Riyadh soars with cases of Adhl — Ministry of Justice
Haifa Al-Zahrani Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The cases of Adhl (male guardians refraining marriage of women under their custody) in the Kingdom has been steadily on the rise. According to...
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Bridging the cultural gap
Casey Andersen and Devin Tatro In May 2012, a group of 16 students from Bates College in the US went on a month-long educational trip to Saudi Arabia. We traveled to Saudi Arabia seeking to learn...
View ArticleSmall business owners in Makkah fight for survival
Fahd Al-Manai Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Exorbitant increase in rent and the recent decision of the Labor Ministry to impose an annual levy for expatriate labor have forced several small business...
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Bahrain Consulate celebrates 41st National Day in Jeddah
Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Bahraini Consulate held a celebration here Sunday evening to mark the 41st anniversary of the country’s National Day. Acting Consul General...
View ArticleNorth Jeddah Corniche: After the facelift
Ghazi Falamban Okaz newspaper I was highly impressed by the Friday sermon delivered by Sheikh Bakair, imam and preacher of the mosque at Al-Nawras Square last week. In the thought-provoking and unusual...
View ArticleSaudization is only a dream
Saleh Ibrahim Al-Turaiqi Okaz newspaper Dear friend, With great respect to you and the rest of the newspaper columnists, I am telling you that nobody can chew and digest the term...
View ArticleFour warehouses gutted in Buraidah
BURAIDAH — A fire broke out in four warehouses on the western Ring Road in Buraidah. Col. Ibrahim Aba Al-Khail, Civil Defense spokesman in Qassim, said firefighting teams took 18 hours to...
View Article14 illegals dressed in women clothing held
MAKKAH — Highway Patrol in Al-Laith arrested 14 foreign men at a checkpoint dressed in women’s clothing while trying to enter the city. Policemen at the checkpoint saw the...
View ArticleColleague stabbed in hospital row
DHAHRAN — The head of the Emergency Department at Dhahran Al-Jonoub Hospital stabbed the head of the pharmacy following a dispute between them. Police have arrested the perpetrator and opened...
View ArticleSmugglers injure Border Guard in Asir
ABHA — A Border Guard at Al-Raboua checkpoint in Asir was injured during an exchange of fire with a group of smugglers trying to sneak past the guards. The smugglers, who were spotted by the...
View ArticleDrug dealer killed in Najran skirmish
Mishal Al-Otaibi Saudi Gazette RIYADH — A drug dealer was killed and a police officer injured during a two-hour armed confrontation between them in Najran Sunday. Lt. Col. Salman Al-Nashwan,...
View ArticleAl-Kharj police arrest mobile phone thieves
Maher Abbas Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Security patrols in Al-Kharj arrested two men for allegedly carrying out thefts in mobile phone shops. Police received reports that two people in a Nissan...
View Article60 Saudis in Iraq jails being treated well: Official
Nawwaf Afit Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Sixty Saudi prisoners are currently in Iraqi jails on various charges, the Iraqi Ministry of Justice has confirmed. Haidar Al-Saadi,...
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81.5% Egyptians in Jeddah vote for draft constitution
Samar Al-Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Egyptians voting in the weeklong referendum vote in Jeddah came out in outright favor for the draft constitution with 81.5 percent of the electorate...
View ArticleMakkah Municipality to urge Emir to protect its employees
MAKKAH —The Makkah Municipality is to ask the province’s Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal to protect its employees after they suffered a series of attacks by Saudi citizens, business...
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Prince Alwaleed receives Kuwait’s ambassador
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), receives Sheikh Thamer Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Ambassador of Kuwait to Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh, Tuesday. The meeting was attended...
View ArticleDelay in opening of Abha hospital irks residents
ABHA — The delay in opening an Abha hospital that has reportedly been completed for a year has angered local residents. The SR110-million Abha General Maternity Hospital, which has a capacity...
View ArticleCall to tax expatriate car owners stirs heated debate
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A well-known economist and columnist in Saudi Arabia has sparked a heated debate in the social media with his call to tax expatriates owning vehicles in...
View ArticleNSHR to back Saudi woman who remarried expat illegally
JEDDAH — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) will support a Saudi woman sentenced to jail and lashes for returning to her expatriate ex-husband without providing the necessary...
View ArticleCourt orders review of Erfan hospital’s closure verdict
Ahmad Al-Selmi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Makkah Court of Appeals has rejected a court verdict that endorsed a decision to shut down Erfan & Bagedo Hospital, court sources said....
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