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Fahd bin Jileid
Dear handicapped, you are not allowed on board!
Al-JazirahI FELT shame when I watched the video clip published by Dr. Wajdi Wazzan, undersecretary for the affairs of students with special needs and a member of the faculty of engineering at King Abdulaziz University, in which he apologized for not being able to participate in the higher education conference, which concluded in Riyadh on Saturday.The reason he stated for his absence was that he was not allowed to board the airplane because he was wheelchair-bound and was not accompanied by an assistant.This is unfortunate because it reflected a negative image on our national carrier toward a precious segment of society that is supposed to receive the utmost care from us. They could have at least allowed a member of the airline staff to travel with him. Denying a handicapped person the...
April 16, 2019

Dear handicapped, you are not allowed on board!

محمد العصيمي
A verdict without precedents
Al-YaumTHE Criminal Court in Jeddah recently issued an unprecedented ruling that will be recorded in the history of the Saudi judicial system.This court ruling acquitted a Saudi citizen of the charges framed by the prosecution for publishing a video clip that negatively targeted Saudi society. He was also acquitted of defaming a number of officials, including the head of a university.The judgment pointed out that the man had directed his criticism to a certain group in a sarcastic style and he did not generalize society as a whole. The judge considered what the man did as part of his freedom of expression.Here I ask my readers to concentrate on two important things in this piece of news. The first is the logic of our courts in speaking in clear language about a matter that is concerned...
April 15, 2019

A verdict without precedents

Emotional blackmail
OkazThis man believes that society owes him because he is poor and he decides to solve his problem through an illegal act. This is emotional blackmail, which is totally unacceptable.SOME people resort to emotional blackmail citing their difficult living conditions. They believe that such suffering is a free card for them to break the law and subject society to their whims and wishes.For example, I will tell you of an incident that I witnessed recently. A man complained to me about injustice he was subjected to by a government department, which seized equipment that was his only source of living.How did that happen? The man was cooking food for distribution at a very dirty place. When authorities discovered this illegal activity that put the health of the public in risk, they seized his...
April 14, 2019

Emotional blackmail

How do we create jobs?
OkazONE of the main challenges facing governments across the world is creating job opportunities for citizens. It is a key and sensitive point between economic policies of the governments and the citizens.The World Bank has stated that countries in our region will face great challenges in job creation. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa need to create more than 50 million jobs with an annual growth rate of 6.5 percent to ensure political and social stability.Increased competitiveness and a dynamic economy are essential to generate job opportunities and to distribute the fairly among all segments of society.In the Kingdom, we need to determine priorities of promising sectors in which we can generate the biggest number of jobs.Each sector has its own unique characteristic that is...
April 11, 2019

How do we create jobs?

Seven divorces every hour!
Al-MadinaACCORDING to figures released by the General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) recently, there were 58,000 divorces in the Kingdom last year representing about 24 percent of the total number of the marriage contracts, which was put at 158,000 during the year.The Justice Ministry, on the other hand, said courts issued 4,688 divorce deeds all over the Kingdom this February alone, which is a rise of about 14 percent over the number of divorces in the previous month, which was 4,004.The ministry said every month there were between 179 and 253 divorce cases documented in various parts of the Kingdom.This simply means that there were seven divorces taking place in the Kingdom every hour.Divorce, as a family consultant puts it, is a divinely sanctioned system to permanently settle the...
April 10, 2019

Seven divorces every hour!

Reward for whistle-blowers
Al-MadinaWITHOUT doubt, fake products exist in our market. They include clothes, perfumes, watches, bags, shoes and electrical equipment and products.Some products are not only imitations, but they also do not conform to the approved standard specifications and some of them are not good for any use.Because of the fact that the capacity of manpower at the Ministry of Commerce and Investment, which is monitoring the markets regularly, is very limited, the ministry came up with the idea of announcing financial award for anyone reporting a case of commercial fraud. The reward is 25 percent of the value of the fine, which the court decides.This is one of the ways the ministry has come up with to combat rampant commercial fraud.Recently, the ministry announced an SR50,000 reward to a Saudi...
April 09, 2019

Reward for whistle-blowers

Abdo Khal
Fugitives from our homes
OkazI FIND myself forced to write about the issue of Saudi girls fleeing the country. This is a topic that has been discussed many times.Outside forces are trying to instigate Saudi girls to escape from their home country taking advantage of their situation and emotional outbursts. At the same time, there are many voices that call against such attempts and criticize those who instigate our girls to escape abroad.In spite of all the cases of girls escaping, we can firmly say that we are a society like any other where such social problems occur occasionally. Outside forces are taking these isolated instances and sensationalize them in the media in order to rouse foreign governments and civil society organizations to turn against Saudi Arabia.We are a country that is targeted from many a...
April 08, 2019

Fugitives from our homes

Areej aljohani
University cities in the UK
OkazTHE total number of British universities, according to Times Higher Education, exceeds 89 universities. They are distributed between Scotland, England and Wales.In addition to the strong education system in this UK, there are major reasons why the emphasis on higher education is due to direct economic benefits to the country.When I talk about university cities here, I do not mean the cities that are surrounded by high concrete walls that no one can traverse without an entry card or a permit, that do not serve the surrounding neighborhood and that close its gates to prevent women from going out without prior permission.Reading in England, where I am finishing my fifth year as a scholarship student, is a small city in size but it is complete with all necessary services. I do not need to...
April 07, 2019

University cities in the UK

Abdo Khal
Dying for a football team
OkazAFTER each crucial football match, we hear about victims who suffered because of the outcome. Sometimes people lose their life because of their intense emotions.The cases of heart attacks and fans fainting in football stadiums during and after matches need immediate attention. Take for example, the latest match between Riyadh rivals Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal. Al-Nasr won the match 3-2 and temporarily took the top position in the league standings, sending Hilal to the second place.A large number of ambulances were seen at the entrances of the stadium dealing with the cases of fans who suffered health problems during and after the match. One Hilal fan died because of shock and sorrow after Al-Nasr scored the winning goal in the last minutes of the match.The Jedda-based Al-Ahli Club announced...
April 04, 2019

Dying for a football team

Abdullah Al-Jamili
Compulsory enlistment
Al-MadinaAMOUNG us there is a group of young men that we are proud of. Though I like to write about the initiatives being carried out by our youth, here I will dwell upon something more important.We are proud of the youth’s contributions to serve their religion, country and society in many fields, especially through social and voluntary programs.At the same time, there are other segments that are engrossed in city life and its luxuries. This largely affected their personalities to the extent that their character became so delicate. They lead a spoiled life, which is evident from the way they dress and their strange hairstyles.This has also affected the way they speak so much so that we cannot differentiate between the males and females among them.As for their daily activities, they spend...
April 04, 2019

Compulsory enlistment

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