is more jovial and outgoing while the older sister is sober and less responsive to what is going on around her.However, the truth is exactly the opposite. The young sister lives her life in a way that will make you think she is old, cold, quiet, and would rather stay at home most of the time. Nothing seems to interest or excite her. She hates traveling and is overweight by 15 kilograms, a fact that does not bother her at all.Her older sister is exactly the opposite in every aspect of life and she looks 10 years younger for her age.It may seem it is easy to determine your age when you are no longer youthful and when you...
February 28, 2019

You are not youthful!

Abdulrahman Saleh Alotaibi
Dates: Fruit for a worldwide market
SOME time ago, a group of people were working relentlessly on a project to the point where they had to sometimes skip lunch in order to get things done. Of course, skipping meals is not recommended and one day when a colleague brought some dates to the office and offered them to his coworkers, a discussion ensued.“It is not lunch, but it will get us through the day; this fruit is from the tree of life!” one worker said. Others argued that the man should have brought other types of dates, and this was followed by a discussion of the history and economic importance of dates.Most people are familiar with discussions about the rich heritage of dates. I have met many people who are passionate about dates and have seen many initiatives to promote the date industry in Saudi Arabia and across...
February 28, 2019

Dates: Fruit for a worldwide market

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