JEDDAH — A recent study has concluded harassment is the biggest of five obstacles to women driving in the Kingdom. The study, prepared by Khadijah Bint Khuwailed Center at Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the other obstacles consisted of an increase in accidents, congestion, ignorance of the need for car maintenance and family p
Harassment obstacle to women driving
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Health Affairs to close Taif's chest hospital
TAIF — The Health Affairs directorate in Taif has announced that the local chest hospital is to close due the deteriorating conditions of its buildings. Acting spokesman for Taif Health Affairs Ibrahim Al-Ghamdi said the closure decision was based on an engineering committee’s report of the buildings’ conditions. “The commi
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PJF hosts Independence Day with patriotic fervor
Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Like last year, this year too the Pakistan Journalist Forum (PJF) organized a splendid family gathering on the auspicious occasion of the 68th Independence Day of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, which was celebrated with patr
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Employees cannot refuse Sanid: GOSI
ABHA — The General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) has stressed that it is mandatory for all Saudi employees to participate in the “Sanid” scheme, which makes it compulsory for private sector employees to pay a small contribution toward a scheme to provide financial assistance to the unemployed. “It is not the empl
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850 atheist websites closed down
JEDDAH — Four government bodies have worked together to close down 850 websites that promoted atheism in the last 16 months. The same bodies are currently working to close down the Facebook group called Association of Saudi Atheists, which has at least 188 members. The head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
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PISJ-ES delivers outstanding results in IGCSE
JEDDAH — Students of Pakistan International School Jeddah - English Section (PISJ-ES) have triumphed once again in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) A, AS and O level examinations conducted in May-June this year. Acting principal Imran Raza Khan of PISJ-ES congratulated the students for prod
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Border Guards chief dies of heart attack
Saleh Al-Sugair Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH – Border Guards Director General Lt. Gen. Zamim Al-Sawat died Tuesday morning following a massive heart attack, Saudi Press Agency reported. Al-Sawat arrived at his office in the morning suffering from heavy fever. He fel
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Police disperse unruly Umm Al-Qura students
Badea Abu Al-Naja
Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH – Police were called in to disperse more than 100 students who gathered in front of the office of Umm Al-Qura University’s president in Al-Abidiya district of Makkah Tuesday morning.
Osama Al-Madani, the university spokesman, said police
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3 militants sentenced to death, 26 jailed on terrorism charges
RIYADH — The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh has sentenced three men to death and 26 others to various prison terms, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The men were part of a 50-member cell that faced a host of charges, including the 2004 kidnap and murder of a foreigner, plotting to assassinate senior government officials and
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Ahsa dry cleaners open doors to female workers
Saudi Gazette report HOFOUF — A group of young women here rolled up their sleeves and joined the dry cleaning industry, which had in the past remained restricted to men. The women started working at a dry cleaning store in Al-Mansourah, east of Al-Hofouf. The store is
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Charity to deliver marital training to 4,000 people
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — The Al-Mawaddah Charitable Society for Social Reform in Jeddah has approved the implementation of training materials for young men and women looking to get married from Oct. 25.
The Ministry of Social Affairs has approved the materials. The
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Tanweer takes 20 orphans on education tour to Malaysia
JEDDAH — Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (ALJCI), the corporate social responsibility arm of ALJ Group, organized an educational trip for 20 orphan boys to Malaysia as part of its Tanweer cultural and recreational program this year. Two advisers from the Ministry of Social Affairs, as well as an educational adviser pr
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Court saves woman from father who obstructed her marriage
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A court in Jeddah has revoked the guardianship of a father over his daughter because he prevented her from getting married for more than 10 years.
The father, reported Makkah daily on Tuesday, had been exerting adhl (when a male guardian preventi
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Golf carts at train stations
The Saudi Railways Organization has launched a new service for elderly and disabled passengers where they can use golf carts at the railways stations in Dammam, Riyadh and Hofouf to allow them better freedom of movement. Acting spokesman of the organization, Mujab Al-Dawsari, said these carts will transport these passengers from inside the stations to their trains
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Corruption monster attacks dialysis centers
Abid Khazandar
Al-Riyadh
ACCORDING to press reports, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) has submitted to acting Health Minister Adel Fakeih a file containing a number of corruption cases in his ministry.
The file contained cases of financial and administrative violations during the implemen
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Saudi women’s expat husbands, sons granted driving exemptions
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Expatriates married to Saudi women as well as their children are able to obtain general driving licenses allowing them to man heavy goods vehicles without needing an iqama (work permit) that lists the holder’s profession as a driver.
Quoting a governme
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Haj firms prefer tents to buildings in Mina
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Local Haj companies said they prefer to set up tents in Mina for their pilgrims than rent buildings at high rates, Makkah daily reported. They said they have incurred huge losses last year due to the high rental costs, the decrease in the number
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Son executed for killing mother
ABHA — A man who shot his mother to death was executed Thursday in Khamis Mushayt, Asir Region, according to the Ministry of Interior’s statement, Saudi Press Agency reported. Yahya Muhammad Saad Al-Shahrani killed his mother Aisha Saeed Nasser Al-Shahrani by shooting her several times with a machine gun. She died on the spot. Her son
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Emergency medicine programs
RIYADH — King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences has for the first time started offering emergency medicine programs for female students, said Dr. Yousif Al-Issa, deputy director of educational affairs. Twenty female students have been accepted for the program this year. Students who graduate will be able to handle injuries th
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Clinics for schools next semester
HAIL — The Ministry of Education will set up medical clinics in boys and girls schools all over the Kingdom this upcoming semester, said Dr. Yousif Muhammad Al-Thwaini, director of Hail Education. The ministry has already set up 1,369 clinics inside schools and provided them with medical equipment and supplies. The ministry wants to ensure s
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