Saudi Gazette report
HAIL — The School Sports Union, created by a Cabinet decision this November to develop school sports, will not allow girl students in public schools to have physical education classes like the ones offered at private schools, informed sources told Makkah daily.
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Union rules out physical education in girls schools
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Indian consulate’s outsourcing centers to open in Abha, Tabuk
JEDDAH — The outsourcing agency extending consular services to Indian nationals will operate three new offices in western Saudi Arabia from Jan. 1, the Consulate General of India announced in a press statement.
The new VFS Global centers will open in Jeddah, Abha and Tabuk, the statement said, adding that all three offices wil
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An unforgivable blunder
Abid Khazandar Al-Riyadh A RECENT news report in a local newspaper said the Ministry of Justice had referred a land deed to the Court of Appeals to rule on. According to the report, the deed belonged to a former senior executive who allegedly encroached on a piece of land on which a public park should h
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School Christmas holidays
Khaled Al-Solaiman Okaz SOME years ago, I called a senior official at the Ministry of Education to inform him that an international school in Riyadh, under the supervision of the ministry and which enrolls mostly Saudis, usually closes down for Christmas. I also told him that this very school closes for
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University devotes December to special needs
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Dar Al-Hekma University organized several activities and programs during December to improve the quality of services provided in the field of special education. The events took place in the university campus, Jeddah Institute for Speech and Hearing (JISH) and
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First woman head at Holy Mosques Presidency
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — Fatimah Al-Rashoud has become the first woman to occupy a leading position at the General Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, Makkah daily reported.
Due to the growing need for women leaders in the Kingdom’s organizations and the active role women play
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Three-day week for women in remote schools
Mohammed Al-Zahrani
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
TAIF — A three-day work week for women teachers in schools in remote areas, to be applied from next semester, may also cover male teachers, according to the Ministry of Education.
The decision to cut the working week for women teachers in remo
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US student interns blown away by Dar Al-Hekma experience
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Three MBA students from the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, had the opportunity to intern at Dar Al-Hekma’s marketing and communications department earlier this month. There has been a long-standing relationship between Dar A
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Prisons to install cellphone jammers
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The General Directorate of Prisons intends to install cellphone jammers inside cells and prison facilities to prevent prisoners from receiving and making calls, Makkah daily reported.
Head of Prisons Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Al-Hamsy said the directorate tried vario
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Blind students struggling during exams due to lack of support
Fatima Muhammad
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — As school and university students prepare for their mid-term exams and spend the majority of their time for studying, blind students have to carry an extra burden.
They also have to recruit individuals who are willing to read out the exam ques
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Father jailed for ‘kidnapping’ son
JEDDAH — A court sentenced a father to prison for abducting his young son from his ex-wife, who had legal custody of the child. The mother had earlier won a case against the father and she was allowed legally to raise the child and take care of him. The father refused to comply with the custody order. He was sent to jail and remained there until the infan
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Students in fight with street cleaners
AL-KHURMA — A group of students, who skipped their classes Monday, picked on a few street cleaners and got into a fight with them. The brawl started when the students called the cleaners names and tried to attack them, a source at Al-Khurma Police said. In a matter of seconds, both groups were engaged in an altercation that brought traffic on the Makkah H
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Policeman injured after car overturns
QURAYYAT — A policeman sustained moderate injuries after his car tipped over on the Hail-Jouf Highway. Eyewitnesses called the ambulance after the accident, said Al-Jouf Red Crescent Authority spokesman Hamdan Al-Dhwaihi. First aid was administered at the scene by paramedics who transported the victim to hospital to be treated for fractures and contusions
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Short circuit forces school evacuation
TAIF — The principal of Al-Thamina School in Taif had to evacuate 700 female students after the school bell’s wire shorted out. She immediately reported the incident to the Civil Defense, which dispatched rescuers and firefighters to the scene, said Abdullah Al-Zahrani, media director at Taif Educational Administration. A safety and security technic
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Hashish smugglers captured in Jazan
JAZAN — Undercover police have foiled an attempt to smuggle 68 bricks of hashish. The officers were on a routine patrol when they spotted a group of men acting suspiciously near Al-Orf Mountain at Bani Malik village, said Khalid Qazeez, a police spokesman. They immediately arrested the men and seized the hashish. Qazeez urged the general public to report
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Grand cultural event regales crowd in Riyadh
Faiz Al-Najdi RIYADH — A cultural event was hosted in a grand style by "Needs and Style" — a cultural forum — at the Chancery Hall of the Embassy of Pakistan. The chief guest at the event was Charge d’Affairs at the Embassy of Pakistan Khayyam Akbar, and his wife, Lubna Khay
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NES sheds light on promoting Urdu, eradicating dowry practice
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Noor Educational Society (NES), a Jeddah-based philanthropic forum, organized a reception on their annual function to shed light on evil practices and to eradicate the menace of high percentage of divorce cases among the young couples. It attributed that about
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Saudi woman to judge cooking show
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A Saudi woman chef has been appointed one of the judges for the Arabic version of “The Taste”, a famous American television cooking reality series that will air on MBC on Friday. More than a 100 million people worldwide have watched the program, which is being shown
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Expert: Little knowledge of media industry in Kingdom
JEDDAH — The managing director of SAE Institute Jeddah believes there is a lack of knowledge about the media industry in Saudi Arabia. Dalia Binladin, who was visiting Thamer International School to encourage students to enroll on the media education provider’s upcoming diploma courses, said: “Understanding the media industry is
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Runaway maid found working for hospital
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A maid who ran away from her sponsor was later discovered on social media working as a patients’ nutritionist in a public hospital in Jeddah, Makkah daily reported.
Munaif Al-Rashidi, of Hail, reported the escape of his maid after seeing a photo of her on her Facebook acco
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