Abdullah Bajubair
Every day we read in the local newspapers stories featuring the problems of housemaids in Saudi homes. These stories range from murder to theft, running away or romancing the husband or the children.
According to a field study, conducted by associate professor of criminal sociology at Nora University Dr. G
Housemaid dilemma a never-ending soap opera
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Al-Jizawee case: Egyptian says Saudi is innocent
Abdulrahman Al-Ali
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH – One of the three defendants in Al-Jizawee case has admitted that the third defendant, a Saudi, is innocent of any charges of smuggling narcotics into the Kingdom.
During the trial at the General Court in Jeddah on Wednesday, the second defendant, an Egyp
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Funeral prayers
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Asheikh leads funeral prayers for Prince Turki Bin Sultan and Princess Seeta Bint Fahd Al-Damir at Riyadh’s Imam Turki Bin Abdullah Mosque after Asr prayers on Wednesday. Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, Prince Miteb Bin Abdul Aziz, Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-F
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Yemeni sets himself on fire
YANBU – A 20-year-old Yemeni worker set himself on fire outside the shop where he worked after a dispute inside the shop. An Egyptian working in anther shop and other people who helped extinguish the fire sustained light burns.
Madinah Police spokesman Col. Fahd Al-Ghanam said the man was rushed to the hospital with third degree burns.
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Hai’a officers storm house party
AL-JOUF – Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Hai’a) stormed the house of an Asian expatriate who was allegedly holding a party and arrested him on charges of obscenity. The Hai’a members, who were acting on a tipoff, found the Asian and another Arab man drunk. They have been handed over to the pol
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Three people suffocate in house fire
AL-AHSA — Three people in Hofuf were rushed to hospital when a fire struck the two-story house they were in. Al-Ahsa Civil Defense spokesman Lt. Col. Ali Saad Al-Qahtani said five firefighting and rescue teams immediately rushed to the blaze in the Al-Shahabyia neighborhood. The fire, which gutted a room on the first floor, was brought under control by th
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Truck with gas cylinders overturns
JAZAN — A driver caused alarm when he fell asleep at the wheel of his truck that was loaded with gas cylinders. The vehicle, just a few minutes from Jazan, veered off the highway and overturned, causing the cylinders to fall off and roll onto the road. Jazan Civil Defense spokesman Capt. Mosleh Al-Ghamdi said five fire engines rushed to the scene and
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Kiosks handling govt paperwork still in demand
Ali Al-Zehiyan
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — Despite the ongoing move toward an electronic government, members of the public still rely on kiosks that fill in government paperwork for customers spread around outside ministries and agencies, Al-Riyadh newspaper reported.
Due to citiz
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Egyptian court revokes Saudi’s death sentence
Muhammad Talib
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
CAIRO – Al-Ismaliya Court of Appeals decided Wednesday to quash a death sentence handed down to a 43-year-old Saudi man who was convicted of stashing 22 kilograms of cocaine in his vehicle four years ago when entering the Egyptian border.
The cour
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Taif man attacks municipal council chairman
Abdul Aziz Al-Rubaee Okaz/Saudi Gazette TAIF – A Taif resident almost attacked the chairman of Taif Municipal Council during a heated council meeting on Wednesday. During the meeting with residents of some districts, the attacker lost his temper and made his way to Muhammad Al-Mak
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Girl at Jeddah care home goes on hunger strike
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — A 16–year-old girl at a Jeddah social services home has gone on a hunger strike until authorities find a permanent solution to her problem, reported a local Arabic daily.
The girl said her suffering started from the day she sought the help of the Ministry of S
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Probe into medical complex’s lack of treatment for teenage boy
Abdul Hadi Al-Sawyan Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — A fact-finding committee has been formed to investigate why a medical complex in Madinah discharged a 13-year-old boy on Tuesday because it did not have the required treatment for him. Director of Madinah Health Affairs Dr. Abdulla
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Rights groups criticized for ‘ignoring’ child case
DAMMAM – The father of a three-month-old baby who died after suckling from a poisoned milk bottle has criticized the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) for not paying any attention to court hearings into the infant’s death that have been ongoing for the last three years.
Ahmed Al-Boshal, father
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Okaz jumps to sixth spot in Forbes ME rankings
DUBAI – Okaz, one of the oldest newspapers in the Kingdom, jumped three places from ninth in last year’s rankings to take sixth position this year in the Forbes Middle East rankings of Top Newspapers Online in the Arab World. Presenting the list for the third consecutive year, the Forbes team revealed the rankings at an awards ceremon
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Enough rain
Saleh Ibrahim Al-Turaiqi
Okaz newspaper
During the past few years when the streets and tunnels of Riyadh and Dammam were submerged and Jeddah’s east side was underwater due to what can only be described as light rain, it was only a matter of time before villages and hamlets were susceptible to flooding by a
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Saudization failure: What is the alternative?
Abid Khazandar
Al-Riyadh newspaper
Labor Minister Adel Fakieh stated that there were about 8 million foreign workers in the Kingdom of which about 86 percent were employed in low-paying jobs that are not suitable for Saudis. This means that any effort or funds spent on the Saudization of these jobs would prove to be a
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Arab leaders and citizens offer condolence to Prince Faisal
Asir Emir Prince Faisal Bin Khaled Bin Abdul Aziz receives Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal at his residence in Maadar in Abha on Wednesday evening. Several princes, ministers, scholars, and senior officials as well as citizens visited Prince Faisal Bin Khaled to offer condolences on the death of his mother Princess Seeta Bint Fahd Al-Damir. — SPA
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New rent regulations to arrive mid-2013
RIYADH – A new rent regulatory system will be introduced by the Ministry of Housing from mid 2013, according to Al-Eqtisadiah daily.
The Ejar (rent) system will regulate landlord/tenant relations and outline their legal rights.
Tenants who default on their rent payments can be easily tracked down, since all their information
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Iraqi stabs Saudi to death in Indonesia
DAMMAM — An Iraqi stabbed a Saudi citizen to death in Jakarta following a dispute. The Indonesian security authorities arrested the perpetrator at the scene of the crime. Preliminary investigations showed Abdulillah Al-Khanezi, from Hofuf, was on a brief visit to Indonesia.
The incident occurred when he was leaving a restaurant. Al-Khanezi
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2 students smash teacher’s car
TABUK — Tabuk police arrested two students for smashing the windscreen and windows of their teacher’s car. They are being detained at the Bair Bin Harmas Police Station.
Faisal Abdulraheem, the teacher, said he was awakened by the noise of shattering glass as the students took a hammer to the windscreen and windows of his vehicle. Fin
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