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Fixating dangerously on the past
THE marking of the hundredth anniversary of the armistice that ended the brutal slaughter of the World War I has just been completed. The poisonous seed that was planted in Sarajevo 104 year ago with the murder the Hapsburg heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand, rapidly grew up into a conflict which saw some 40 million dead and wounded. And unfortunately, as the Balkans has since discovered to its own bitter cost, that original deadly plant threw off more toxic seeds which have since grown in their turn. Kosovo is a small Balkans country with a population of barely two million. Twenty years ago, with support from NATO warplanes, Kosovo broke away from Serbia. It joined Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Macedonia as states that emerged from the wreckage of the former Serb-dominated...
November 16, 2018

Fixating dangerously on the past

Dear leaders of the world
My name is Haniya. I’m a teenage Muslim, a reader, a writer and a baker. I hope to complete my education and, God willing, go on to become one of the best writers the world has ever known. Through my work, I’d love to spread peace and happiness and put a smile on people’s face. I’d love to be the voice of the voiceless and that distant ray of hope for the hopeless. I’d love to make a difference.There may be another girl like me, perhaps in a refugee camp in Syria or Palestine, one who may be a Rohingya, or one who may belong to the Uighurs of China. She too would perhaps have ambitions like mine. She too may want to become a writer one day, spreading peace and happiness and changing the world for the better.But the trouble is, dear leaders, these dreams are mere aspirations for...
November 15, 2018

Dear leaders of the world

Saudi national identity is key to the nation’s development
I WISH our educational system and institutions would work with students to develop their sense of cultural belonging and Arabic language ability starting from early ages. As compared with older generations, our children nowadays, are lacking many basic Arabic language skills and a feeling of belonging to the culture of their homeland.Globalization is a great way to modernize countries and one of its many advantages is foreign aid, but people and countries do not share the same costs and benefits of globalization. Economically globalization has led to inequality, developing countries are suffering as a result of their integration into the contemporary global capitalist system.In the case of national identity and culture, globalization has transformed the national identity and twisted the...
November 15, 2018

Saudi national identity is key to the nation’s development

The singular idea of a single EU army
A man whose house is in danger of falling down surely does not decide to build a brand new extension to it. The EU currently has a ton of problems including the British departure, the Italians refusing to comply with Brussels’ financial strictures and the Poles and Hungarians openly defying the European Commission. Therefore the decision by French President Emmanuel Macron to revive at this time the idea of a single European army is strange. If EU member states cannot currently speak with one voice, how can anyone expect their generals to march to one tune?It is even more surprising that German Chancellor Angela Merkel endorsed Macron’s plan for a “real European army” albeit adding it was an ambition that should happen “one day”. As ever, Merkel has her feet on the ground, even...
November 15, 2018

The singular idea of a single EU army

The role of Labor Ministry in social development
OkazThis is a golden opportunity for families where private tutors can add value to their children and complement the role of schools in providing them with the best education.IN my opinion, the Ministry of Labor has made significant contributions to social development.Recently, the ministry approved issuance of special work visas for male and female home tutors in the category of domestic workers. Through these visas, Saudi families can recruit private tutors from abroad. I believe that this is a positive development and a step toward social improvement.Families for a long time have been suffering because of the absence of private tutoring facilities for their children. This is especially the case for families where parents spend most of their time outside their homes and who are in need...
November 15, 2018

The role of Labor Ministry in social development

Global leaders must adapt to Trump’s post-midterm world
For Donald Trump’s first foreign trip since Americans voted in the midterm elections, the bleak weather in Paris appears to have matched the diplomatic mood. The US president seemed subdued during his visit to mark the centenary of the truce that ended World War One, and insulted many Europeans when rain and traffic were cited as the reason for cancelling one of his visits to an American war cemetery.Trump’s mood may have reflected his irritation at his Republican Party’s loss of control of the House of Representatives during the Nov. 6 congressional vote. However, Republican gains in the Senate, along with the lack of an obvious Democratic frontrunner to challenge him - at least for now - underscores the fact that the rest of the world has to accept that he might be re-elected in...
November 14, 2018

Global leaders must adapt to Trump’s post-midterm world

A memorable Friday sermon
God has chosen Friday as the best day and made it superior to all other days of the week. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said about this day: “The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday; on it Adam was created, on it he was made to enter Paradise, and on it he was expelled from it. And the Day of Judgment will take place on no day other than Friday.”God has singled out Juma prayer as it differs from other prayers. Islamic scholars have unanimously agreed that it is an obligatory ritual for every Muslim, who is capable of performing it.It is the only prayer mentioned in the Holy Qur’an in the sense that everyone who hears the call for it should leave their businesses and go to the mosque to perform the prayer. The Holy Qur’an says: “O you who have believed, when (the...
November 14, 2018

A memorable Friday sermon

The icon who toppled herself
Like the once-admired statue of a Colossus, the edifice of Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi is cracking and crumbling away. This is a woman who won international acclaim for her stubborn refusal to bow to the demands of a vicious military junta which kept her under house arrest for 15 years. This is a woman who demanded that her followers in her National League for Democracy mounted only peaceful protests against the military regime. This is a woman who came to rival South Africa’s Nelson Mandela as a beacon for democracy and human dignity. And this is the woman who, now in government, has stood by while Buddhist fanatics and her security forces have launched a campaign of genocide against her country’s Muslim minority, a campaign which has seen a million Rohingya driven into...
November 14, 2018

The icon who toppled herself

Muslim women in the US Congress
Okaz newspaperLast week, in the US midterm elections, two Muslim women were elected to Congress for the first time ever, in an election that grabbed the attention of people from all over the world. The election of the two Muslim women was covered intensively in Western media.Some Arab media and social media platforms went overboard in celebrating because they were Muslim women, as if this was an historical achievement. And as if these two women would address the issues of Muslims around the world, making it their main goal during their time in Congress.There is nothing wrong in celebrating their election to Congress, but it is not right to exaggerate its importance. The main reason they were elected in the first place is because they were American citizens who are committed to American...
November 14, 2018

Muslim women in the US Congress

Take pride in your environment
Wherever it may be, the city we live in is our address to the world. And it does not matter if we are a Saudi or an expatriate, an Asian or a European or young or old. We are all components in the dynamics that make up the metropolis we live in.It is with a tinge of alarm that I sense that Jeddah, the city I live in, has been getting progressively messier and dirtier. Perhaps because such apparent eyesores conflict so dramatically with the routine announcements by our city officials about how vastly improved out town has become.The civic sense that should be developed in the populace is vanishing in the face of other priorities, such as making a living or sending enough money home. And one of the losers is the duty of each and every one of us in ensuring that we keep our city clean. The...
November 14, 2018

Take pride in your environment

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