Heat-resistant marble slabs in Grand Mosque
Workers lay heat-resistant marble slabs outside the Grand Mosque in Makkah. All courtyards of the Haram will be paved with the well-known white marble tiles from the Greek island of Thassos that do not...
View ArticleThe miraculous rise in Saudis’ level of happiness
Mazen Baleelah Al-Madinah IT is not just possible that someone would jump from the 26th to the first position in a year when it comes to happiness and satisfaction. If this happened to an...
View ArticlePolice deny rumors on Bahra shooting spree
Saudi Gazette report BAHRA — Jeddah police denied rumors of a shooting spree occurring in Bahra on Friday. The rumors had been spread through social media networks, but the police...
View ArticleCalls mount for resuming Thai recruitment
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – Scores of recruitment offices have called upon the authorities to open the door for recruitment from Thailand, according to Yehya Al-Maqbool, chairman of the...
View ArticlePrince Sultan vows sweeping changes to tourism festivals
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – Prince Sultan Bin Salman, President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), has vowed to introduce sweeping changes to tourism festivals all...
View ArticlePhilippine embassy warns forgers
RIYADH — The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has clarified that documents authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila and countersigned and stamped by the Saudi Embassy in the...
View ArticleTwo expats jailed for theft
RIYADH – Two Sudanese expatriates were jailed for four years each and 600 lashes by Riyadh General Court for stealing car tires. Riyadh police caught the men while they were stealing the...
View ArticlePolice crack down on fireworks dealers
TABUK – Police in Tabuk have started cracking down on fireworks dealers. Many people have been arrested for selling dangerous fireworks to boys and young men. The crackdown was launched to...
View ArticleAramco employees rescued from desert
ABQAIQ — Civil Defense rescuers saved four Aramco employees who went missing in the Empty Quarter desert. Their car got stuck in the desert and they could not free it. There was no network...
View Article8 poisoned after eating watermelon
TAYMA — Eight children were poisoned after eating watermelon, according to Tayma Hospital medical director Abdullah Aziz Al-Shawli. The children were admitted to the emergency unit suffering...
View ArticleTwo dead, three injured in crash
MAKKAH — Two women were killed while two people and a child injured when their car overturned on their way to Makkah, according to Makkah Red Crescent spokesman Ali Al-Ghamdi. Also, a woman...
View ArticleLightning strikes power pole
KHAMIS MUSHAYT — Lightning struck a high-voltage power pole in Khamis Mushayt and caused a fire to break out in a small room inside a house 40 meters away. However, all family members escaped...
View ArticlePakistani forum honors community leaders
Faiz Al-Najdi Saudi Gazette RIYADH — "Halqa Ahbab-e-Fikr-O-Fun, a Riyadh based Literary Forum, hosted an iftar/dinner reception for the community leaders during this past...
View ArticleSaudi Cricket Center hosts iftar party
Saudi Cricket Center hosts iftar party Saudi Cricket Center’s (SCC) CEO Nadeem Nadwi hosted an iftar party at Mehfil restaurant Sunday. Among the attendees (seen in the picture...
View ArticleThree young men trapped in well
ABHA — Civil Defense rescuers saved three young men who got trapped inside a deep well while they were swimming, according to Asir Civil Defense spokesman Lt. Col. Maeed Al-Shehri. The young...
View ArticleSeeing with the heart, not the eyes
Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Where there is a will there is a way. We hear that motivational saying often when we encounter difficult times to push us to keep trying and to never...
View ArticleThe importance of tolerance
Fahd Al-Ahmadi Al-Riyadh IN February 2010, I was on a leisure trip to a beautiful place known as the "Blue Mountains" in Australia. I was accompanied by my mother, wife and 20 other...
View ArticleWe can eradicate unemployment
Abed Khazandar Al-Riyadh There are two countries with a population of over 1 billion. These two countries have successfully managed to bring down total unemployment. The unemployment among...
View ArticleCharities: Don’t give money to beggars
Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Beggars across the Kingdom have become more active during the holy month, especially in front of mosques, traffic signals, restaurants and...
View ArticleMunicipality takes the heat as cleaners toil under hot sun
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The municipality in Jeddah has reportedly had its cleaners out on the streets during the hot morning hours, sparking a fierce debate over worker rights. Talal...
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