Saudi women show true grit to prove themselves

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  Saudi Gazette report   MANY Saudi working women are showing they have the grit to prove themselves and deal with challenges in the workplace, thereby playing a key role in the Kingdom’s development. Many women have come to realize that the success they seek cannot be realized if they continue to submit them

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Science is not related to religion

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  Anas Zahid Al-Madina   Science has nothing to do with religion. I, therefore, do not at all understand calls for Islamizing science. Science, by nature, is not related to religion. Have you heard of, for example, Islamic physics, Christian chemistry, Jewish engineering, Buddhist mathematics, Confuci

The iqama and the whip

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  Saeed Muhammad Bin Zagar Al-Madina   Labor laws have put Saudi and expatriate workers on an equal footing by defining a worker based on his profession not his nationality. However, sometimes we see contradictions between theory and practice. Some practices need to be criticized and corrected.

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  Fadel Al-Ammani Al - Riyadh   Ever since I started writing articles in local newspapers 13 years ago, there have been some topics and issues that have always seemed to be important to Saudi readers. All of these issues affect society and are considered to be priority areas as far as individuals and variou

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   HOFOUF, Ahsa — Reckless young men forcibly closed the Al-Adaliyah intersection outside the city center to practice drifting, blocking traffic movement for 10 minutes. Mohammad Saleem, truck driver, said it was not the first time they take over the junction to drift until they wear their tires out. “They look for open ar

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   DAMMAM — Police found on Friday a child who went missing on Tuesday afternoon after leaving his house in Dammam.   Eastern Province Police spokesman Col. Ziyad Al-Ruqaiti said the boy, identified only as Dawood, was found near a restaurant in the city. Al-Ruqaiti said: “He was taken in by security

Woman dead, husband injured in accident

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   MAKKAH — A road accident killed a woman and injured her husband near the holy city. Makkah Red Crescent spokesman Ali Abdullah Al-Ghamdi said they received a report of the accident 30 km west of Makkah. “We dispatched a team from the Red Crescent to the scene to resuscitate the woman but she died from a head injury. The injured husband

164 illegal residents detained in EP raids

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   DAMMAM — Police in the Eastern Province city arrested 164 illegal expatriates within the last two days. Eastern Province Police spokesman Col. Ziyad Al-Ruqaiti said Dammam Police and a representative from the Eastern Province Ministry of Labor ran an inspection campaign to ensure all expatriates with residence and work visas were following l

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   BAHA — Traffic police arrested a 27-year-old man in possession of a bottle of liquor, 12 amphetamine pills and an unlicensed gun in Al-Aqeeq. Baha Police spokesman Saad Saleh Al-Tirad said officers asked a driver who looked suspicious to step out of the car but he refused and sped away. The policemen then shot three bullets into the air as a

Boy dies from electric shock

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   A boy was electrocuted to death after climbing an overhead power line and touching the wires in Baha. Pictures of his death spread via social media and many users criticized his friends who photographed him climbing the electric pole for not warning him against the reckless behavior. — Okaz photo 

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  Saudi Gazette report   JEDDAH — A local charity announced the first creative special needs program for children on the International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD), which is marked on Dec. 3 every year, Al-Hayat daily reported. Sawaed Al-Watan for Sustainable Development Initiative r

Hail woman who lost kin to accidents finds solace feeding poor

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  Saudi Gazette report   HAIL — Salfah Al-Obaikah provides free breakfast meals throughout the winter to municipality and farm workers in Jubbah, Hail region. Al-Obaikah, who lost her father, husband and son in separate accidents over the past three years, feeds the needy as a form of charity

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  Abdulqader Ayad Al-Watan   IT has been recently reported that the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) caused a disabled citizen in Tabuk to go into cardiac arrest when the company cut power to his house, causing the respiratory device he relied on to stop working. The man was rushed to the nearest hospital an

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  Saudi Gazette report   MAJMAAH — The Ministry of Education closed down 17 international schools and issued violations for 23 more during the last academic year. The ministry’s international schools supervisory committee presented the current status and future plans of international sc

Rare rescue

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   Asir Civil Defense had to use a crane to pull up a camel that fell inside an uncovered three-meter-deep manhole near Al-Sharaf neighborhood in Abha City. The camel tripped inside the open manhole but luckily was not seriously hurt. Its owner immediately called the Civil Defense rescuers. — Courtesy Al-Arabiya 

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  Saudi Gazette report   DAMMAM — The Kingdom’s courts reported an increase in "tahjeer" cases where the male relative of a woman strikes an agreement with her guardian to marry her without consultation and she is then banned from marrying anyone else, Al-Hayat daily reported.

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  Saudi Gazette report    RIYADH — The skills of 80 percent of government employees are not being properly utilized by their superiors at the workplace, said the Ministry of Civil Service’s undersecretary for planning and human resources development.“I’m afraid the skills o

Girl sues dad for not letting her complete overseas education

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  Saudi Gazette report   JEDDAH – The Criminal Court is reviewing a case filed by a young woman who claimed her father would not let her complete her scholarship program because she refuses to give him her stipends, Makkah daily reported. She told the judge that her father did not let her tra

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  Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — The Saudi Food and Drugs Authority (SFDA) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture will monitor imports and exports of organic products in the Kingdom and analyze and inspect those that are available on the market, Al-Riyadh newspaper reported. Some fo

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   Indian Consul for Information, Media and Political Affairs Dr. Hifzur Rahman visited the Gulf Bureau office of Saudi Gazette in Dammam and met Editor-in-Chief Somayya Jabarti. During the meeting, they discussed issues of mutual interest. Rahman congratulated Jabarti on the improved look of Saudi Gazette and assured her his mission’s full cooperation. The pic