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Mohamed Salah — a success story!
AS I write these lines, it may not be an exaggeration to say that Arab youth’s first icon today is the soccer star Mohamed Salah.This player has turned into a “phenomenon” — striking and important. In addition to being an exceptional player, he is now bracketed with the world’s best players — Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar.His market value has grown exponentially on the “players’ stock exchange” as the big clubs are gearing up and preparing to strike a lifetime deal with the star. But the evaluation of the performance of Mohamed Salah as a player never stops. The most important success in the player’s ability alone is to break the psychological factors in the Arab world on one hand and in Britain on the other.Young people in the Arab world had always been looking up to a...
May 07, 2018

Mohamed Salah — a success story!

Beating a child to pray
THE idea of writing about this subject had been buzzing in my mind for the past two weeks. I had witnessed a father who was abusing his child near a mosque in order to force him to go to the mosque and pray. Before anyone jumps to any conclusion, even that I was snooping around people’s lives, I wish to clarify that this incident happened in front of me and in front of many other worshippers as this father, apart from vocally berating the child, was dragging his child, literally grabbing him by the arm violently to the mosque and made him stand two lines in front of me.Apart from the berating and dragging, the humiliation of the child in front of worshippers did not stop there. The father leaned toward his son and gave him a mouthful of threats including that he would be beaten every day...
May 07, 2018

Beating a child to pray

Curbing Daesh and extremist groups
Financing is one of the main pillars of the establishment and structure of extremist groups and organizations. Since its establishment, Daesh (the self-proclaimed IS) has adopted a major strategy; money comes before fighting. Therefore, it spares no effort in making money in every way possible. Between $870 million and $1.9 billion was the estimated annual revenue of Daesh between 2014 and 2016, according to the International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence (ICSR).Daesh has various means of raising funds including the trade of antiquities, taxes, looting and extortion, but its most prominent source of funding is the oil trade. Since its emergence in Iraq and Syria, Daesh has fought to seize control of oil sources. In “L’argent De La Terreur – Enquête...
May 03, 2018

Curbing Daesh and extremist groups

Commemorating Muhammad Iqbal
The Pakistan Repatriation Council (PRC) organized a seminar in Jeddah to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the death of Muhammad Iqbal, who was a Muslim poet, philosopher, politician, statesman and great economist. Through his prose and poetry, he played an important role in raising national awareness among Muslims in the Indian subcontinent.The seminar was attended by leaders of the Pakistani community. It began with verses from the Holy Qur’an, after which a number of poets read some poems that commended and praised the qualities of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), followed by selected poems written by Iqbal. A number of speakers described Iqbal’s qualities as being extraordinary and exceptional, noting that he was a very knowledgeable, educated and learned leader. They were...
May 02, 2018

Commemorating Muhammad Iqbal

Ambassadors within the country
As the holidays approach, a lot will be said about Saudis when they travel abroad and how they should behave themselves and be true representatives of their country. Ambassadors of goodwill and civility as some papers might put it. Such good behavior would be reflective of their true identity as well as shed an equally favorable light upon their country.But what about these same ambassadors within their own country? Yes, I’m talking about Saudis in the Kingdom. Do they not have an equal responsibility to ensure that they carry themselves in a manner deemed courteous and respectable particularly when it comes to the treatment of expatriates?One of the rituals of having a public email address is that often I receive material from a variety of sources. The following was sent to me by a lady...
May 02, 2018

Ambassadors within the country

New Saudi Arabia — sophisticated, moderate and happy
“WHAT is going on in Saudi Arabia?,” asked my Lebanese friend. “Too many things are happening at the same time. Why now? What are you trying to prove to the world? Or is it to yourselves?“Recently, you had sports, chess and even card (Baloot) tournaments; international and national marathons; women racing and bicycling; operas, and musical shows; cinema and theater; even one of the world biggest wrestling events — Royal Rumble 2018,” he counts. “King Salman has just laid the foundation stone at the Qiddiya entertainment park near Riyadh. The project is considered to be the largest of its kind in the world. The 334-square kilometer project would rival Walt Disney and include high-end theme parks. It is one of three Saudi “giga projects,” including NEOM and the Red Sea...
May 01, 2018

New Saudi Arabia — sophisticated, moderate and happy

From ‘Jerusalem Summit’ to economy summit
THE summit did take place. Perhaps this is most important story as the sharp divisions among the Arab countries threatened to derail it, according to the views of the most optimists.The most prominent achievement of this summit was the return of Jerusalem agenda to the forefront of the Arab political scene after attempts to hijack this issue by Iran and Turkey.Some of the Arab governments continue to live in a state of “denial” as they do not see Iran and Turkey threatening Arab national security through their explicit occupation of Arab lands and flagrant political interventions in some Arab countries.As a matter of fact, Iran occupies four Arab capitals, according to its announced official position, in addition to the three islands of the United Arab Emirates. Turkey occupies...
April 30, 2018

From ‘Jerusalem Summit’ to economy summit

Crime hunters — patriots or nosey
TODAY I’ll broach a subject that has sparked a flurry of reactions — both for and against — following a citizen’s spontaneous action to do his bit in keeping the society on the straight and narrow. All the citizen did was to contribute in his own way to help clamp down on violators, especially traffic violators. The story of the Saudi citizen, Hamed Dakheel, was published earlier in the media and it triggered a hailstorm of praise and criticism alike.Dakheel, who was fed up with the chaotic conditions in our roads, took matters in his own hands to bring some order by becoming a ‘street fighter’ of a benign kind. Dakheel vowed to play to the full the role of a good citizen and assist the traffic department in detecting traffic violations using an Interior Ministry phone...
April 30, 2018

Crime hunters — patriots or nosey

Kashmir: Time to find a solution
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that the United Nations is following developments in Kashmir “closely” – presumably the ceasefire violations in Kashmir by Indian and Pakistani forces and the unrest in Indian Kashmir. But the solution lies not with the United Nations – which arranged a cease-fire in 1949 and has largely maintained it – but with India, Pakistan and the Kashmiris.There are subtle signals that the two countries are beginning to realize that the Kashmir dispute is an albatross that is shackling them and thwarting their efforts to improve the lives of their people.Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria stated recently that the confrontation between India and Pakistan for 70 years has benefitted no country. He cited the World Bank’s...
April 27, 2018

Kashmir: Time to find a solution

An Arabian future
In 1918, the 1,320-km Hejaz railway line between Damascus and Madinah, which took three days to traverse, began to be closed. A century later, the new 453-km Haramain high-speed railway project between Makkah and Madinah will open, taking three hours to reach its destination. But that no longer suffices. In 2018, the Kingdom also announced its formal interest in its first ultra-high-speed Hyperloop, with the near-1,000 kms between Jeddah and Riyadh traveled in 76 minutes. Disruptive change is, therefore, being harnessed to forge an Arabian future, which is now accelerating at tremendous velocity. Saudi Arabia is in a chrysalis-like state, as the Kingdom commemorates the biennial anniversary of the launch of Vision 2030, its socio-economic strategic plan with a timeline to nearly...
April 27, 2018

An Arabian future

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