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Yousuf Al-Muhaimeed
Saudi doctors should volunteer to help the Kingdom’s poor
Al-JazirahThere are many Saudis who do volunteer work to help poor people in other countries. These volunteers post news of their charity work on social media, with photos and videos of the work that they have done in various countries.Among these charity volunteers are Saudi doctors who work in many poor countries, especially in Africa. They perform simple surgeries for hundreds of poor patients.These doctors should take the initiative to do the same voluntary charity work for elderly people in our country. Many of these people live in small isolated villages in the north and the south of the Kingdom. They are forced to wait a long time for an appointment with a doctor and they have to travel long distances to hospitals in large cities.These volunteer doctors should start a small medical...
March 24, 2019

Saudi doctors should volunteer to help the Kingdom’s poor

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The tourist in Turkey and the New Zealand massacre
OkazWHAT was the terrorist who killed many Muslims in New Zealand doing in Turkey before committing his crime in New Zealand? Who did he meet there?Turkey did not reveal any information about his arrival to and departure from Istanbul. Why? Is Ankara trying to hide something? All these are legitimate questions.The terrorist spent 45 days in Istanbul, the new base of the Muslim Brotherhood. How can we be convinced that someone who claims to hate Islam stays in a Muslim country for such a long time?Newspapers in New Zealand dug up information on the movement of the mass murderer over the past two years. They asked why the terrorist went to Turkey and not to any other Muslim country? Was he working with a spy agency? Was he carrying out a task that was assigned to him? Was he a double agent?...
March 24, 2019

The tourist in Turkey and the New Zealand massacre

The final verdict
THERE are ethnic Serbs still at liberty, living quietly, maybe now in retirement, drinking coffee with friends, surrounded by their children and grandchildren, who a quarter of a century ago set out to destroy the lives and happiness of people very much like them except that they were Muslims. These individuals were the Bosnian Serb thugs who ran death and torture camps and whose ultimate crime was the genocidal slaughter of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since the mass murders of millions carried out by Germany’s Nazis. The devastating ethnic cleansing against both the Bosnian Muslim and Croat communities still seems unbelievable in a Europe that prided itself on its tolerance, inclusiveness and the rule of law. Yet these enormities took...
March 21, 2019

The final verdict

Home is where the heart is: An expat says goodbye
An ExpatYEARS flew by in the warm embrace of the city I called home. Never once did I doubt the position this place had established in my heart of being “Home”. They say “home is where the heart is” and now I wonder how I will ever be able to relocate my heart.This is a farewell letter. A farewell to the city that was my father’s last wish and will always be my first home.In the past few months, not only did I lose my father but I also lost the right to call this place my home. My vision is flooded with memories. Memories of better times, of happier times. Of times when I wasn’t just an expat, a disposable person. I will always relish the memory of the many Ramadans I spent in this land. I will savor the taste that Al-Baik leaves on my tongue. I will pine for the peace this...
March 21, 2019

Home is where the heart is: An expat says goodbye

Is it time for a permanent UN international rescue force?
The United Nations is reporting that Cyclone Idai is probably the most destructive storm ever known to have struck the southern hemisphere.Estimates of the dead and homeless in five different countries, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa, suggest that maybe thousands have died, many are injured and millions made homeless by this giant cyclone.“Idai” can mean “Love” or “Awakening” but there has been nothing affectionate about the devastating and unpredictable path this storm took, while it has certainly provided a rude awakening for hard-stretched local emergency services.High winds tore apart buildings in Mozambique’s key port of Beira while torrential rain caused rivers to swell and flooded large areas in the city. Hardly less catastrophic damage was...
March 21, 2019

Is it time for a permanent UN international rescue force?

Exploiting children for fame
Al-RiyadhEXPLOITING children on social media networks to gain fame and money is a form of child abuse punishable by the law. It is a psychological symptom that could impact the behavior children who get the spotlight in this manner.If a child finds out he or she has become famous at an early age, it would greatly affect their upbringing and mental growth. It could increase anxiety and a feeling of insecurity in them. This is in addition to the pressure on the child from the family and social media followers to remain under the spotlight and make more money.There are many video clips on social media networking sites that show children at a very young age facing a lot of pressure to go out and meet with fans, as if it was a full time job and not a hobby. This will reflect on their...
March 21, 2019

Exploiting children for fame

Youth’s role in achieving peace
As a young Saudi woman, I am glad to be part of such a tremendous forum that believes in youth’s role in achieving peace, development and creativity for the world; a forum that prepares members of the current generation to become the leaders of the future, ensuring and maintaining the coexistence between all communities.Regardless of religious, cultural and language differences, the world’s youth face similar challenges and obstacles. Therefore, cooperation between young people is essential for the development of their countries through the exchange of knowledge and awareness.The Arab and African Youth Platform was a three-day event that took place from 16 to 18 March 2019 in Aswan, Egypt. The city of Aswan is proof that Egypt benefited from colonization while maintaining its language,...
March 20, 2019

Youth’s role in achieving peace

Retirees and retirement life
Retirement is a time when an employee has to withdraw from his occupation in accordance with the regulations prevailing in his country. The age for retirement varies from one country to another.In Saudi Arabia, the retirement age is 60 in accordance with the Hijri calendar. There are countries that set retirement at 62 and others where it is 65 or more. In these countries, the age is calculated in accordance with the Gregorian calendar and not on the basis of the Hijri calendar.As far as I know, Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that follows the Hijri calendar in this regard. There are demands that the retirement age should be calculated according to the Gregorian calendar. The state has begun to follow the Gregorian calendar in the payment of salaries to government employees...
March 20, 2019

Retirees and retirement life

Abdullah Al-Jamili
Obstacles facing domestic tourism
Al-MadinahThe Tourism Call Center of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage dealt with more than 14,000 complaints during 2018. The complaints included pricing violations in all the sectors that are related to tourism.If we add to this number the complaints that the Commission received on social media and other complaints that did not reach the tourism call center, then I think we are facing major dissatisfaction with the national tourism sector.Despite the efforts by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage to activate the tourism sector and the many initiatives launched, domestic tourism is still facing many obstacles.Some of these obstacles include the poor services compared to the high prices charged in hotels, furnished apartments and parks. There are...
March 20, 2019

Obstacles facing domestic tourism

Time for public servants to sit up and take notice
While there has been some movement forward on the part of public servants and their obligations to us, the public, the move is at a snail’s pace judging from how many of these individuals are at their desk at the beginning of their work day and how many manage to stay till the very end.Remember the nine senior civil servants working in several sectors of the government of Dubai who made headlines back in 2016? It was late August of that year when they were busted by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Al-Maktoum, Dubai’s ruler, for failure to be at their desks when he arrived for a surprise inspection at their civic offices.It was the first day of the week and the tardiness was captured on film as Sheikh Mohammed made his way around half-empty offices with silence to greet him instead of hardworking...
March 20, 2019

Time for public servants to sit up and take notice

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