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Fireworks seized
In raids carried out by Jeddah Police in the south and downtown areas, a huge quantity of fireworks were seized and several people arrested. Governor of Jeddah Prince Mishal Bin...
View ArticleRuqyah has become ‘job of the jobless’
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai’a), Dr. Abdullatif Al-Asheikh,...
View ArticleKFSH in Dammam conducts 10 successful pancreas transplants
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Traveling abroad for organ transplantation is no longer an urgent need after the Ministry of Health provided specialized transplant centers...
View ArticleExperts: Expat control of retail market raising unemployment
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Expatriate control over the Saudi retail market is the main reason behind the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning that Saudi Arabia...
View ArticleJeddah Municipality under fire for cutting down trees
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Environmental experts have blamed Jeddah Municipality's indiscriminate removal of trees for this year's record rise in...
View ArticleJobless Saudi women cook in ‘home kitchens’
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Several women have come up with the idea of ‘home kitchens’ for preparaing tasty dishes and then marketing...
View ArticleAfter 20-year wait for jobs, Yanbu grads are optimistic
Saudi Gazette report YANBU — A number of graduates from the Teachers’ College for Women in Yanbu have remained unemployed for the last 20 years. Their...
View ArticleWage control: Follow the Dubai method
Khaled Al-Solaiman Okaz DEPUTY Labor Minister Dr. Mofarrej Bin Saad Al-Haqbani announced over a year ago that his ministry was working on new initiatives, including a...
View ArticleOver 900 female guides working in Grand Mosque
Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The Director of the Female Guides Affairs Unit in the Grand Mosque Sheikh Adel Al-Hamdan said the unit has a qualified...
View ArticleSalaries of Shoura Council members are not low as claimed
Jameel Al-Dhiyabi Al-Watan THE Shoura (consultative) Councils in Saudi Arabia and the other GCC countries have so far failed to convince the citizens that they are...
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Grand Mosque view!
The Grand Mosque is crammed with visitors and pilgrims just before Iftar time on Monday. A senior security official said special arrangements have been made for the safety...
View ArticleComatose for 20 months, Taif girl struggles to live
Saudi Gazette report TAIF — A five-year-old girl from Taif, who has been suffering a brain disorder, has been lying comatose in her family home for the past 20...
View Article‘Hulal’ plans to expand to all regions
Mishal Al-Otaibi Saudi Gazette RIYADH – “Hulal,” a charitable project that supports needy families by recycling and reselling high-end...
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Productive families make Eid shopping simpler
Amal Al-Sibai and Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A four-day exhibition for productive families was inaugurated on Tuesday by Princess Al-Anoud Bint...
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Protracted road excavations irk residents of Dammam
Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Residents of Dammam are complaining that ongoing road excavation works in various parts of the city and the...
View ArticleTelecom towers in Makkah pose major health risks, says expert
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — An environmental expert and researcher in the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Haj Research said the...
View ArticleDetails of Haj e-gates next month
Fahd Al-Manaee Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — All details of the new technology that will be used next Haj to prevent pilgrims with no Haj licenses from entering the...
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Helping people to find their voice
Jawad Fazal JEDDAH — Toastmasters International was started in 1924 in California, US, by a man who believed that the path to success was through the power to...
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Bottled Zamzam distributed on Tawaf bridge
Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The director of the Zamzam distribution project at the Grand Mosque has revealed that the General Presidency of the Two...
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An environment-friendly ‘hajja’
An enduring sight of Jeddah, a hajja (vernacular for a woman street vendor) displays her wares. Despite promises from the Saudi authorities to crack down on these sellers, the...
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