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Mohammed Al-Bakr
Why don’t banks support CSR projects?
Al-YaumWhen I read the profits that banks made last year, which were posted on the Saudi financial news portal argaam.com, I was shocked at the amount, estimated to be billions of riyals. I have been following bank news and have noticed that the increase in profits has not translated into more corporate social responsibility programs that benefit society and individuals. The number of programs that banks implement for social purposes remains low and disproportionate to their profits.In fact, there is only one initiative that should be commended because it involves the construction and donation of residential units for the needy. That initiative was implemented last year by one of the banks.We all know that banks make huge profits because depositors do not get any interest on deposits...
March 11, 2019

Why don’t banks support CSR projects?

Teaching Chinese in Saudi Arabia!
When Jawaharlal Nehru insisted on the need to teach English to the Indian people, he felt that English was the economic language of the world and that India must have a competitive advantage by learning it. India today has excelled in administrative and technical sciences because of its commitment to the teaching of English, in addition to other reasons, as well.Lee Kuan Yew, the leader and founder of modern Singapore, strongly insisted that young students must in addition to English be educated in Mandarin Chinese, which was the official language of Communist China. He did not favor Chinese Cantonese Chinese that was spoken by the people of Hong Kong even though they were driving China’s economy.Lee Kuan Yew’s view was that China was in a state of deep sleep and would one day wake up....
March 11, 2019

Teaching Chinese in Saudi Arabia!

Ibrahim Al-Ammar
Learn to know yourself
Al-JazirahI was sitting in a coffee shop the other day and there were very few customers and the place was very quiet. One of the staff was bored so he sat at a table and started watching video clips. From time to time, I looked at him and saw that he was always frowning. I realized that he needed to learn something about emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is an essential art and science that has two factors: To be aware of your feelings and to learn how to control them. You have to apply those two factors on yourself before you can apply them to others.In order to be aware of yourself Dr. Travis Bradberry recommends keeping a journal of your emotions. Objectivity is the biggest challenge in developing self-awareness. It is hard to form an objective point of view if all of your...
March 10, 2019

Learn to know yourself

Princess Lamia bint Majed Al Saud
International Women’s Day: Empowering women to shape a more tolerant world
International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8, is about celebrating the women of the world, from the landmark filled cities to the remotest villages. This occasion is also a time for us to reflect on the social, economic and political achievements of women and how far we have come as nations in empowering women within our societies.Achieving true equality for women will be a long and hard road. But we must remain optimistic, and not be daunted by the size of the challenge we face. At Alwaleed Philanthropies empowering women is at the center of our cause to shape a more equal, compassionate and tolerant world. This commitment starts in our home country of Saudi Arabia – from promoting greater political participation for women, to generating a greater understanding of women’s...
March 07, 2019

International Women’s Day: Empowering women to shape a more tolerant world

HASSAN AL-SUBHI
Domestic airline price competition must not affect passenger safety
Al-MadinahThe decrease of the prices of any product or service is considered to be a great benefit to the consumer. It also encourages consumers and those benefiting from the use of the product and service to use them more.However, the fall of prices to rates below their original value represents an economic problem for the entire sector, as well as for investors, and can result in a lower quality of service or product.What the domestic flight sector has witnessed is price competition that has resulted in very low rates that might affect the safety of passengers.Forcing domestic airlines to reduce their prices will force some of them to decrease the quality of their services, and the money that they spend on the security and safety of their aircraft. The small domestic airlines that...
March 07, 2019

Domestic airline price competition must not affect passenger safety

Jeddah Municipality falls short of expectations
A few months ago, I was grounded at home for a couple of weeks or so here in Jeddah, nursing an annoying head cold and a host of other allergies. And as I fumed with frustration, I knew what the causes of all my maladies were.Some time ago construction activity started on a plot just north of my dwelling. Large excavators and shovels removed earth to prepare for the foundation and piled the removed dirt and debris that was about three meters high and a football field wide adjacent to the land where I lived. And then the equipment disappeared. My efforts to locate them have been futile, as nobody showed up after that initial activity. Nor was there any sign posted by the developer or the construction outfit.As the wind blew, so did the top layer of this hill, and right into my family room...
March 06, 2019

Jeddah Municipality falls short of expectations

Will Pakistan and India reach an agreement over Kashmir?
The dispute between Pakistan and India over Kashmir dates back to the time of the partition of the subcontinent between the two countries on the basis of the so-called “Two-Nation” theory. This theory stipulated that the predominantly Muslim majority regions would be part of the new state of Pakistan while the Hindu-majority regions would continue to remain part of India, but what happened in the case of Kashmir was quite a different story.The ruler of Kashmir was a Hindu while the majority of people were Muslims. Therefore, the Two-Nation theory was not implemented in Kashmir. Maharaja Hari Singh, the ruler of Kashmir, wanted his princely state to remain semi-independent and therefore sought the Indian government’s protection. But India did not fully agree to his request and put...
March 06, 2019

Will Pakistan and India reach an agreement over Kashmir?

Open the doors of life
OkazCrown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman said in one of his meetings that the memories of many Saudis are primarily from outside the country. It was necessary, he said, for memories to be formed in the country.The truth is that many people have been traveling outside the country to enjoy their vacations. Many of us have considered the annual vacation as a time for tourism abroad and a time to enjoy the pleasures of life.Many Saudis travel to different capitals of the world to enjoy their annual vacation in a search for entertainment and shopping without harassment, etc.Now, however, you see Saudis here in the Kingdom having fun all week enjoying various kinds of entertainment. A friend of mine swears that he feels like he is outside of Saudi Arabia due to the wide range of entertainment now...
March 06, 2019

Open the doors of life

Is the 15th son bloodthirsty?
The 15th son of Al-Qaeda former leader Osama Bin Laden has been dealt three painful blows in the past few days. The US State Department has offered one million dollars as reward for any information on Hamza Bin Laden’s whereabouts, the United Nations has named him a global dangerous terrorist, and the Saudi Arabian Official Gazette Umm Al-Qura announced last Friday that he has been stripped of his Saudi citizenship. Apparently, all three parties share the same viewpoint when it comes to Hamza’s role in the international terrorist organization, which he, as it seems, will lead, following in the footsteps of his father.The UN’s Daesh and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee has added the name of Hamza Osama Bin Laden, born in Jeddah on May 9, 1989, to the list of individuals subject to its...
March 05, 2019

Is the 15th son bloodthirsty?

Mohammed Al-Bakr
Beggars may pose a threat to society
Al-YaumIn a recent visit to the central market in Dammam, I saw some women walking among the men in the market begging. These women, who were not badly dressed and did not look as if they were in need of help, were begging in both the vegetable and fish sections of the market.The strange thing was that the Asian workers who were selling fish gave them money as a charity or provided them some of the fish that the Saudi customers did not buy. It was strange to see women dressed as Saudis receiving charity from average workers.What happened in the fish market was also repeated in the vegetable market, with a slight change which was that those women just begged from Saudi shoppers.It is not my right to demand the arrest of those women, and I’m not interested in targeting the livelihood of...
March 05, 2019

Beggars may pose a threat to society

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