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Malaysian Consulate officers, staff attend Iftar
JEDDAH — The Consul General of Malaysia Mohd Khalid Abbasi Abdul Razak and spouse hosted an Iftar and Teraweeh prayers on Thursday at the Chancery. The attendees were all officers, staffs...
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Astariqs’ Puppet Show a success
RIYADH — The art of puppetry is an ancient form of theater. A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer. There are...
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‘Date Festival’ helps underprivileged Saudi women
Sana Abdul Salam Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Celebrating Ramadan’s spirit of helping others, the “Date Festival” assisted underprivileged Saudi women become more...
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Filipino volunteers join Toastmasters club to hone skills
Ronaldo Z. Concha Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A number of Filipinos in Jeddah who are active in community services such as giving free computer literacy seminars, business opportunity seminars...
View ArticleYoung men account for 30% of Saudi travelers abroad
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — One of the largest travel agencies in the Kingdom has estimated that about 30 percent of passengers traveling abroad are youth, Al-Hayat newspaper reported. The...
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Crowds line up for “ful and tameez”
Anxious customers crowd in front of a food outlet to buy “ful and tameez”. The meshed fava beans and the flat Afghan bread are the favored items on the iftar menu of most families...
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Expat killed in fall off Asir mountain cliff
Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette ABHA — The Civil Defense rescue personnel recovered the body of a Pakistani national from the base of a steep mountain cliff in Asir province. Civil Defense...
View ArticlePak embassy plans job fairs in Riyadh, Al-Khobar
Faiz Al-Najdi Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Embassy of Pakistan is planning to organize another series of job fairs during Ramadan in Riyadh, the Eastern Province and Qassim.“We are...
View ArticleME turmoil overshadows Ramadan TV shows
Joud Al-Amri Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The political uprisings in the Middle East have changed the habits of television viewers in the Arab world. Many young men and women who are usually keen...
View ArticleNo more candy for small change
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has begun forcing retailers to end the widespread practice of giving chewing gum or cheap candy instead of...
View ArticleNurse in trouble over abuse video
Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette ABHA — The director of Asir Health Affairs has referred a nurse to its committee of professional violations for allegedly abusing a patient in Khamis...
View ArticleKingdom’s streets turn into racing fields before iftar
Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Traffic problems and an increasing number of accidents have become part and parcel of the fasting month of Ramadan and usually peak one hour before iftar...
View ArticleEP charities ‘need urgent reforms’
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Many experts agreed that charity organizations should devise new methods to increase their financial resources in order to be able to provide services to a...
View ArticleMOH should upgrade quality
Salem Sahab Al-Madinah Respected Minister of Health: I know you are busy working on many fronts and that you are trying to improve the quality of health services in our country to be on par with the...
View ArticleNo job is despicable
Saleh Al-Turigee Okaz A news report recently published by an electronic newspaper claimed that a 45-year-old Saudi woman was working as a janitor, cleaning the toilets of a shopping mall in the city of...
View ArticleMakkah hotel owners threaten legal action as losses mount
JEDDAH — Investors and hotel owners in the central area of Makkah have estimated losses of up to 60 percent this year. They claimed that these losses are due to the Haj Ministry’s...
View ArticleTwo drown in sea off Tabuk
TABUK — Tabuk Border Guard spokesman Col. Abdullah Al-Gharir said a diver got drowned when he was pulled by strong currents while diving with his friends. In another incident, a woman was...
View ArticleCouple and child die in road accident
TAIF — A man and a woman died on the spot following a horrific road accident south of Taif, according to Taif Civil Defense spokesman Col. Nasser Al-Shareef. The driver was speeding when he...
View ArticleMan found dead inside a mosque
MADINAH — A man was found dead inside a mosque in Madinah Sunday. Madinah Police spokesman Col. Fahad Al-Ghanam said a Saudi noticed the dead man inside the mosque and reported the incident...
View ArticleJail, lashes for two Asian thieves
MADINAH – The Madinah Criminal Court has sentenced two Asians to one year in prison and 400 lashes each after they were caught robbing visitors inside the Prophet’s...
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