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The prayer time dilemma
OkazRECENTLY, 11 women, seven men and five boys and a housemaid who was new convert missed the Maghreb prayer as they were standing in a long line, some of them with their children.They were waiting for the cashiers to finish their prayer, which sometimes take more than half an hour, so they could pay for their groceries and go home for prayer. By the time they reached home, the time for Maghreb was over and this why they missed it.This is a small example of what is happening daily in many commercial centers and this is what we go through each time the store closes for prayer. And this in addition to the overcrowding on the corridors and in prayer sections that are not designed in the first place for hundreds of worshippers to pray at a time.When we call for a review of the decision to...
January 21, 2019

The prayer time dilemma

Making up for lost time
OkazAS it is customary for decades, we honor people by naming streets, halls or edifices after them when they die and are no longer among us. We give medals only to people when they become extremely old and feeble.What really prevents us from naming streets, halls or monuments after our great men and women during their life time and when they are strong and capable?.Why don't we grant our great personalities the decorations and merit certificates when they are very much alive, strong and at their prime time?Because of their old age and bad health, these people are often not able to climb the platforms where the medals and decorations are distributed.If they are decorated at an early age, they will climb the platforms with all their vitality and exuberance of happiness and the spirit of...
January 21, 2019

Making up for lost time

The news that wasn’t
Ever since Donald Trump stepped into the White House in January of 2017, the mainstream US media seems to spend every waking moment slamming him. The latest effort to take Trump down came on Thursday when the website BuzzFeed alleged that Trump “personally instructed” his then-attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about talks to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, a real estate deal that was being discussed during the 2016 campaign.It was a shocking allegation, leading Democratic members of Congress to begin pointing to the report as grounds for the president’s impeachment. The report also had the media howling for Trump’s head. The clamor grew throughout the day and into Friday night.But the political and media frenzy detonated by the BuzzFeed story fizzled by Friday evening when...
January 21, 2019

The news that wasn’t

Entertainment is not just for the wealthy!
OkazWhen the General Authority for Entertainment was established, many people from different levels of society thought that entertainment would be available to them. This was especially true of those who lived in underdeveloped neighborhoods and people on limited incomes. These people imagined that entertainment would begin in areas that were economically deprived.However, the businessmen who started entertainment projects directed them at people with higher incomes. The General Authority for Entertainment chose to keep in the Kingdom large amounts of money that is spent by high-income people in entertainment and international events in neighboring countries.It may be unfair to call for reorganizing priorities in order to target low-income people first. But people on limited incomes can be...
January 21, 2019

Entertainment is not just for the wealthy!

The economics of tomatoes and cement!
On evening not long ago, I had a pleasant conversation with a businessman friend whom I had not seen for a very long time, and with us was his driver who was an Arab national. My friend asked me about the latest news of the economic situation. However, the driver intervened and said: “I am a very simple man and the economy is a complex subject and difficult to understand. So I use a simple method which is to follow the price of tomatoes. He explained: “If the price of tomatoes is stable, then the economic situation is good. If it is not, then it means that the situation is worrying. Tomatoes are essential ingredients in cooking a meal and they are grown locally. If the price of tomatoes increases, then there is an increase in the prices of different things.I thought a bit about the...
January 21, 2019

The economics of tomatoes and cement!

Canada and the myth of ‘alternative home’!
Aren’t Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland acting in a foolish manner when in their keenness to settle scores with Saudi Arabia, they are taking advantage of a Saudi teenager, after she had fled her family during their stay in Kuwait and locked herself in an airport hotel room in Bangkok, seeking asylum?Isn’t this a rash and unwise act, as it has come at a time when the prudent people of Canada are calling on the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to find a way to resume relations with Riyadh?Isn’t it unusual for a state to offer to receive a teenage girl, who has fled her family, when the girl herself had not even approached Canadian authorities?The Canadian Foreign Minister made haste to issue a decision granting Rahaf “political...
January 20, 2019

Canada and the myth of ‘alternative home’!

On girls escaping to the unknown
Al-WatanI AM closely following these days the divergent opinions in our society about girls escaping from their homes with each group sticking to their own points of view.One of these groups put the blame squarely on the media and purported instigators, saying the girls who escape from their families are victims of media hype.Others put the blame on the severe restrictions imposed on women in the country and the customs and traditions prevailing in Saudi society as well as certain regulations that curtail their freedom.Social media influencers, each one of them with his or her large following, were also divided over the issue. Some of them put the blame on the girls themselves for escaping and question their morality without paying any attention to the dignity of the individual. They also...
January 20, 2019

On girls escaping to the unknown

Who is going to apologize to Saudi women?
Al-YaumI visited the branch of a communication company in a mall and was surprised to find that most of the workers there were Saudi women. I learned that the company chose the morning shift for them to work because it suits them better.When I left the place, I contacted an official by SMS and asked him about the actual number of Saudi women working in this sector. I thought that there would not be more than 100,000 female workers. I was surprised when the answer came that there are more than 515,000 Saudi women working in this sector who are registered in social insurance. That is more than half a million Saudi women who once stayed home and were unemployed.Half a million Saudi women were deprived of honest jobs and were unable to support their families. Now these women are working in...
January 20, 2019

Who is going to apologize to Saudi women?

The games people play
YouTube already had a policy on challenges and pranks that put people at risk, but given the increased popularity of potentially harmful activities, the company has deemed it necessary to clarify its guidelines. Now, YouTube clips that depict dangerous or emotionally distressing pranks have been banned from the platform.The move comes in response to so-called “challenges” that have sometimes resulted in death or injury. The stunts people pull on social media are out of this world. There are examples of social media users eating laundry detergent packets on camera, and people dousing themselves in flammable liquid and setting themselves alight. The former led to a spike in reported cases of illness in the US while a 12-year-old US girl gave herself burns to about 50 percent of her body...
January 20, 2019

The games people play

Putin goes to Serbia
IN the days before the Kremlin press clampdown, a Russian newspaper once reported that Vladimir Putin’s aides were insisting that the president not be pictured standing up alongside anyone taller than his own 1.68 meters. On Friday Putin’s people will be able to do nothing about his handshake with Serbia’s towering president Aleksandar Vucic, who is all of two meters tall. This, it might be thought, is the limit of Serbian ascendency over the mighty Russian bear but in fact Vucic has something which Putin wants and for which the Russian leader is apparently prepared to pay handsomely. The value of Serbia rests in the fact that it is a candidate state for EU membership. It actually began accession talks in 2007, at a time when Brussels was still focused on growing the Union and had...
January 17, 2019

Putin goes to Serbia

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