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Abdullah Omar Khayyat Okaz newspaper Every year I write an article or two about the negativity of our banks and their lack of contributions in the national, humanitarian or educational projects. The banks, for instance, may finance special training courses to qualify unemployed university graduates for the labor market. This will not cost

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Work starts at new city for pilgrims in Madinah

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Khalid Al-Jabri Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH – Work, at a cost of SR3.3 billion, on the first phase of the project of the new King Abdullah City for Pilgrims here has started. The project, expected to be up and running in two years, will have a branch for the Ministry of Haj and office for the Haj comm

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Renad Ghanem Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Many Egyptian pilgrims, who were not able to perform Haj this year, called on the authorities in Cairo to limit Haj for a person once every five years — similar to the rule in Saudi Arabia for domestic pilgrims — or once every ten years. This, they said, would give ot

SFDA: Chop meat before freezing it

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RIYADH — The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has called upon the general public to cut meat into small pieces before freezing it at -18 Celsius. In a recently published report, the SFDA said meat is a good environment for the multiplication of bacteria. To preserve meat and prevent it from going rotten when frozen, one should not leave meat outs

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RIYADH — The Commission of the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia) has called upon authorities to grant it more powers to locate blackmailers through their cell phones. In a seminar held recently, the Haia explained that the powers would enable it to solve blackmail cases faster as most the blackmailers appeared to be using cell pho

Police rules out terror in plant accident

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AL-AHSA — Police here excluded the possibility of terrorist motives behind the accident involving two vehicles near a gas plant in south Al-Ahsa, said spokesman Lt. Col. Khalid Al-Zahrani, Al-Hayat daily reported. A speeding car crashed into a police patrol vehicle that stood guard near the station. The car driver, who turned out to be drunk, was hur

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AL-AHSA — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that a 51-year-old died of Coronavirus here. King Fahd Hospital sources said the man, who had contact with camel and had suffered from other diseases, was admitted to the hospital because of fever, shortness of breath, and persistent cough. The doctors ran medical checkups on him immediately and th

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RIYADH — A 30-second video of a baby being beaten with a stick on his feet has caused anger and indignation among the users of the social media websites where the video was posted. In the video, the baby’s feet were held with a clothes hanger while a person beat the baby on his feet with a stick. The baby’s loud cries of pain could be heard al

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Plan to keep Holy Sites clean to start on Friday

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Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH – Makkah Mayoralty will start on Friday implementing its operation plan to keep the Holy Sites clean and insect-free until the next Haj season. Muhammad Al-Mourqi, director general of cleaning at the mayoralty, said that the plan will cover Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah in addition to the neighbo

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Qenan Al-Ghamdi Makkah Online I registered in my diary the statement of the chief of Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) Mohammed Al-Suwaiket to Okaz newspaper on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. In that statement he said: “The plan to establish a railway network to link all the Kingdom’s cities and towns together will be completed

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Osama Hamza Ajlan Al-Madina I know beforehand that what I am about to say will anger many Saudi women. I expect to be bitterly attacked, but I thank God that the attacks will most probably be in terms of words only. I am not generalizing but many of our women are fond of maltreating their housemaids. The first thing a Saud

Do Saudis really enjoy a high standard of living?

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Ali Ashuraimee Al-Watan Statements made by some Saudi ministers never cease to create unnecessary media hype. Just recently, Twitterers expressed great dismay at the statement made by the Minister of National Economy and Planning during a televised interview. He said that Saudi citizens enjoy high living standards compared to citizens of

Okaz wins best coverage award for Haj 1434

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Ali Gharsan Al Zahrani, Assistant to Editor in Chief, Okaz newspaper, receives the best coverage award for Haj1434 from the Minister of Haj Dr. Bandar Hajjar, center, in the annual party hosted by Minister of Haj in Hilton Hotel. — SG photo Abdul Rahman M. Baig Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH

Makkah: Beyond the Holy Mosque

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History may never cease to ink its stories on our minds and hearts, but there is no history more precious and fascinating than the history of Umm Al-Qura (Makkah) and its holy valley by the Grand Mosque. The social life that the people of Makkah had as well as their rituals and traditions have been of great interest to historians. The people of Makkah (known in

Haj — From a strenuous journey to a luxurious vacation

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The fifth pillar of Islam, Haj, remains a magnificent opportunity for many Muslims. Those who have performed it would not hesitate to perform it again provided they have the physical strength and financial ability. Less than a century ago, getting to Makkah was a journey fraught with danger and there was no guarantee whether people who set out to perform Haj wou

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Patients at KFCH without air con

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   JAZAN — Patients at King Fahad Central Hospital, who have been without air conditioning for quite some time, have bought themselves electric fans to alleviate the heat inside their rooms. The patients have demanded that the hospital fix its air conditioning system. Jazan Health Affairs Directorate promised earlier to have the hospital’

Gulf citizens targeted by online scams

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   RIYADH — Experts in the banking sector said citizens of Gulf countries are the most targeted group by online scam artists. A large number of people fall prey to scammers, especially on Forex trading websites. Experts attribute the problem to a lack of awareness among citizens of Gulf countries, especially in the Kingdom. Saudi banks have urg

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   JEDDAH —  A number of government agencies have formed teams to prevent any attempt by pilgrims to forge boarding passes and get on different planes. The teams will keep a close eye on all travel tickets and documents to make sure pilgrims board the correct flights. Last year, several pilgrims were caught carrying travel documents that d

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   TAIF — A Bangladeshi worker in a cleaning uniform worn by Makkah Municipality street cleaners was spotted begging on one foot while using a crutch to support his weight. Many pilgrims at Al-Jamarat Bridge area looked in shock at the condition of the worker and a significant number of pilgrims gave the man money. It was not clear whether or n

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   Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Shalash Al-Jazeera  Late Sheikh Muhammad Bin Othaimeen was once asked about the position of Shariah on men who go to fight overseas without taking the permission of their country’s ruler. “Anyone who goes for jihad on his own will have disobeyed the ruler,” replied Bin Othaimeen. Thi