Saeed Al-Suraihi
Okaz
Some people delay giving back others their rights and make them resort to going to court, hiring lawyers and going through the rigmarole of paying fees and attending endless court hearings. These people should be forced to give back others their rights immediately and without any delay. They should not be given the c
Fraud cases: Who pays the lawyers’ fees?
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1.5 million Saudi women smoke!
Mufleh Zaben Al-Qahtani
Makkah Online
The online news outlet, Sabq.org, recently published a disturbing report which claimed that there are 1.5 million female Saudi smokers in the Kingdom. The statistic was issued by Fatimah Al-Shaikh, public relations officer at the Smoking Awareness Society (Kafa). Al-Shaik
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Why has there been no improvement in the nation’s health sector?
Rashed Al-Fawzan
Al Riyadh
Reports of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties indicate that Saudis constitute 30.4 percent of all professionals in various health sectors. This translates into 130,000 Saudis versus 317,000 non-Saudis. This includes doctors, pharmacists, nurses and technicians. Of course, the sector needs more Saudis.
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Baghdad Street
Saudi Gazette report Many are the stories people tell of different situations they find themselves in as they pass through the notorious Baghdad Street in Jeddah’s Al-Jamea District at night. However, similar stories are also told about other unplanned areas, and the fact remains hearing is not the same as experiencing.
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Weapons in the hands of children
Saudi Gazette report Little girls carrying guns and shooting in the air may not be something common. However, a video clip showing exactly this recently went viral in social media with people incessantly commenting, Al-Riyadh newspaper reported. Many of the commentators said they found the video shocking and asked how a father cou
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Why are more and more Saudi women asking for Khula?
Saudi Gazette report Cases involving Khula, a separation at the insistence of the wife in which she has to return her dowry and pay her husband a certain amount of money to cover anything he spent on her during the duration of the marriage, are on the rise, according to a report in the Arabic daily Al-Riyadh. The Shariah gives married women this
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Man arrested over mom’s murder
MAKKAH — A man was arrested for murdering his mother. Makkah Police spokesman Lt. Gen. Ati Al-Qurashi said the man is 27 and stabbed the victim with a sharp object before fleeing. Police rushed to the scene to find the mother dead. Officers managed to arrest the suspect later on and forward him to investigation authorities.
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3 hours to douse warehouse fire
NAJRAN — A warehouse was set on fire due to an electrical fault in Najran Industrial City. Najran Civil Defense spokesman Lt. Gen. Ali Al-Shihrani said the warehouse had wood, gypsum and 200 gallons of paint solvent. The Civil Defense took three hours to douse the fire but no one was injured.
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Suspicious mangoes seized in Asir
ABHA — The Ministry of Agriculture has acted to remove mangoes sold in Asir after discovering unknown chemicals in them. Asir Ministry of Agriculture Director Fahd Al-Qarteesh said citizens have been complaining that the mangoes had holes punctured on their surface. The mangoes were analyzed at a lab in Jazan and the results showed
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Pregabalin pills under scrutiny
MAKKAH — The Saudi Food and Drug Authority seized Pregabalin pills from private pharmacies after users complained of frequent side effects. A source from the authority said the pills would only be available in public and private hospitals and public first aid health care centers. He also said Pregabalin pills are currently under an
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Unconscious man found next to dead woman
JEDDAH — A man was found unconscious next to a woman who had been strangled to death on Wednesday. Makkah Police spokesman Lt. Gen. Ati Al-Qurashi said the police found the victim and her alleged killer inside a parked car in Al-Waziriyah District. The woman was a 31-year-old divorcee who was in an unlawful relat
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Victim’s father wants harsher punishment for erring doctors
Saudi Gazette report
ABHA — The father of a girl who died due to a medical error has criticized the blood money sentence issued against doctors who operated on his daughter and said it was not enough, Al-Watan reported.
Three-year-old Solaf went to King
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My ‘adhesive’ friend
Mishal Al-Sudairy
Okaz
I have been plagued by a friend who is like an adhesive bandage that will not go away easily. This friend is very inquisitive and sticks his nose in everything that does not concern him. He is shameless and never apologizes
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Summer therapies at special needs center
Syeda Amtul
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — HOPE for Exceptional Needs is hosting a school of therapies this summer from June 21 to Aug. 20 at their premises in the city's Al-Nahda District.
The two-session summer school will serve children who
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Don’t be absent during Ramadan, ministry warns imams, muezzins
Abdullah Al-Qahtani
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
ABHA — The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance has strongly warned all mosque imams and muezzins not to be absent from prayers during the fasting month of Ramadan. “Harsh pun
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Ministry gives cash to AIDS society
Zain Anbar
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Social Affairs has given the Jeddah AIDS society SR300,000 to continue looking after patients in the city.
The cash injection followed a recent meeting between minister Majed Al-Qas
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Over 1,000 hijama therapy practitioners certified
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine reported there are over 1,000 independent practitioners of hijama therapy, or cupping, in the Kingdom.
CEO Dr. Abdullah Al-Badah said the center offers training
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Inspections of fruit and vegetable market ‘unfair’
Wafa Badawood
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Despite the fruit and vegetable market (Halaqah) teeming with workers day and night, there are times where you can only see a few workers thanks to the frequent municipality inspections.
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Makkah Municipality combats vandalism
The municipality has started running anti-vandalism campaigns after citizens complained that youths and children were drawing and writing on the walls of public and private properties, said Makkah Municipality spokesman Osamah Zaytouni. The municipality repaints over the drawings and writings periodically. However, citizens want art centers to be opened
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First Dar Al-Hekma architecture grads exhibit their work
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Dar Al-Hekma University hosted its fifth architecture exhibition that aimed to tell the stories of the evolution of exhibiting students from freshmen to seniors. The t
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