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Neighborhood centers should serve the community
Okaz newspaper recently reported a statement of Jeddah Governor Prince Mishal Bin Majed. In an address to the residents of Jeddah, Prince Mishal, who is the head of the branch council of the Association of Neighborhood Centers, said: “Preserve neighborhood centers.” He called on residents to actively participate in the activities and programs of centers to increase the cohesion and togetherness of the population of Jeddah in order to make it a more positive and model city.Prince Mishal made the remarks during the signing ceremony of four agreements between the Jeddah Mayoralty and the Association of Neighborhood Centers at the headquarters of the governorate. He said that setting up centers and parks in neighborhoods provides a healthy environment and serves to raise the standard of...
November 28, 2018

Neighborhood centers should serve the community

Is Islam the political answer?
Since its inception in 1928, we have heard, loud and clear and over and over again, the Brotherhood’s slogan: “Islam is the solution.” It was supposed to be the ultimate promise for our utopian world: If we just had a true Islamic system, we could resolve today’s problems and bring back our past glories.However, it was more of a teaser or a sound bite than a practical program. Still, we took it on blind faith that “those who knew better” would deliver once they were in power. We never doubted their promise or ability.Then, it happened, starting in 1979. First in Iran and Sudan and then in Gaza and Afghanistan, the Islamists finally ruled. Now it was time to demonstrate their century-old cultivated secret recipe for good governance!We waited and waited, patiently and faithfully....
November 27, 2018

Is Islam the political answer?

The wall of censorship has fallen
OkazThe Court of Appeals of Kuwait has canceled the decision of the Kuwaiti ministry of information to prevent the circulation of a number of books. The court justified its decision by stating that censorship was no longer feasible in these changing times and this open world!In my opinion, the Kuwaiti court based its decision on the current reality in dealing with the issue of banned books. The traditional tools used to ban published opinion no longer work, as the barriers between countries are eliminated because of the Internet and developments in technology and communication.Today, all decisions issued by supervisory departments to ban material are useless. Readers are now able to access any content that is published and to easily go around all forms of barriers by using the Internet....
November 27, 2018

The wall of censorship has fallen

The Turkish cat and Qatari mouse game
“A cat and mouse game” is how we can describe what has transpired since the murder of Saudi citizen Jamal Khashoggi, after attempts by politicians, media outlets and organizations hostile to Saudi Arabia to politicize the case and use it to undermine the Kingdom’s security, stability and sovereignty.In doing so, they have attempted to infringe upon the Kingdom’s sovereignty, which is a red line Saudi Arabia will not allow anyone to cross at whatever cost.This has led observers to say that the Turkish side in the game is claiming to possess tapes. They (the observers) stress that these claims will backfire on the Turkish government.If these tapes exist, they will confirm that the Turkish authorities are eavesdropping on diplomatic missions and representative offices in Turkey, most...
November 26, 2018

The Turkish cat and Qatari mouse game

For governments right and left, a season of discontent
Democratic governments are rarely popular for extended periods, and often have to scrape by with low polls, noisy demonstrations and constant pressure from the media. And though authoritarian regimes can squash dissent and muzzle the news, they too face rising discontent. These patterns aren’t new, but now they happen as administrations of every kind are under increasing, and new, pressures - and the challenge of recession looms.In the democratic world, France is the present exhibit A. Some 300,000 of its citizens wearing yellow safety jackets came out in force last weekend to protest quite hefty fuel price rises. The numbers went down to around 10,000 after several days of demonstrations, but a planned blockade of Paris will show if the protests are deeply felt enough to last, or have...
November 26, 2018

For governments right and left, a season of discontent

Should volunteers be paid?
Okaz newspaperIn an animated discussion session with my students on the subject of opinion writing, one of them chose the subject of volunteerism to be the topic of her opinion article. Discussion then began over the idea of volunteerism and its goals.Opinions differed and that sparked a heated debate with some saying that they see volunteerism as a way to exploit youth energy by institutions that are earning large amounts of money when, at times, the volunteers themselves are getting nothing. They refuse to be exploited in this way and ask for money to compensate their volunteering efforts.Others see volunteerism as a great opportunity to acquire needed skills for the job market. They see themselves as too young and with very little experience and, therefore, unable to ask for financial...
November 26, 2018

Should volunteers be paid?

Economics of the new toilet!
I have met Bill Gates on three different occasions. The first was in Arizona in 1987 when he gave a speech at a closed-door technology conference. At that time his company had had limited success and I talked to him extensively about the expected trends in technology. I met him again on his first visit to Saudi Arabia when I had an exclusive television interview with him about a number of topics. I then met him at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and I will meet him again at a conference in Ethiopia in the coming two months. I admire this man and respect him.Bill Gates is a modest man who donates a lot of money for the benefit of humanity. The charity he has established funds projects to fight malaria, cholera and AIDS in Africa and Asia.Every new step that he takes receives...
November 26, 2018

Economics of the new toilet!

Monitor website services to protect society
Okaz newspaperThe business of selling illusion is an open market that sells different products, including those promoted by some who claim to be experts in beauty, nutrition, medicine, economy, psychology and many other fields. This is widespread in social media because it provides a large audience in which those who are selling illusion can make profit, taking advantage of people’s need to find a solution to their problems.We may acquire a lot of knowledge based on our experience in life. However, this acquired knowledge does not necessarily qualify us to market it without reference to those who are experts. Basic acquired knowledge does not make a person a specialist who is capable of giving advice to people about something that he learned about through experience but in which he is...
November 25, 2018

Monitor website services to protect society

Seeking justice from the Real Estate Development Fund
OkazA Saudi man received a loan from the Real Estate Development Fund in 1433 H. (2012). But the property that was mortgaged to the Fund was seized in favor of King Abdullah Sports City. The citizen then returned the loan to the Fund in the hope that he would be compensated with another loan for a new property, due to the fact that he had not benefited from the first loan because the situation was out of his control.The director of the Real Estate Development Fund approved his request after he received the green light from the legal department of the Fund. The man then signed another contract and took out a mortgage on another property, but the loan was not deposited in his account. It seems that his papers were lost between offices and he fell victim to changing rules. He tried many times...
November 22, 2018

Seeking justice from the Real Estate Development Fund

King Salman’s speech sends powerful message
The address of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman to the Shoura Council came with good news for Saudis and explicit messages for the international community. In a nutshell, we can say that the annual opening address at the Shoura contained definitive features of the Kingdom’s domestic and foreign policies. It also emphasized that the Kingdom will continue to play a pioneering role in local, regional and international arenas. If anyone thinks that the media smear campaign to which the Kingdom has been subjected to will lead to a reduction in this major role, he will be greatly disappointed.The messages pertaining to King Salman’s domestic policies from which he never deviated since his assumption of power in 2015 can be summarized as follows: Saudi citizens are of the first...
November 21, 2018

King Salman’s speech sends powerful message

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