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Don’t go to the media with your problem
Okaz newspaperI WAS giving this piece of advice to everyone who asked for it.I advised students of an academy who were given false promises that were not achieved. I gave the same advice to graduates of a health diploma course, who were also assured of jobs after graduation.These students studied at their own expense and spent all their savings hoping that they would get employed after they graduate, but again in vain.I gave the same advice also to a Saudi woman investor in a kindergarten. This woman claimed that officials at the Education Ministry stood as an obstacle on her way and forced her to shut down the institution.I will continue to give the same advice to anyone who comes to me complaining of injustice from an official, a government department or a ministry.Although I am a...
December 24, 2018

Don’t go to the media with your problem

Saudi intellectuals meet with the Minister of Culture
In a calm voice, Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr Bin Abdullah Bin Farhan Al-Saud told a group of intellectuals that their meeting would be held outside the walls of the ministry, precisely at Prince Omar Bin Saud Heritage Palace in At-Turaif in the historic Ad-Diriyah, so that it would have a symbolic significance along with a civilized dimension.‏After that, the young minister picked up his notebook and pen, and said, with a smile on his face: “This will not be the last meeting and we will be meeting periodically.” He urged the intellectuals to speak freely about their hopes and aspirations.‏In the ensuing discourse, some of them stressed the importance of separating the concepts of entertainment and culture while others underscored the need for enlightenment from...
December 23, 2018

Saudi intellectuals meet with the Minister of Culture

Careless employees
Okaz newspaperTHE story goes as follows. A section manager in a company offered the manager of a different department to transfer one of his employees to his department. Surprised at his request, the latter asked the former whether he wanted to exchange one of his employees with his.The first manager told him that he simply wanted to transfer one of his employees to his department. The second manager knew immediately that the man was trying to get rid of an employee and make him his problem. He rejected the offer, saying that if he were good with him, then he wouldn›t have offered him for free.Another story is of an employee who went to his friend, who is a manager in one of the departments, and offered to work under him. The excuse he gave was that he was not comfortable working under...
December 23, 2018

Careless employees

Mattis exit makes the world more volatile
For Washington’s national security community and overseas allies, the departure of US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is a nasty surprise. President Donald Trump started 2018 with a triumvirate of respected current and former generals seen as central to restraining his wilder foreign policy instincts. Now that constraint will soon be gone, leaving US international relations hugely less predictable.Here are four of the most immediate implications of the Mattis departure:One: Trump is now making his own foreign policy.It began earlier this year with the ousters of national security adviser Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and continued this month with the announced departures of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and now Mattis. All four individuals...
December 23, 2018

Mattis exit makes the world more volatile

Gatwick bedlam
Until a man and a woman were arrested in connection with the string of drone sightings that brought Gatwick Airport to a standstill, the airport had closed, opened, closed and reopened again, all within three days. What boggles the mind is that British police and the armed forces were, until the arrests, at a loss to figure out who were flying the drones, what their motive was, how to apprehend them or whether the airport would close yet again. That this happened in the UK’s second largest airport during the busiest time of the holiday season, causing travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of passengers, made many wonder how something like this could ever happen in the first place.Before the arrests, the authorities were at their wits’ end as to what to do. Police considered shooting...
December 23, 2018

Gatwick bedlam

The US Senate’s unjustified stand
Okaz newspaperThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia did well in responding to the United States Senate through an official statement. It was important to issue that statement using direct and strong language expressing the Kingdom’s official stand, which is also the official stand of the Saudi people.The Saudi people do not accept any foreign interference in their local affairs. Their country is strong with its own sovereignty and dignity, and the Saudi people want to see it respected both at home and abroad. They realize that their strength is derived from the strength of their country.The United States Senate has crossed a line by interfering in the internal affairs of the Kingdom and targeting its leadership and policies. The Senate has relied on accusations and charges that are false, which...
December 23, 2018

The US Senate’s unjustified stand

Riyadh rejects US Congress intervention
Saudi Arabia’s response to the two resolutions recently adopted by the US Senate requires no explanation. One of these resolutions targeted Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman while the other called on the US Administration to end its cooperation with the Saudi-led Arab Coalition to restore stability and legitimacy in Yemen.The Kingdom’s response was absolutely necessary and clear when it comes to matters such as interfering in internal affairs, undermining sovereignty, affecting the Saudi leadership, in addition to an attempt to influence the leading role played by Riyadh in regional and international arenas, especially its pioneering role in leading the Arab and Islamic worlds.Those who follow the American policy must take into account some very important observations. The Senate’s...
December 22, 2018

Riyadh rejects US Congress intervention

Trump is plain wrong: Daesh is not yet beaten
ASIDE from the impact on the balance of power in Syria, President Donald Trump’s announcement he is pulling out US troops is predicated upon a major error. The president has declared the battle against Daesh (the so-called IS) to be won. This is simply not true. He had always committed himself to withdrawing the force of around 2,000 military personnel when Daesh had been defeated. But just because the terrorists have been chased into their final enclave in Hajin on the banks of the Euphrates in the east of Syria does not mean that Trump can suddenly declare final victory. His surprising announcement, reportedly made without any detailed White House consultation with the Pentagon, was disturbingly reminiscent of President George W. Bush’s triumphant “Mission Accomplished” speech...
December 21, 2018

Trump is plain wrong: Daesh is not yet beaten

Saudi Arabia, a great defender of human rights
OkazThe United Nations resident coordinator praised the Saudi efforts in protecting human rights. He declared that the world body highly appreciates the constructive cooperation from Riyadh and prides itself on the ongoing partnership with it in its programs and activities.I WAS lucky to be part of a panel discussion organized by the Saudi Human Rights Commission in cooperation with the United Nations Office in Riyadh a few days ago to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Despite the massive political campaign against Saudi Arabia over the last two months, a remarkable activity emerged from the Saudi capital, attended by representatives of a number of diplomatic missions and government officials, to protect human rights and celebrate the most important...
December 20, 2018

Saudi Arabia, a great defender of human rights

RAJENDRA K. ANEJA
Goodbye, President George HW Bush
WHEN you took over the office of President of the United States, most people outside America knew you purely as a competent Vice President. No more.Leaders become great by the chemistry between them and the events that occur. Events try to overcome leaders. But, great leaders eventually master events.The event that metamorphosed you was Saddam Hussein’s seizure of Kuwait.You rose to the occasion. Not like a Rambo, who sent American troops charging into the deserts. But, as a wise statesman. You were able to network the international community of nations, to declare that the invasion of one nation by another is not acceptable in the new world order.For the first time since World War II, you were able to network almost all the countries of the world, including erstwhile adversaries like...
December 20, 2018

Goodbye, President George HW Bush

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