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More than football!
THE Arab world is witnessing a massive outpouring of emotions varying between feelings of joy and sadness triggered by the results of the football teams participating in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers in Russia.Every four years, the Arab masses undergo the same feelings in their quest for “honor” of participation and “opportunity” to reach a certain level. It is clear that the main and major problem lies in the “level” of ambition and the limits of its horizons. As long as the level of ambition is confined to mere “participation” and “attendance” with biggies, the performance will remain modest.In fact football is a burgeoning industry, which provides means of promoting and marketing people and nations with distinction. Europe made the most of these promotional and...
November 05, 2017

More than football!

Saudi gain, Iranian fiasco!
Saudi diplomacy has succeeded in restoring warmth to the Kingdom’s relations with Iraq. It is an accomplishment that should not be underestimated, as it is the epitome of the well-established Saudi political position that Iraq is a sisterly neighboring Arab country. Therefore, it should remain in the Arab fold, and it ought to benefit from Arab potential to overcome the circumstances that have incapacitated it since the severing of relations following Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.That year, the Kingdom and other Gulf countries took a historic stance to liberate Kuwait. The Saudi monarch at that time, the late King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz (may Allah have mercy on his soul) said: “Either Kuwait should return, or Saudi Arabia goes with it.”Saudi diplomacy continued to exert...
November 04, 2017

Saudi gain, Iranian fiasco!

How they see us
Irrespective of the fact that we became the first country to grant citizenship to a robot, the fact remains that we are not immune to criticism from different quarters for the best of our intentions. Sophia, the Saudi robot, became the target of many long-term residents and sons and daughters of Saudi mothers who felt annoyed that citizenship was granted to an artificial being.“This robot has gotten Saudi citizenship before kafala workers who have been living in the country their entire lives,” said a foreign journalist. A Saudi mother was upset that her children remained without their mother’s nationality while “something made of metal and wires has more privileges to call this place home.” And a Lebanese journalist, Kareem Chahayeb, chimed in that “A humanoid robot called...
October 31, 2017

How they see us

An earnest appeal from a Nobel Laureate to Aung San Suu Kyi
The Myanmar military commander recently justified crimes committed by his soldiers and officers, such as murder, the burning of houses and villages and driving Rohingya Muslims out of the country despite the fact that the entire world has agreed that this amounts to ethnic cleansing and genocide against that hapless minority.The army chief’s justification is based on a false claim that those who committed these crimes are none other than Bengalis. He avoided even using the word “Rohingya”. If he ever visited the regions where these so-called Bengalis live, he would see proof that they have lived there for centuries.It is not only the army chief who justifies these crimes in this way, but also the elected leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, who denies...
October 31, 2017

An earnest appeal from a Nobel Laureate to Aung San Suu Kyi

Drain the swamp of sectarian hatred
The past week has been one of the deadliest in Afghanistan’s eventful history. It was one of the deadliest even by the tragic standards set in the country over the years. More than 200 people were killed in a series of attacks attributed to Taliban and Daesh (the self-proclaimed IS) terrorists.What makes these attacks even more shameful is the fact that they once again targeted innocent bystanders and, worse, people who had been in communion with their God.At least 56 people died in a suicide attack claimed by Daesh on the Imam Zaman mosque in Kabul while another attack on a Sunni mosque in the central province of Ghor last Friday killed 33 worshippers.According to reports, the coward fired at worshippers at the Kabul mosque when they had been in “sajdah” - the final act of...
October 30, 2017

Drain the swamp of sectarian hatred

The Crown Prince and his ‘Vision’!
After expressing my opinion, I asked my European friend what he thought about our Saudi Vision 2030. He was careful to say that it was too early to make a judgment. “The Vision,” he explained, “is too huge to pass uneducated casual opinion on without giving it the proper study, analysis and time.”I agreed, but still I requested his opinion. “I believe that you don’t have much of an option,” his answer came. “You are running out of oil and resources. If you continue at this pace, you may end up with no option at all. You can’t go on into the future without a vision — in your case a grand vision. Yours is one of the top 20 economies in the world. You lead the Arabs and Muslims. Your development plans are huge. Your commitments toward your people, region and the world are...
October 30, 2017

The Crown Prince and his ‘Vision’!

NEOM and the future of our youth
RECENTLY, Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, announced the launch of NEOM, a project that aspires to be the “safest, most efficient, most future-oriented, and best place to live and work” in the Kingdom. NEOM’s land mass will extend across the Egyptian and Jordanian borders, rendering NEOM the first private zone to span three countries.The project will be backed by more than $500 billion over the coming years by Saudi Arabia. Wind and solar power will allow NEOM to be powered solely by regenerative energy, while 70 percent of the world’s population will be able to reach it within eight hours. This was reported in the local dailies, following its launch at the recent Future Investment Initiative Forum in Riyadh.The news continued, “It is to...
October 29, 2017

NEOM and the future of our youth

Palestinian reconciliation ... anew!
FINALLY, the Palestinians reconcile with Fatah and Hamas agreeing to unite. I do not know how many times have they joined forces but the important aspect is they are reconciling. Egypt had put all its political weight and pressed the parties to reach a settlement. Now everyone has his hand on his heart for fear of failure of this agreement as many of the earlier agreements on rapprochement has failed. The situation of Palestinian inter-factional conflict is a sad picture of the most important and noblest issue in the Arab world.Instead of talking about salvation from occupation, the talk was about trying to find a solution between the fighting Palestinian forces. I do not know anyone who would appreciate and imagine the extent of pain and suffering of the Palestinians, who are bearing the...
October 29, 2017

Palestinian reconciliation ... anew!

Iran: World’s biggest sponsor of terrorism
There is no doubt that Iran is the world’s biggest state sponsor of terrorism and that it sponsors and finances terrorism around the world. This is not merely a viewpoint but a truth with undeniable evidence that cannot be circumvented. As former US president Ronald Reagan put it: “Facts are stubborn things.” Indeed they are, and in the points below I will list some of the facts:First of all, the establishment of Hezbollah in Iran. In an attempt to export the revolution in the 1980s, Iranian ambassadors to Syria, Ali Mohtashami and Mohammad Hassan Akhtari, stood behind the establishment of Hezbollah in Lebanon. This has been confirmed by the former Iranian ambassador to Damascus, Mohammad Hassan Akhtari, who stated that “Hezbollah, Hamas and Jihad are the legitimate offspring of...
October 25, 2017

Iran: World’s biggest sponsor of terrorism

Just grant them the nationality!
An item in this paper the other day reflected upon some of the hardships and challenges facing expatriates born and raised in this country, but made to feel that they did not belong. An estimated two million expatriates have been born in this country, many the children of second- and third-generation expatriates who have also been born here. This is the story of one of them.Wasim B. has been in this country for over 40 years. He came here from Pakistan at the age of three with his parents, and older siblings. Over the years Wasim was educated in Saudi schools at a time when anyone could take advantage of the opportunity for learning, and today he is dependably taking care of the business of an elderly Saudi family here in Jeddah. His honest association with this family since his youth has...
October 24, 2017

Just grant them the nationality!

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