Visitors throng Saudi productive families’ exhibition

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  Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — A four-day exhibition of Saudi productive families concluded at the Jeddah’s Tahilia business center on Sunday.  Around 50 female representatives from the Saudi productive families gathered in order to support the emerging home-based businesses and to

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Gulf International Bank celebrate Saudi National Day

September 30, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   Gulf International Bank organized a unique celebration on September 23 to mark the occasion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s 48th National Day. The atmosphere was lively and joyous, reflecting the spirit of national pride and unity, with the national colors of green and white dominating the scene. The bank staff gathered to take souvenir photos as a variety

‘One drop of blood to the country that gives us food’

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  Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — The Saudi national committee of Kerala Muslim Cultural Center (KMCC), the largest Indian expatriate organization in the Gulf, organized blood donation campaign to mark Saudi Arabia’s 84th National Day celebrations across the Kingdom. Th

Donating blood to save lives

September 30, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   JEDDAH — More than 50 Filipino comprising engineers, architects, nurses showed and rolled up their sleeves on September 25 to donate blood at King Abdulazziz University. All blood types are needed and health experts in the Kingdom say broad trends are needed to support the usual shortages that occur around holidays like Haj Demand for blood

DAH, BMC express love, loyalty for Saudi Arabia

September 30, 2014, 2:00 pm

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  Munawarunnisa Nazneen and Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette    JEDDAH — Dar Al-Hekma (DAH) university celebrated the Saudi National Day in the university's premises. The student body, faculty and staff from the university attended the event and experienced patriotism at its finest. R

Pakistani Haj volunteers complete training

September 30, 2014, 2:00 pm

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  Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — Pakistan Haj Volunteers Group (PHVG) completed its Haj campaign program 2014 at the Pakistan Consulate General Jeddah in its final session of the presentation and training of the volunteers recently. During the presentation, Prof Wasim Sh

Alwaleed gets Nigeria invite

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   Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), on Tuesday received Abubakar Shehu Bunu, Nigerian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Bunu was accompanied by Tijjani Hammanjoda, deputy head of mission and Bashir I. Ma’aji, consular in the Nigerian Embassy. The ambassador conveyed greetings from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to Prince Alw

Pilgrims benefit from orientation program

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  Saudi Gazette report   JEDDAH/RIYADH — Hundreds of pilgrims in the capital and in Jeddah benefited from a Haj orientation program held separately in the two cities last week. Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi and Abdur Rahman Umari have been organizing the orientation programs for several years now wherein they lectu

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Pakistani percussionist lets his talent do the talking

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  Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — Playing the percussion instrument (tabla) is an art that is passed on from one generation to another. Such is the tale of Ustad Shahid Ali Khan, a renowned tabla artist from Pakistan, who is spoke with Saudi Gazette for an exclusive interview.&ld

Expat organizations foster strong brotherly Indo-Saudi relations on Saudi National Day

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  Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, media and public relations manager, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce, along with KTT officials cuts the cake on the Saudi National day celebrations, organized by Khak-e-Taiba Trust. — SG photo by Abdul Rahman M. Baig  Saudi Gazette report   JEDDAH — Expatriate communi

Traditional distributors of Zamzam water

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   Members of Makkah’s famous Zamazima families (traditional distributors of Zamzam water) distribute water among pilgrims. Distribution of Zamzam water to pilgrims became the privileged service of certain families in Makkah, who inherited the tradition from their ancestors. According to history, this tradition goes back to the period of Abdul Muttalib Bin Hash

Cabinet takes recess during Haj

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  Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — Every Monday, citizens and expatriates wait to learn more about the Kingdom’s policies when the Council of Ministers holds its regular weekly meeting. However, this week there was no Cabinet meeting as it coincided with the Haj holidays. The Council pos

The compounded corruption

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  Qaisar Hamid Metawea Al-Madinah   Corruption in all forms and types is found in every society but its levels vary from one society to another depending on how it is tackled. After the smell of corruption had filled the air in our country, we established an independent commission to fight it. This is the National Anti-Cor

SR1,500 Hafiz money deposited in bank account of a princess

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  Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — A princess has discovered that an amount of SR1,500 was deposited in her bank account by the Hafiz unemployment assistance program, Al-Hayat reported on Tuesday. Princess Basmah Bint Saud questioned on her Twitter account how the money came to her account even though the sc

Hajjar calls for further cementing Saudi-India relations

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  Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH – Minister of Haj Bandar Hajjar underscored the need to further strengthen the excellent bilateral relations between the Kingdom and India. The minister made the remarks while receiving the Indian Haj goodwill delegation, headed by Arif Baig, at his office in

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Pilgrims get a clean bill of health from ministry

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  Muhammad Dawood Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — Acting Health Minister Dr. Adel Fakieh said no infectious or epidemic diseases have been registered among pilgrims so far and all indications show that the health condition of pilgrims is good. Dr. Fakieh instructed all officials in the h

Family case verdicts issued altogether for the first time

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  Saudi Gazette report   JEDDAH — In an unprecedented move, the Personal Status Court in Jeddah governorate issued last Thursday several verdicts in one go in favor of a woman who was petitioning for a divorce. The document that was issued to her outlined the various decisions including nulli

49,000 people without Haj permits stopped, penalized

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  Ibrahim Alawi and Mansour Al-Shehri Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH/RIYADH — Around 49,600 people with no Haj permits have so far been stopped from entering the Holy Sites, according to latest statistics released by the Public Security Agency. Also, 25,216 vehic

Two Asian workers die in a well

October 1, 2014, 2:00 pm

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TABUK — Two expatriate workers died after falling inside a well in a farm 15 kms east Tabuk, said Tabuk Police spokesman Col. Mamdooh Al-Eneizi. Rescue officials exerted a lot of efforts before locating the workers. Their corpses were pulled out of the 40-meter-deep well. Investigations showed the two workers were cleaning the well when they apparently sl

Man shoots another and runs away

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BURAIDAH — Officers here have apprehended a man shortly after he shot another in the head in mysterious circumstances and fled the scene, said Al-Qassim Police spokesman Capt. Badur Al-Sehaibani. The victim was shot in front of his house and was rushed to the hospital by his family. Doctors at Qiba General Hospital administered first aid and referred the