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Abdullah Al-Jamili
Why was the woman teacher's car burned down in Taif?
Al-MadinaA FEW days back, a Saudi man deliberately set the car of a woman schoolteacher in Taif ablaze. He had been closely watching the car until he completed his heinous crime. The car was peacefully parked outside the woman's house when the man poured benzene on it before setting it alight.This was captured in a video footage that went viral on social media.The man was subsequently arrested in Jeddah where he fled after the crime. The car owner said the man had been known to her and that he had threatened her before. She denied that it was her own brother who had committed the crime.Until this very moment the intentions of the criminal were not known but he was being investigated and would be produced in court.Did the criminal have a personal grudge against the woman teacher or was...
April 29, 2019

Why was the woman teacher's car burned down in Taif?

What happens to Saudis who vanish in Turkey?
OkazTHERE are certain news reports that are being published by some newspapers and TV channels that we should classify as "extremely serious" if they are true as the sources claim.According to these reports, Saudi passports are being stolen in Turkey and a number of Saudi citizens who went there for tourism with their families never came back.If these reports are confirmed, it will be a big surprise because they did not receive the proper attention in the local media.We have not heard from any official department or any official spokesman confirming or denying these reports, clarifying to us their backgrounds.If we assume that these reports are true, we will be in a very precarious situation. Regarding the stolen passports, we are confronted with two possibilities. The first...
April 28, 2019

What happens to Saudis who vanish in Turkey?

Muhammad Al-Saaed
Copy the Egyptian experience to solve our housing crisis
OkazFROM the early 1970s until the late 1990s, the hot topic discussed in the Egyptian media was the housing crisis. Cinema, television and the newspapers were pushed to come up with unique solutions to an issue that was considered quite urgent by society.We used to watch in Egyptian dramas honest discussions on the difficulties of finding a small apartment where couples could start their lives.We were not paying any attention to it at that time because we were not suffering from a housing problem the same way we face it today. Our numbers were little and our lives were simple. Finding a home was easy and the rents were very low. Cities were small and people preferred to live with their extended families and therefore the need for a private home was limited.With the rise in population, the...
April 28, 2019

Copy the Egyptian experience to solve our housing crisis

Abdullah Al-Jamili
Working hours vs. productivity
Al-MadinaIN one of my trips to the US, I met with a number of Arabs who worked for a big American company. During the conversation, I asked them about their work hours. They told me that there were no fixed hours but the whole matter was decided by productivity and achievement.They said their office attendance was not governed by signing in in the morning and signing out in the afternoon but by the quantity of achievement they make during the work hours.They told me that every employee was expected to make at least a minimal achievement according to the nature of his or her job.They said when any employee makes a notable achievement, he or she will be rewarded in cash or kind.Since that day, I have been hoping that the same system would be applied by our government departments wherein the...
April 24, 2019

Working hours vs. productivity

Let us be soft on our children during exams
AL-MADINAABOUT 2.7 million of boys and girls of intermediate and secondary school started their final exams.The schools all over the Kingdom made tremendous preparations for annual exercise. The teachers and administrators were keen to prepare the examination halls to make them comfortable for the students who sit the exams. They were determined not to prevent any student from sitting the exam unless by a decision from the director of the department of education in his or her area.The school administrators made it imperative on the drivers of school buses to bring the students to their schools well in time so that they do not miss the examinations.They also asked the operators of school cafeterias to make sure that the food served to the students was healthy and clean so that none of them...
April 24, 2019

Let us be soft on our children during exams

Anmar Mutawei
Dirty restaurants
OkazTHE societal culture of “eating out in the market” has changed drastically from what it used to be about a decade or two ago especially with the middle class people.“Eating out in the market” is a traditional phrase to describe all kinds of food taken outside away from home. This has become a cultural trend for every family whether through asking for delivery or going to the restaurants as part of the weekend outing.The restaurants are crowded with people of all ages on all weekdays. At the weekends you will have to wait in a queue for a long time to find a free table.Compared to this large number of clients, the service in most restaurants is acutely substandard especially when it comes to the quality of food to the point that the food you take may sometimes be...
April 23, 2019

Dirty restaurants

Why do our shops reject payment by credit cards?
Al-MadinaIN a growing phenomenon, a large number of shops are categorically refusing to accept credit cards as a method of payment and ask consumers to pay in cash or through mada-linked debit cards.I asked a sales clerk in one of the shops why he was refusing to accept credit cards such as Visa, Master Card or others? He told me that his uncle, who is the shop owner, had given the workers clear instructions not to accept credit cards for payment.It seems that this uncle and other uncles are justifying their refusal to accept credit cards by the stance of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), which said shops are not obliged by law to accept credit cards as a means of payment.SAMA has said there will not be any punishment on shops that refuse to accept the credit cards for...
April 22, 2019

Why do our shops reject payment by credit cards?

SR800 for a medical consultation?
Al-MadinaI LOGGED into a website that contains a database of Saudi and expatriate doctors practicing in Saudi Arabia. Patients can make appointments for consultation with any of them at the hospitals they work or their private clinics.Then I noticed that the examination fees for Saudi doctors starts from SR400-SR500 and it reaches as high as SR800 per patient.(This is the fee for doctors with common specializations and the fees for those in rare branches of medicine could be much higher.)These examinations take a maximum of 10 minutes and in most cases they end in a couple of minutes, which include the paperwork that the doctors need to complete.On the other hand, I found that the fees that expatriate doctors charge are very are reasonable. They range from SR100 to SR200 and rarely reach...
April 21, 2019

SR800 for a medical consultation?

Abdo Khal
An infested market
OkazIN recent weeks, inspection teams from the Ministry of Commerce and Investment seized more than 7 million fake products that were not good for human use.These products were on its way to the market at a time when the consumers are preparing to welcome the holy month of Ramadan. They contained food products, cleaning products, car tires and imitation brands. They were being distributed to markets all over the Kingdom.Can you imagine the effects of 7 million fake products flooding the local market? These were only a few items. What about the food we consume and the water we drink?We are in a situation where we cannot differentiate between what is good for use and what is not. This is a major problem that needs to be fixed through continuous monitoring.Yes, our market is wide open and...
April 18, 2019

An infested market

Khaled Al-Suleiman
The right of travel
OkazI DO not blame the airline company for banning passengers with special needs from boarding aircraft, especially when there are no one traveling with them to provide necessary assistance.The regulations of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) state that the maximum number of passengers with special needs is determined according to the ratio of the number of service hosts on board an aircraft.The passenger with special needs should explain his condition and his need for assistance when he or she makes the reservation and demand the service in advance.In airlines all over the world, the passenger with special needs demands services when making a reservation, in this case passengers on wheelchair.Most of the complaints by passengers with special needs are about the...
April 17, 2019

The right of travel

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