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Teresa’s coffee and the winter nights of Riyadh
Al-JazirahIT was a cool and wet Saturday morning in the winter of 2030. It was the end of a long and exhausting work week. I took the train across the blue lane from my house to the downtown, which is something I do every weekend.The train station was packed with children, men and women, locals, visitors and passersby. Everyone had own destinations to go. The echo of the departure announcements filled the place. When the train arrived, I hopped on to a car and was barely able to find a place to stand.I held on tightly to the metal bar to keep balance and catch my breath. The train was going so fast and the sound of the breeze outside was like a musical note to my ear. It blended with its echo as the train passed through the tunnel with interludes of silent clips when it crossed another...
February 06, 2019

Teresa’s coffee and the winter nights of Riyadh

A new era of job opportunities
Al-RiyadhCrown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman has ushered in a new economic phase with seemingly never-ending changes. Saudi Vision 2030 will transform the Kingdom so that it can face the challenges of the future. Saudi Arabia must become stronger and more flexible to face those challenges.The Crown Prince recently inaugurated a National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NIDLP). The Minister of Energy Khalid Al-Falih said that the program includes four sectors (production, mining, logistic services and energy) and will contribute SR1.2 trillion to the Gross Domestic Product. It will attract investment worth SR1.7 trillion, will increase non-oil exports to more than a trillion riyals, and will generate 1.6 million job opportunities.This is one of the largest industrial development...
February 05, 2019

A new era of job opportunities

Is the war on corruption over?
After the conclusion of the work of the Supreme Committee to Fight Corruption, headed by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, many in the media have raised valid questions. Here is a summary of my answers to them.Why now?— Why not? We have had to live with corruption issues for ages. Tons of cases were opened and closed, with years of investigation and few indictments. The government agencies charged with the task of fighting corruption have failed so far to give us solid results. Many of those responsible for the disasters that resulted from Jeddah floods in 2011 are still free to enjoy the millions/billions they stole in cash and real estate. Not to mention all the mega projects that were inflated in cost and deflated in quality. Or the shady deals, power abuse, money laundering and...
February 05, 2019

Is the war on corruption over?

Can Russia now afford guns before butter?
Given his governing style, it is perfectly possible that US President Donald Trump was indifferent to the Russian reaction when he announced the suspension of America’s participation in the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Had Moscow insisted that it remained committed to this key step in the ending of the Cold War, Trump would doubtless have mocked them and repeated widely-supported claims that the Russians have been cheating on treaty terms for at least a decade. Washington served notice six months ago that it believed Moscow was in breach of the INF. The Europeans in NATO also claimed that the Russians had actually moved some of these banned missiles close to its western borders.Even though Trump doesn’t do “subtle”, there might have been a plan for the White...
February 05, 2019

Can Russia now afford guns before butter?

Is the Labor Ministry against the interest of Saudi citizens?
Al-MadinaMANY citizens have failed to recruit domestic workers including housemaids and drivers to help their families. So they started hiring domestic workers who live in the country illegally, instead.Each year during the month of Ramadan, the demand for domestic helps increases because of the huge family gatherings, and the variety of food and beverages required to be on the fast-breaking table. This becomes a golden opportunity for the illegal workers who live in the Kingdom in violation of the country’s residency system to raise their wages, which go up more than SR3,000 in the month of Ramadan. This is more than the salary earned by some school teachers.Why do citizens fail at hiring domestic help from abroad? Why do they have to hire the ones that live in the country violating the...
February 05, 2019

Is the Labor Ministry against the interest of Saudi citizens?

The electronic graveyard
Al-MadinahRecently, Google launched a new site called Google Graveyard to pay tribute to the memory of its projects that have died. The graveyard includes 44 projects, some which were launched in 2004. For each project there is a tombstone that lists a description of the project, years of operation and the reasons why it failed. One of these projects was Google+ that lasted between 2011-2018. Google ended this project because it was not popular with people and because of its technical problems.If these international companies are burying their projects that failed electronically, there are segments of society who are sadly burying their time and efforts in the Internet and its electronic programs. One of them is the “Saudi society”, which came first internationally on the list of...
February 04, 2019

The electronic graveyard

Indian lessons!
If you want to think carefully about what is happening around you, you have to get out of the immediate circle that you are in and think outside the box. I wrote these words when I was in India recently far from the problems of the Middle East and its concerns. People here are concerned with developing life systems that are more positive and are full of values of social solidarity, coexistence and tolerance.India, which in a few years will become the world’s largest country in terms of population, is poised to become the fourth largest economy in the world, surpassing Germany and after America, China and Japan. Its citizens occupy leading positions in the most important international companies and communities in most parts of the world, working and producing to provide the finest...
February 04, 2019

Indian lessons!

The real terrorist
The Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA), passed by Congress and then signed into law by President Donald Trump last year, has just come into force. This allows Americans to sue those receiving foreign aid from their country in US courts over alleged complicity in “acts of war”. The Palestinians have declined further US funding, at the request of the Palestinian Authority, worried about legal jeopardy.This is a perversely ironic twist. Instead of the Palestinians complaining about the US cutting off funds, they are being forced not to accept such aid. The reason: The fear of being slapped with anti-terrorism lawsuits in US courts.Aside from the fact that only a handful of Americans have ever been harmed in the battle between Palestinians and Israelis, the bigger question is why the...
February 04, 2019

The real terrorist

Newspapers that never die
Al-MadinaIF you have traveled on London’s Metro, then you might have noticed the colorful newspaper in glossy print and with no less than 50 pages, which is distributed free of charge at all metro stations.Readers are attracted to this newspaper. The first thing a person will notice in this newspaper is its rich and diverse content. This disproves the common belief that the end of the print media is close by.Not many print newspapers suffer these days the way many people tend to claim. There are powerful newspapers that will definitely last for a lot more time to come.The idea is not in distributing the print newspaper for free. Most of the newspapers in Europe and in the UK offer their printed editions to the readers for free anyway. The real attraction is in the newspaper’s powerful...
February 04, 2019

Newspapers that never die

Does university education enrich life or career?
Al-JazirahIt has been argued that some of our university graduates cannot find jobs and hence they start laying the blame on others.Many of them will have to blame themselves for choosing a useless major, which has no future. A second group will blame the university for not providing any guidance to the students before they start their five-year journey in the institution, with the hope of leaving it the next year ready to join the job market.A third group will blame their families and friends for making them enroll in certain majors that have no functional advantage or career future.There are those who stand with the unemployed graduates and blame the related government departments for not setting a clear direction the university students need to take before it is too late.Then comes the...
February 03, 2019

Does university education enrich life or career?

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