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hamoud abu_taleb
An agent’s escape
OkazQATARI Emir Tamim Bin Hamad was the star of the day last Sunday on the occasion of the Arab summit, which took place in Tunisia. He stole the spotlight not because of his useless presence, but because of his escape from the opening session of the summit as the entire world watched.Tamim escaped from the session and headed straight to the airport. No one cared about his presence except the president of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Ennahda movement who rushed after him to the airport trying to convince him to come back. The Arab summit went on smoothly, as if Tamim wasn’t there in the first place.Tamim escaped from the summit after the speeches by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi and the Secretary-General of the Arab League who condemned...
April 03, 2019

An agent’s escape

Ibrahim Ali Naseeb
Water bills again
Al-MadinaI AM used to writing about people’s sufferings in this column. This time I will write about an unbelievable story of a man in Madinah who received an exorbitant bill from the National Water Company.This old man lives in a small villa with his wife. Last November, he received a water bill for SR6,234. He almost fainted. When He went to the company and complained. The same month, he received an adjusted bill of SR399. The old man paid the bill and the company thanked him for the payment.In February this year, he received a bill for SR6,437. Again he went to the company to complain and he was issued an adjusted bill of SR205. He paid the bill and the company thanked him for the payment. On March 2, he received a bill for SR396. On the 21st of the same month, he received another...
April 03, 2019

Water bills again

Abdo Khal
What is the solution for unemployment?
OkazI HAVE been following the activities of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development and its efforts to lower the rate of unemployment in the country.I have noticed that the numbers and statistics announced about job availabilities for the youth remained only just announcements. Thousands of young Saudis are still waiting for employment opportunities and to build their life, society and family.What happened and what is the cause of the wide gap between reality on the ground and what was planned?If the directives issued to encourage job creation and to achieve the targeted goal of reducing unemployment among Saudis was too slow, then what is the solution and how can we expedite these steps?The unemployment rate remains fixed at 12 percent, up and down by a little, and sometimes we hear...
April 02, 2019

What is the solution for unemployment?

Abdullah Al-Jamili
Fine for smoking inside campus
Al-MadinaTHE Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah warned students and staff against smoking inside the campus, saying violators, including faculty members, would be slapped with a SR200 fine as of next month.The university will implement this positive decision in an effort to protect the health of its students and faculty members. The decision is also based on a government rule that prevents smoking in public places and within campuses of educational institutions.Before the announcement, the university ran an awareness campaign on the danger of smoking that lasted for months both through social media platforms and campus programs. It also launched a mobile de-addiction clinic in cooperation with the Health Ministry.Here I would like to thank the administration of Umm Al-Qura University for...
April 01, 2019

Fine for smoking inside campus

Fawziya Abu Bakr
Does the West really hate Muslims?
Al-JazirahSINCE Samuel Huntington›s Clash of Civilizations hypothesis, which was published in the Foreign Affairs Journal in 1993 and was released in book form shortly afterward, the entire world has been debating about the nature of religious and cultural conflicts going to be fought among the peoples on earth.Huntington›s hypothesis posits that human beings, following the Cold War of the 1960s, started to rediscover their cultural identity and attach importance to it greater than to anything else.The author shed light on figures from the recent and old history who represent important cultural significance to their peoples. He said human beings who search for their cultural identity and reattach themselves to the ethnicities they belong to need enemies who can make them see how...
April 01, 2019

Does the West really hate Muslims?

Hamood Abu Talib
The missing garden
OkazWE lived through a long predicament in our country when our cities, small and big, transformed into cement blocks and streets with dusty sidewalks.What we call a public place has become absent. We are talking here about the simplest concept that is needed by people, which is the green space.People need gardens so they can breathe clean air and they can look at something pleasant and beautiful. A garden is not a luxury nor is it a secondary need, but we made it to disappear from our cities.Even if there are gardens, they exist in a pathetic way. They cannot be called a garden. We suffocated enough. It looks like we are going to have a new relationship with the missing garden.Everyone should be proud that the capital city of Riyadh will have the biggest green space in the world, with all...
March 31, 2019

The missing garden

Abdu Khal
Sue them for your rights
OkazA news report was circulating on social media recently. Unfortunately, the news items did not get the attention of many people, unlike other reports.The report said a court in Riyadh forced a local airline company to pay SR60,000 in compensation to a citizen and his family because their flight to New York was delayed by 21 hours and their seats were changed on the return flight without their approval.How many events like the one mentioned above happened to people without the airline even apologizing?How many people›s flights were canceled without an apology? How many harassment passengers faced during their flights? There were tens of situations like this.I want to emphasize here that there are administrative courts in this country where the citizens can claim their rights back and...
March 31, 2019

Sue them for your rights

The weeks before Putin’s visit
OkazNEARLY a month before the expected visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Saudi Arabia, the Middle East does not look at its best. Tehran and its allies, Doha and Ankara, are playing with the region because of the vacuum left behind by the former US President Barak Obama. Despite the efforts by current US President Donald Trump to reposition America in regions that serve its interests to restore the needed balance in terms of strategy and security, the damage done by Obama is heavy and difficult to deal with, especially with the wars the president is facing with the deep state.The symptoms in the Middle East show that Syria has not healed yet. The Russian concern is met by an Arab understanding, with the exception to Qatar and Turkey. Damascus is an important Arab capital and it...
March 28, 2019

The weeks before Putin’s visit

Lindsey Graham’s volte-face
Al-JazirahSENATOR Lindsey Graham is an American politician and a senior member of the Republican Party. He has been a member of the US Senate from South Carolina since 2003. He was known for his good relationship with Saudi Arabia.Sen. Graham stood by Saudi Arabia on many occasions, notably in his positive stand about the Kingdom’s efforts restore legitimacy in Yemen. He supported Saudi efforts to curb the Iranian influence in the Middle East. In 2016, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received at his office a Congressional delegation led by Sen. Graham. During this visit, Graham met with Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, who was then deputy crown prince.Graham began his campaign against Saudi Arabia in the context of a criminal incident. He tried to politicize the murder of...
March 27, 2019

Lindsey Graham’s volte-face

Expat accountants and pharmacists
Al-RiyadhIT is difficult to track down professions where the Saudization ratio is below the target for reasons that I am not aware of, or have not yet been made public by the authorities.For example, there are 120,000 expatriates who work in the Kingdom as accountants. Therefore, the accountant’s profession can be classed as a category having a lot of vacant positions available for Saudi job seekers.The important question here is: Are there any Saudis with accounting majors who cannot find jobs? I did not find any statistics regarding this matter, especially for the private sector.We need to have complete data on Saudi accountancy graduates. How many of them are there? Where do they work? Are they all employed? If they were not employed, which means there is unemployment in the field,...
March 26, 2019

Expat accountants and pharmacists

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