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Absenteeism in school
Al-WatanIN the United Kingdom, parents can get in trouble if their children absent themselves from school and in some cases can pay hefty fines. Schools and educational authorities do not accept excuses such as health condition, family problem or any other excuse except with an official proof.If parents decide to not send their children to school, they have to contact the school and fill out proper forms in which they have to indicate the date and time the child will not attend school. They are required to furnish a formal request letter as well.Once I filled out a form and sent it to the school but the principal refused to accept it and said, “We only approve 5 percent of such requests and the reason has to be health-related. Your son’s education is our responsibility. It is against...
February 18, 2019

Absenteeism in school

Shehryar Khan Afridi
MBS: Architect of a new Saudi-Pak bond
John Maxwell once said that a leader is the one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. No exaggeration, Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman stands true to Maxwell’s stated set of ways by leaders. After decades of intra-regional conflicts and chaos, the Crown Prince has put the Arab world on a way that leads to economic development. That is a huge shift from the traditional outlook of an oil-producing region that is becoming one of the thriving economies of the world.The present time tells us that the engine of growth is Saudi Arabia, leading the way for its neighbors. The magician behind this phenomenal turnaround is, of course, the young, dynamic and reformist leader - Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman - who has put the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on a transformational path and is...
February 17, 2019

MBS: Architect of a new Saudi-Pak bond

Chaudhry Fawad Hussain
Pak-Saudi relations: A new dimension
Pakistan eagerly awaits the visit of Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman to his second home. When Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed power, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman were the first to congratulate him on the assumption of power indicating their enhanced interest in taking the relations between the two countries to new heights. Prime Minister Imran Khan has also visited Saudi Arabia twice since assuming the mantle of premiership of the country. The desire for giving a new direction to the mutual ties stems from the compatibility of the visions of the leaders of the two countries for transformational change in the way of governance to cope with emerging challenges. The vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to transform Pakistan along the lines of the state of...
February 17, 2019

Pak-Saudi relations: A new dimension

Honest hotels
Hotel booking sites can make it so much easier to choose a destination for a holiday or streamline a business trip, but only if the public is able to trust them. This looks like it will happen soon. Major travel websites have agreed to change the way they do business after a UK investigation found some of them were deceiving users. They have now agreed to follow a common set of guidelines. While at present they apply only to Britain, because tens of millions of people travel around the world every year, need to stay in hotels and use travel websites to find them, it is hoped that the new rules will apply elsewhere to help stem what often appear to be questionable practices being employed to book rooms.The issues range from pressure selling, misleading discount claims and hidden charges....
February 17, 2019

Honest hotels

Why don’t we benefit from our retired academics?
Al-JazirahWHEN I was studying for my master’s degree, I remember reading books written by an Egyptian professor. I asked around about him and I found out that he had been retired more than 15 years ago, but he maintained an office at the University of Cairo, where he went every Monday to meet with his research team, the students he supervised and anyone who wanted his advice.I went there to meet the acclaimed professor. When he arrived, he could barely walk to his office. I introduced myself and told him the reason behind my visit. Then we discussed the issue that I was having trouble with.After we left his office I asked the professor, who accompanied me, about the situation of retired academics such as him in Egypt. How are they rewarded? What is their relationship with the university?...
February 17, 2019

Why don’t we benefit from our retired academics?

Russia’s internet chess game
THE Russian government plans to turn off direct connections to all internet routers outside its borders. The exercise, which is unlikely to last for more than a day or two, is supposed to allow Moscow to test its defenses against outside cyberattack. The shutdown does not in fact mean that Russians will suddenly find themselves unable to access servers around the world, but rather than they will reach those sites through routers set up in Russia. There are in fact 12 international routers, none sited in Russia, which handle the huge daily flows along links to billions of different addresses. These dozen routers are the official “post offices” for the Domain Name System (DNS) upon which the entire internet relies. But the address information held in those “post offices” has been...
February 14, 2019

Russia’s internet chess game

Why is it so hard to see a movie?
Cinemas were opened more than eight months ago in Riyadh, but I have still not gone to one. I love movies and I love the atmosphere of the cinema environment. However, there are a number of problems that I have faced and that many others like me have faced when they have wanted to purchase tickets online for a movie. It is not easy because a person needs to buy the movie ticket several days before the movie is shown.Sometimes when I want to watch a movie, I decide instantly. Then again, people may plan to go to watch a movie and then something comes up which forces them to cancel their plans.When we travel abroad, we are used to standing inside a movie theater to check the movie posters on display and the times the films will be shown. We may check the movie timing through special...
February 14, 2019

Why is it so hard to see a movie?

Hold on there
As Bugs Bunny would have said: “Just one cotton-picking moment!” Newly elected Democrat congresswoman Ilham Omar has been damned for anti-Semitism and forced to apologize for two social media messages. Her “crime” was to write that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was using its financial and lobbying muscle to influence US politicians in support of Israel.It has long been a fact of Washington political life that major lobbying groups, such as the National Rifle Association and those representing defense contractors, accountants and bankers, have played a key role in the shaping of government policies. One of the most successful has been the AIPAC whose operations are seen as one of the best examples of political lobbying. Whether any big-money lobbyists should...
February 14, 2019

Hold on there

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The cry for help to save Arabic
Al JazirahIN an article titled “The core of Arabic language”, Dr. Ziad Al-Drees gave ideas on how to preserve the Arabic language.He asks what threatens the Arabic language most — foreign languages or the vernacular dialects?Al-Drees put the dialects and foreign languages in the same context as for their relationship with the Arabic language. Perhaps he was talking about the classical Arabic, which used to be the colloquial language at one point of time, meaning it became the standard Arabic that we are proud of now much later.Because the Qur’an was sent down in Arabic, it became the language of Islam and Muslims. However, as many researchers have mentioned and some of us might know, the Qur’an has many words adapted from other languages of the world.The colloquial Arabic...
February 14, 2019

The cry for help to save Arabic

British MP Graham Jones refutes lies and allegations
Member of the British House of Commons Graham Jones has repudiated the lies and ongoing allegations regarding the war in Yemen, which are fabricated by global British organizations concerned with human rights as well as humanitarian issues of great concern to the UK government and a number of governments that have friendly relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Jones’ statements are important given that he is a member of the Labor Party Opposition led by Jeremy Corbyn that has adopted a hostile stance against the Kingdom and has allied with its enemies. His testimony gains yet greater importance as he is the Chair of the Commons Committees on Arms Export Controls (CAEC).Appearing before the defense select committee, Jones launched a strong attack against the said organizations,...
February 13, 2019

British MP Graham Jones refutes lies and allegations

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