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Civil Defense shuts down 4 amusement parks in Riyadh

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Mishal Al-Otaibi Saudi Gazette  RIYADH — The Civil Defense in Riyadh recently shut down four amusement parks in Riyadh for violating safety conditions. The Civil Defense had carried out safety inspection on amusement parks and commercial compound to ensure that safety conditions were applied.

1 seriously injured in Hail shooting

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Ahmed Abdullah Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — A district chief in the region of Hail sustained serious injuries and a 21-year-old expatriate was killed in two separate incidents of shooting, a spokesman of Hail Police announced Saturday. He said the chief of Al-Waseeta district was rushed to King Khaled suffering fro

New suspension bridge for mataf area

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Abdullah Al-Dhibyani Okaz/Saudi Gazette  MAKKAH – A 10-meter wide suspension bridge for the physically challenged and the elderly will be constructed in the Grand Mosque to help them perform tawaf (or circumambulation) around the Ka’ba. A security committee will meet in the following two w

AUS and University of Cambridge present insights on rising female conversion to Islam in UK

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   JEDDAH – Experts at American University of Sharjah (AUS) and the University of Cambridge presented their insights based on the report Narratives of Conversion to Islam in Britain: Female Perspectives, which was prepared earlier this year by Professor Yasir Suleiman, Project Leader and Founding Director at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre

Mobile canteens are proving to be a key source of disease

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   QATIF — Mobile canteens vehicles are widespread in public areas in the Kingdom, despite the efforts of the municipalities in banning them, a local newspaper reported. They carry their trade in public places selling ice creams, cooked lentils or corn and other foodstuff. Such foodstuff may be infected with bacteria which lead t

LUSH opens first all-female staff store in Jeddah

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   JEDDAH – Lush, fresh handmade cosmetics from the UK announces the opening of its first store in Jeddah in Star Avenues mall. Aside from being Lush’s only shop in Jeddah at the moment, this store will have an all-female staff shop worldwide. With the latest law issued in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia giving

Toastmasters Club website launched

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  Toastmasters International Lt. Governor DTM Ben Guerra launches Muslim Service Society’s Toastmasters Club website in Jeddah. — Courtesy photo   JEDDAH – Toastmasters International Lt. Governor DTM Ben Guerra launched the website of Toastmasters Club under the Jeddah Chapter of Muslim Service Society (MSS).

Enjoy the taste of Indian gourmet at IFF

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   JEDDAH – Following its grand success last year, the Consulate General of India together with Elaf Jeddah hotel is organizing an Indian Food Festival (IFF) at Elaf Jeddah hotel, Red Sea Mall. Local residents will get this rare and unique opportunity to enjoy the original culinary skills and the flavors of exotic spices, which

OFWs in Jeddah benefit from livelihood program

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Ronaldo Z. Concha Saudi Gazette    JEDDAH – Thirty-seven Filipino women working in Jeddah became the latest batch to benefit from the livelihood training seminar organized and conducted by the Kapit-Bisig OFW Cooperative, one of the active Filipino organizations here. The Oversea Fil

Design of the new suspension bridge for Ubhur complete

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Abdul Aziz Ghazawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — An American team of consultants has finished the final design plan for a new bridge across Ubhur creek. The project will be implemented once it has been approved by Jeddah Mayoralty. The new bridge is 400 meters high and 74 meters wide and h

Al-Jawad Al-Abyad roundabout to be removed

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Abdullah Al-Suqair Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — Jeddah Mayoralty has given the go-ahead to demolish the Al-Jawad Al-Abyad Roundabout and replace it with an intersection between Siteen Street (King Fahd Road) and Heraa streets. The project cost is SR122 million. The ship and boat models have bee

Mother demands DNA test to prove her heritage

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Amro Salam Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — She described herself as nobody. She blamed drugs for her miserable condition and daily torture and countless sleepless nights. Today, she is a divorced woman with five children. Although she was born Saudi, today she holds a Yemeni nationality and h

Youth feel owing own house is a dream

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Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — This year’s Jeddah Economic Forum is to tackle, highlight and discuss the housing issue in Saudi Arabia, while home ownership is still the ultimate goal for many young Saudis.“We really wish to own a house but prices remain high, mortgages are ha

Hajjar, Ahamed sign ‘13 Haj deal

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Minister of Haj Dr. Bandar Hajjar holds talks with E. Ahamed, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, at his office in Jeddah on Saturday. They discussed issues related to the performance of Haj by Indian pilgrims for this year, including their transportation, accommodation and awareness campaign. Ahamed praised Saudi government’s great care and concern

Prince Charles visits Prince Alwaleed

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  RIYADH — Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), received Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, in Riyadh on Friday. The meeting was attended by Dr. Nahla Alanbar, Private Executive Assistant to {Prince Alwaleed, Ms. Amani Alqahtani, Assistant Executive Manager, Prince Alwaleed’s Palaces, Naief Alzu

Visually challenged lead the world with vision

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Zeiad M Alsufiani Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH – Hussni J Bugis, a 54 year old Saudi national who suffers from glaucoma, is an example of valor. Glaucoma is an eye disease which is usually inherited; the disease is termed as a “slow killer” as the eyesight weakens over a period of time unt

The girl that was sentenced before she was born

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Khaled Al-Suleiman Okaz   She was the product of a rape when her mother was raped by an elder brother who was under the influence of drugs at that time. She almost died at birth were it not for the woman that helped in delivering her to life. She then became a victim to an abusive husband who wanted to separate her from her chi

Where is the traffic police?

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Abdul Mohsin Hilal Okaz   CRITICISMS are mounting on social media sites attacking the inability of the traffic police to protect our streets. A hash-tag under the title: "where is the traffic" has been created for comments on the work of the absent police. Every time this hash-tag is open, twitters will rush and

Envoys to visit 20 Saudis jailed in Iraq

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Muhammad Al-Ahmadi Okaz/Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — A delegation of Saudi diplomats will visit Sousa prison in Kurdistan and meet with 20 Saudi prisoners. The delegation will inspect their health conditions and get more information about their cases. The diplomats will meet with Sousa Prison offici

Asir Emir accuses hostile country for staging southern border infiltrations

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Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — A hostile country is behind the infiltrations of Africans through the Kingdom’s southern borders, the Emir of Asir Prince Faisal bin Khaled has said. He did not name the country but pledged to clean up the entire region from the infiltrators within two months time.
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