Muhammad Al-Fal
Okaz
News of the possible change in weekend from Thursday-Friday to Friday-Saturday has taken the nation by storm. Everybody is talking about this issue whether on social networking sites or at home and everyone is wondering when the new weekend will be approved and whether companies will comply and give their employees tw
Just one day, please
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Low attendance at JCCI meetings blasted
Fatima Muhammad
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — A member of the exhibition committee at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry criticized the lack of participants at their regular meetings.
The member, who introduced himself as Musaid, said though there are 20 members in their committee, only three to five
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Nurses demand protection from psychiatric patients
YANBU — Fourteen female nurses at Al-Ossaili health center in Yanbu have presented a petition to their director after they were threatened by an armed intruder in broad daylight.
In the memo, the nurses said psychiatric patients and mentally ill people entering the center without any authorization has occurred quite often without any secur
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Search for missing Civil Defense officer off
JEDDAH — Bad weather in Taif governorate prevented security aircraft from completing their search for a Civil Defense sergeant who went missing last Friday. Umair Al-Shahrani was traveling from Riyadh to Bisha by car. Taif Civil Defense spokesman Col. Khalid Al-Qahtani said four ground-based search and rescue teams are still looking for the missing office
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Company’s culture and customer care define Giordano’s success in Saudi Arabia
Roberta Fedele Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — With 85 stores in 16 cities across the Kingdom and plans to reach 100 stores within 2015, Giordano Middle East (FZE) clothing company has unexpectedly found in Saudi Arabia its largest and most successful market, said Ishwar Chugani, managing director of Giordano Middle East (FZ
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Prisoner escapes in Riyadh
RIYADH — A prisoner escaped while he was at a mental health clinic in Riyadh. Riyadh Prison Directorate acting spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdullah Al-Harbi said the prisoner was convicted earlier of car theft and was put in prison to serve his term. He had a medical appointment at Al-Amal Medical Complex and was accompanied by a prison officer. He added that inv
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Asian dies in Jeddah street
JEDDAH — An Asian man in his 40s dropped dead near Jeddah Passports Department while he was waiting in the line. Eyewitnesses said the man looked really ill and tired and suddenly left the line and wanted to go home when he fell on the ground. A few moments later, he passed away. Eyewitnesses said he appeared to be suffering from a shortness of breath. Th
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Mother of twin run over by car drifter
ABU AREESH — A mother of twins was run over by a car drifter while she was trying to cross a street near a traffic light with her young brother. The young driver was carrying out some stunts with the car when he lost control of the steering wheel and hit the woman, whose body was tossed to the other road and hit a car coming from the other direction. She
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Uncle kills nephew by mistake
AL-DARB — An uncle killed his nephew by mistake while he was hunting birds in a Jazan valley. The uncle was arrested while his nephew’s body was taken to the morgue. Jazan Police spokesman Col. Awad Al-Qahtani said the bullet hit the victim in the eye and exited through the ear, killing him on the spot. Col. Al-Qahtani added that inve
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Jahangir Badar visits Jeddah
Tasawwer Hussain Choudhary (sitting second right), leading member of Pakistan Peoples Community in Jeddah, organized a welcome dinner in honor of Pakistan People’s Party’s Senator and Leader of the House in the Senate Jahangir Badar (Sitting third right) at Lasani (Spinzer) restaurant last week. Badar is in the Kingdom with his wife to perform Umrah. — Courtesy Sye
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Bihar Foundation celebrates ‘Bihar Divas’
Syeda Amtul
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Bihar Foundation Saudi Arabia under the patronage of Chief Minister Nitesh Kumar, celebrated “Bihar Divas (Bihar Day)” with great gusto at a local restaurant in Riyadh recently.
This day is celebrated on March 22
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QSC presents awards to Qur’an exam winners
Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani DAMMAM — The prize distribution ceremony of the Qur’an Study Circle (QSC) Dammam Chapter was inaugurated by Dr. Shaikh Mohamed Al Akkaz, a prominent scholar and an international preacher and adviser to World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), at paragon auditorium Friday. QSC in
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Forum aimed at enhancing reading habit opens
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Jeddah reading forum for children organized by Kadi & Ramadi (K&R), a publishing house that specializes in producing children’s books, and the Ministry of Culture and Information, under the slogan ‘Reading is joyful & fun’ was officially inaugurate
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Saudi physician earns top honors
Sultan Al-Sughair Saudi Gazette AL-KHOBAR — Saudi Arabian dermatologist Dr. Saad Al-Sogair was recently named as Dermatologist of the Year by the World Organization of Aesthetic Medicine. Based in Switzerland, the World Organization of Aesthetic Medicine honors and brings attention to doctors from aro
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Overseas Malaysians cast their votes
JEDDAH — Sixty-three registered Malaysian voters living in the western region of the Kingdom cast their votes for the 13th General Election (GE 13) at the Malaysian Consulate in Jeddah Monday. A total 83 Malaysian expatriates living in the region registered their votes. Malaysian Consul General in Jeddah, Mo
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Swedish ambassador visits Saudi Gazette
The ambassador of Sweden, Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt, and Mrs. Anna Jardfelt, the director of the Swedish institute for International Affairs, visited the offices of Saudi Gazette Monday afternoon and met with Khaled Almaeena, Editor-in-Chief. They discussed various aspects related to regional and global issues. — SG photo by Hatim Ghorbal
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Saudization drive upsets small business owners
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — A number of small business owners have expressed concerns over the Ministry of Labor’s decision requiring them to hire Saudis.
Owners of small cafes and grocery stores were quoted by Al-Hayat daily that they have urged the ministry not to compare their small-scale business
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Women inside the Grand Mosque
Dr. Hatoon Al-Fassi
Al-Riyadh
How far can women go when speaking about certain topics in Islam without feeling that they have crossed the limits? Undoubtedly, this question will receive a lot of attention and criticism because the obvious answer is women are allowed to speak about any religious topic they wish to. In reality, however, th
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Three divorced wives and the fourth on the way
Mansour Al-Tubaiqi
Okaz
I could not believe some of the stories my friend, who is a marriage dispute counselor in Jeddah, was telling me. Some of them were very painful. Many marriages had ended up in divorce. One of the cruelest stories I heard was of a man in his late thirties.
This man hails from a well-known family. He
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Shoura approves improvement of railway services
RIYADH — The Shoura Council Monday approved improvement of the railway services in the Kingdom and recommended that the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) should extend railway services to more cities.
The Shoura called for reducing the period for the stages of the strategic plan and providing the financial support for it. The Council calle
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