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Tehran’s blatant lies
In order to secure the release of an arrested oil tanker, Iran gave a solemn undertaking that it would not be delivering its cargo to Syria. The authorities in Gibraltar, which had detained the Adrian Darya-1, accepted this pledge. Last week, after slow steaming around the Mediterranean, the tanker arrived in Syrian waters off the port city of Tarsus. On Sunday, the foreign ministry in Tehran confirmed the oil had been landed in Syria.It is hard to think of a more blatant lie or a greater diplomatic insult. For Gibraltar, read the United Kingdom, which at the “request” of the autonomous Gibraltarian authorities, sent Royal Marines to board and stop the tanker as it passed into the Mediterranean. It had loaded its crude in Iran way back in April but had avoided the Suez Canal, sailing...
September 09, 2019

Tehran’s blatant lies

Japan and Aramco’s IPO!
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Aramco’s IPO, the world’s largest, will be offered in two phases, the first on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) and the second on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The world’s stock exchanges have harnessed their political and administrative potential to win the right to present this important IPO.The legal risks and the lack of sufficient guarantees of underwriting on the New York Stock Exchange likely caused Saudi Arabia to turn elsewhere.As for the London Stock Exchange, the political instability in Britain and the repercussions and expected economic recession because of Brexit were all negative factors that ruled out the UK, despite a promotional effort by London to win the deal.Furthermore, the recent events in Hong Kong have become a clear...
September 09, 2019

Japan and Aramco’s IPO!

Dr. Shoukany … I will be myself!
It is indeed an honor and a heavy responsibility to produce a eulogy when it comes to such a great individual as Dr. Muhammed Al-Shoukany.I was blessed with the chance to see him yesterday for the last time before the funeral prayer with mixed feelings of love, pride, sadness and tears. I said good-bye for the last time and I felt he somehow and in some way heard my words of valediction and empathized with my sorrow. Momentarily, I experienced a flashback of my close and inspiring personal 25-year history with my mentor and friend Dr. Shoukany - a momentous and life-changing narrative which resoundingly resonates with me and others to this day!It was way back in 1994 when I first met Dr. Muhammed Al-Shoukany. I was in his office when I joined the English Department at King Abdulaziz...
September 08, 2019

Dr. Shoukany … I will be myself!

Is the British parliament at odds with the people?
BRITISH politics are in chaos. New Mrime Minister Boris Johnson took office promising to take the UK out of the European Union on Oct. 31, with or without a deal. The date had been an extension of the original March deadline because parliament three times voted down the departure agreement achieved by Johnson’s predecessor Theresa May. The ostensible reason for that rejection were the border arrangements for Northern Ireland which abuts EU member Ireland. This sensitive part of the UK would have remained for a transition period within the European customs union until Brussels alone agreed the relationship could be ended following the agreement of a new UK-wide trade deal. Though some MPs regarded this as an egregious infringement of British sovereignty, many of those who threw out...
September 06, 2019

Is the British parliament at odds with the people?

Hong Kong’s Lam backs down
HONG Kong leader Carrie Lam’s announcement she is scrapping her controversial extradition bill after five months of increasingly violent protests, may not be enough to convince the demonstrators to quit the streets. Had she done this in April instead of merely shelving the bill, the extensive physical damage to Hong Kong itself and to its reputation, would have been avoided.As it is, the civic protestors have increased their demands, which now include the dropping of the prosecution of arrested demonstrators, an end to calling them “rioters”, an independent inquiry into police conduct and free elections to be preceded by the resignation of Ms. Lam herself.Lam has already set up an inquiry into how hard-pressed law officers handled the protests. However, given the mood of distrust...
September 05, 2019

Hong Kong’s Lam backs down

The BJP’s illegal migrant campaign backfires
“They are like termites, eating the grain that should go to the poor”. Thus did Amit Shah, home minister in Narendra Modi’s new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government describe illegal immigrants in India. In the run-up to the spring election, the BJP was loud in denouncing Muslims who had fled the 1971 independence struggle in Bangladesh and settled in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Now the results of a new National Register of Citizens (NCR) in Assam have effectively taken away the civic and residential rights of some 1.9 million people. These unfortunates were unable to produce documentation to prove that they or their forebears had been living in Assam before 1971. Assam is one of India’s poorest states, with low literacy levels in both the Muslim and Hindu...
September 03, 2019

The BJP’s illegal migrant campaign backfires

The advantages of new early childhood schools
In a courageous decision and a pioneering step aimed at improving the quality of education in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, the Ministry of Education has launched a long-awaited educational project by assigning women to teach boys up to the third grade of elementary schools. These women, who are specialized teachers and trainers in the field of early childhood education, will work in schools that are under 100 percent female administration.In early childhood education schools, which include the second and third levels of kindergarten, and the first, second and third grades of elementary school for boys and girls, the authorities give parents the option to either continue their children’s education in these new schools or to enroll their sons in boys’ schools.Some 1,490 early...
September 03, 2019

The advantages of new early childhood schools

The other side of the coin
My recent articles on Kashmir have evoked a wide range of responses that keep trickling into my mailbox. The majority seems to be in agreement with my alarm at the course of action the Indian government has chosen to take in their dealings with the previously semi-autonomous state of Kashmir. Kashmir, for those who are not yet aware, is in a state of siege followed by days of news blackouts and a massive inflow of Indian army personnel to quell any possible uprising.Last week in my column I highlighted a response from an Indian who expressed his heart-wrenching feelings about the Indian action in Kashmir. This week in the interest of fairness, I chose to display another letter, this one from Suresh, an Indian who strongly objected to my writing and views on the state of affairs in...
September 03, 2019

The other side of the coin

German politicians must unite against neo-Nazis
Germany is not in a good place. Europe’s strongest economy teeters on the edge of recession. Its once all-powerful chancellor, Angela Merkel has announced her departure by 2021 but there are serious doubts that she will complete what would be sixteen years in power. Not only are there questions over her health - she has had three bouts of violent shaking in public - but also her political power base is in danger.This year a poll suggested that Merkel, known affectionately as “Mutti” (“Mummy”) still enjoyed a remarkable 67 percent popularity rating. This, however, is probably a reflection of the rising tide of anxiety among voters and illustrates the words of the English writer Hilaire Belloc who warned children “Be sure and always cling to nurse, for fear of finding something...
September 02, 2019

German politicians must unite against neo-Nazis

Officials will only be appointed on the basis of merit
The recent royal orders are part of the ongoing restructuring of Saudi ministries and government agencies. The creation of the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources is a step in the right direction. The appointment of prominent investor and industrialist Bandar Al-Khorayef as minister means that the state listens to the private sector and pins great hope on its rejuvenation and progress so as to enable it to play a pivotal role in implementing Vision 2030. This will help realize the objective of diversifying the sources of state income and not relying solely on oil revenues.The royal orders will further strengthen the anti-corruption drive and protect integrity. One of the orders appoints Mazen Al-Kahmous as chairman of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, following the...
September 02, 2019

Officials will only be appointed on the basis of merit

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