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Raja Al-Otaibi Al-Jazirah newspaper During the first eight months of the current year 2014, the money remittances made by expatriates living in the Kingdom to their home countries rose by 3.4 percent to reach more than SR100 billion from SR98.67 billion in August 2012. This is a paragraph from a recent economic report, whic

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Pilgrims who do not go in groups liable to get lost

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Ezz Eldin Ahmed MAKKAH — The pilgrims who usually get lost and are unable to come back to their tents are those who go out individually not with their groups, according to a boy scout."The largest number of straying takes place in Mina during the first three days following the Eid Al-Adha when pilgrims

Makkah women invite female pilgrims as a yearly tradition

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Salih Mubarak Okaz/Saudi Gazette HOLY SITES — A number of Saudi families have invited Syrian female pilgrims to their houses to spend some time together and get to know each other. The practice has been in use for quite some years during which Makkah women invite female pilgrims from different nationalities every ye

Times set for women to enter Al-Rawdah Al-Sharifah

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Khalid Al-Jabri Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — Women can visit Al-Rawdah Al-Sharifah (the area between Prophet Muhammad’s grave and his pulpit) three times a day, said Abdulwahid Al-Hatab, spokesman for Agency of Prophet’s Mosque Affairs. The first period begins from sunup until before Dhuhur prayer while

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Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette MINA — There were thousands of volunteers, including women and teenagers, in action to render help to Haj pilgrims at the holy sites of Mina and Arafat during Haj. Pilgrims from all over the world were the beneficiaries of their selfless, untiring and dedicated service. What prompted th

Jeddah prepares for pilgrims

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Hussein Hazazi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Directorate of Jeddah Health Affairs has mobilized its personnel to receive the pilgrims who have completed the Haj rituals and are ready to leave for home. It has prepared 135 ambulance vehicles, equipped with full medical supplies, in addition to 35 re

Pilgrims spend SR2.2b on gifts

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Hamid Al-Attas JEDDAH — Pilgrims this year have spent an estimate of SR2.2 billion on gifts, with SR1,500 being the average spending of a pilgrim, according to Ibrahim Batarji, chairman of the Industrial Committee, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “How much a pilgrims spends on gifts depends

Man kills his father

October 8, 2014, 2:00 pm

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MADINAH — A 16-year-old Saudi murdered his 50-year-old father in Al-Yatamah village, 80 kms south of Madinah, in his family house while the father was asleep. The young man took his father's gun and shot his father, and he later handed himself to the police. Police moved into the house and transferred the body to a nearby hospital morgue. Police are still

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SKAKA — A 22-year-old Saudi was critically injured when he was shot in the head in front of his house in Skaka city, north of Saudi Arabia. Teams from police and forensic departments arrived at the location to collect evidence. Police found the bullet case at the scene and they revealed that it belongs to a 7mm gun. The Saudi is still in the ICU in Prince

Children trigger Parental fight

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JEDDAH — A small fight between two children at a local park in Jeddah triggered a bigger fight between the parents of the two children. One of the parents was strongly punched in the face and suffered injuries. It started when the two children argument turned into a fight. One of the parents interfered and hit the other child. The parent of the other chil

Five killed in road accident

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ASIR — Five people were killed and two others were injured in a horrible car accident that happened between two cars in Rejal Almaa area in Asir region, south of Saudi Arabia. Teams from Saudi Red Crescent arrived at the location and transferred the two injured to a nearby hospital for treatment. The two are in critical condition. Police is still investig

Two killed in drifting accident

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AL-DAWADMI — A number of people called on traffic police to crack down on youth drifting with their cars, especially in the middle of the night. People urged police to take tougher steps to end the problem following a terrible accident recently when two young Saudis were killed while drifting. The driver lost control of his pick up truck and crashed on th

Deputy CM of Telangana visits Saudi Gazette

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Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Deputy Chief Minister of the newly created Telangana state in India, holds talks with Saudi Gazette Editor in Chief Somayya Jabarti during a courtesy call to the newspaper’s office in Jeddah on Sunday. Ali was here to perform Haj and seek Saudi investments. — SG photo by Abdul Rahman M. Baig

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Hamzah Muhammad Okaz/Saudi Gazette HOLY SITES — A New Jersey lawyer, who reverted to Islam after his wife convinced him to do so, stood in awe and admiration when he saw the Holy Kaaba for the first time this Haj. John Crow could not describe his happiness the time he entered the Grand Mosque and sa

Old Yemenis sell lands, save sons' remittances to come for Haj

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Saudi Gazette report MINA — A number of old Yemeni pilgrims have said some of them sold their lands and others saved the remittances of their sons working in the Kingdom to be able to come to the Haj. Speaking to Al-Madina newspaper, Saleh Mohammed Saleh Al-Junaid, who is more than 100 years old, said he had

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Child pilgrims: Noticeable phenomenon this Haj

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Ezz Eldin Ahmed Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — A noticeable phenomenon in this year’s Haj is the large number of child pilgrims accompanying their parents in their journey of a lifetime. Sources of the special Haj statistical committees estimated the number of children to be above 7,000. They said the m

Hajjar receives Pakistan minister

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JEDDAH — Pakistan Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammed Yousaf called on Saudi Minister for Haj Dr. Bandar Hajjar in his office here today. Chairman Haj Advisory Committee Akram Ansari MNA, Hafiz Abdul Karim MNA ,Consul General Aftab A. Khokher and DG Haj Syed Abu Aakif also accompanied the minister. The minister ex

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(L-R) Syed Mohammed Azeez Ul Hassan, Aijaz Ahmed Khan, Abdul Qadeer Siddiqui, Deputy CM Telangana Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Dr. Faiz Al-Abideen, Dr. Sayed Ali Mahmoud, Mirza Qudrath Nawaz Baig, Mohammed Abdul Waheed, Mohammed Mustafa Ali. — SG photo by Abdul Rahman M. Baig Abdul Rahman M. Baig Saudi Gazette

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Abdul Rahman M. Baig Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The role of an impartial media is to show the truth to the masses because this is part of the social responsibility mission of the media, said Dr. Abdulaziz Khoja, Minister of Culture and Information, during the ministry’s annual event to honor the media delegations

A monthly salary of SR142

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Talal Al-Gashgari Al-Madina newspaper You may be aware that the monthly salary of the street cleaner in our country is not more than SR350. This is true for all cleaners in all cities and towns. Out of this meager salary, the expatriate cleaner has to pay for his food and meet his other daily expenses in addition to sending