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VOICES MOHAMMED TARJIM
Traditional media: An industry disrupted
CONSUMERS are enjoying an unprecedented era of choice. That means that there is more competition than ever in the age of Digital Relativity where there is endless content across online platforms vying for the limited time and attention of consumers. These limits are now being fortified by consumers who curate the content that reaches them as much as possible while carefully allowing new content to get a glance.Indeed, the “free media covenant” has now been smashed into a corner; where all the other old rules lie waiting for their chance at rebirth or simply to wither away with their diminishing audience.This covenant seems quaint nowadays, but not so long ago consumers accepted the interruption of advertising to their TV viewing or radio listening in exchange for getting content for...
March 28, 2019

Traditional media: An industry disrupted

Home is where the heart is: An expat says goodbye
An ExpatYEARS flew by in the warm embrace of the city I called home. Never once did I doubt the position this place had established in my heart of being “Home”. They say “home is where the heart is” and now I wonder how I will ever be able to relocate my heart.This is a farewell letter. A farewell to the city that was my father’s last wish and will always be my first home.In the past few months, not only did I lose my father but I also lost the right to call this place my home. My vision is flooded with memories. Memories of better times, of happier times. Of times when I wasn’t just an expat, a disposable person. I will always relish the memory of the many Ramadans I spent in this land. I will savor the taste that Al-Baik leaves on my tongue. I will pine for the peace this...
March 21, 2019

Home is where the heart is: An expat says goodbye

VOICES PMBF 1
Is our educational system aligned with Vision 2030?
Maha Al-GhamdiTHE vast majority of young people are optimistic about the future of education in Saudi Arabia, as we have seen valuable initiatives, such as Misk that provide various programs, as well as the reform of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques foreign scholarship program. Furthermore, the government recently allocated SR193 billion  from the Kingdom’s 2019 budget for the education sector due to its important role in meeting the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030.Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman first announced Vision 2030 in 2016 with plans for the development of the education sector. The goals were to have at least five Saudi universities ranked among the top 200 universities internationally, and also to encourage students to achieve above average performance according to...
March 14, 2019

Is our educational system aligned with Vision 2030?

Abdulrahman Saleh Alotaibi
Dates: Fruit for a worldwide market
SOME time ago, a group of people were working relentlessly on a project to the point where they had to sometimes skip lunch in order to get things done. Of course, skipping meals is not recommended and one day when a colleague brought some dates to the office and offered them to his coworkers, a discussion ensued.“It is not lunch, but it will get us through the day; this fruit is from the tree of life!” one worker said. Others argued that the man should have brought other types of dates, and this was followed by a discussion of the history and economic importance of dates.Most people are familiar with discussions about the rich heritage of dates. I have met many people who are passionate about dates and have seen many initiatives to promote the date industry in Saudi Arabia and across...
February 28, 2019

Dates: Fruit for a worldwide market

Faisal Tahir Khan
Pakistan: Land of opportunity for investors
THE Pakistani nation is delighted with the recent high-level visit of Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman to Pakistan and the fact that he showed great confidence in Pakistani leadership and the nation by signing strategic memorandums of understanding that cover the investment of more than $20 billion in various sectors. This will initiate a new era of Saudi-Pak relations.Pakistan with a population of 210 million people has a strategic geographical location, thriving middle class and the largest canal system in the world, with Gwadar being the world’s deepest seaport. Some 60 percent of the population is less than the age of 30 and a 2012 survey conducted by the Institute of European Business Administration indicated that the nation has the fourth most intelligent people out of 125...
February 21, 2019

Pakistan: Land of opportunity for investors

Malik Al-Arafat
To tip or not to tip?
TIPPING started a long time ago when masters gave their servants a few coins as an expression of their good will. There are no rules when it comes to giving tips, it mostly depends on if individuals are satisfied or happy with the quality of the services that were provided. However, nowadays tipping has become part of protocol and etiquette for some individuals, societies and businesses where tipping is considered a normal business trip expense.Tipping has become a very popular practice especially during holidays when traveling to countries where giving tips to some service staff, especially those connected with the tourism industry such as valets, bellboys and taxi drivers, has become a custom.On the other hand, tipping in some countries such as Japan and Hong Kong seems impolite, because...
February 13, 2019

To tip or not to tip?

On women and men
WITH the decision to allow women to drive, Saudi women have started to enjoy freedom of mobility, gaining more rights and presence in the public sphere. Generally speaking, part of Vision 2030’s aims is to invest in women, recognizing their potential and individuality. Indeed, women are increasingly joining major decision-makers in both the private and governmental sectors. However, the way our society is used to viewing women and, in turn, the way women perceive themselves can be detrimental to this vision. This is why such changes in laws need to be accompanied by reform in education and in our culture’s mentality so that women are able to fully use the opportunities they are given, benefitting both themselves and their country.One such issue to be targeted is the double standards...
February 07, 2019

On women and men

Safi H. Jannaty
Widening gap between the rich and the poor: A matter of grave concern
JUST prior to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos, an idyllic ski resort, Oxfam published its annual report for the year 2018 that reflected continued glaring disparities and the widening gap between the rich and the poor across the globe.A close comparison of Oxfam’s annual reports of the past five years reveals shocking facts and figures. In the year 2014, a total of 85 billionaires, who could easily be accommodated in a train carriage, had wealth equal to what was at the disposal of the bottom half of all the people in the world. The ratio then fell to 62 rich people versus half of the world’s poor in 2015. From 44 people in 2017, the figure has fallen to 26 people who now have wealth that equals the amount held by a mammoth 3.8 billion people forming the fifty percent...
January 31, 2019

Widening gap between the rich and the poor: A matter of grave concern

Abdulrahman Saleh Alotaibi
My companions: Audiobooks and graphic novels
MOST people are fond of books and wish they could read more. Books are the best companions; they educate, entertain and inspire across generations. These bound pages are usually the result of a lifetime experience and or are built on previous literature. Millions of books of fiction and non-fiction are available for readers in various formats. They are easy to acquire, refer to and considered to be a great gift. It’s difficult to find an alternative to books that provides the same depth and comprehensiveness of subject matter.You may not always have the time to read books, yet, consider reading one chapter at a time, a summarized version of the book, or only the parts that interest you. While the most common forms of books are on printed pages or in digital format, illustrated and...
January 24, 2019

My companions: Audiobooks and graphic novels

Work and life balance
IT is one of the great challenges we all must face: How do we find a proper balance between our work and our personal activities? Finding the right work/life balance is worth the effort, because it will enhance our quality of life, give us the necessary time to reconnect with families, to give back to our home communities, and to return to our work places rested and ready to produce.Each of us might define this work/life balance in different ways. What we need when we are single is different from when we are married. What we need when we have children is different from when we are just starting out in a job, or preparing to retire.In short, there is no perfect, one set to fit us all. The best work-life balance is the one that you create for yourself because we all have different priorities...
January 17, 2019

Work and life balance

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