ARAB men are often requested to pay expensive dowries when they decide to get married.
However, many fathers of brides in Saudi Arabia have opted for simple demands as they believe that the principle of morality and trust must come first.
A while (...)
IN a video that went viral on social media, a Saudi boy was seen standing inside a bakery kneading and baking bread – after which he was on the receiving end of online trolls who said the job was "beneath him."
Nasser Al-Mezaal responded by saying (...)
SAROUNA left Sri Lanka to take up domestic job in Saudi Arabia nearly 28 years. When her Saudi sponsors moved houses, she was not used to the new tile floorings and so slipped and injured her leg. While others would have sent her back to her home (...)
THE world on Wednesday witnessed the announcement of the needle Fidaa; the first Saudi medical invention of its kind at an event attended by more than 4,400 medical and educational practitioners at the World Health Conference in Dubai.
Dr. Abdul (...)
ABHA — Five unique factors influenced the election of southwestern Saudi city of Abha as the Capital of Arab Tourism 2017. A committee of experts from the Arab Tourism Organization of the Arab League made the selection.
Bandar Al-Fahiid, head of the (...)
ONE beautiful artwork piece depicting Saudi Arabia's founding King is creating buzz around the Kingdom's art scene.
The painting, titled "the million-riyal portrait" is currently valued at more than $350,000 and was commissioned by Sheikh Mansoor (...)
A mountainous Palestinian community in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Al Jab'a differs in many ways from surrounding Israeli settlements but it shares one worry with its neighbours - a shortage of water.
In the last few decades the West Bank has (...)
Ministry of Labor has declared its new service which aims at improving the domestic workers profession through an electronic program that has been given the name of "Mousaned." The program allows all parties to be familiar with their various rights (...)
Ahmad Al-Sabah congratulated Saudi Arabia, its leadership and people, on behalf of Kuwait's Emir, government and people on the occasion of the 82nd national day.
He hailed the great contribution of the Kingdom's founder - the late King Abdulaziz bin (...)
Ali Al-Sabah stressed the importance of producing information programs that will enrich the development of thought, culture, science and social relations among the peoples of the region, who are bound in blood, descent, customs and common (...)
"Passports Directorate" launches portals at airports and shortens traveler procedures to 25 seconds.
Al Riyadh, photos by Jaber Al-Maliki, Hatem Omar
Colonel Bader Al Malek, the official spokesman of the Directorate General of Passports, said that (...)
Ali Al-Sabah stressed confidence in the Saudi partners' determination to make the event a success.
He also congratulated the Saudi people on the return of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to his homeland (...)
Qarni, a Saudi national from the Tabuk Region, who came to Jeddah earlier on board a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight accompanied by his seven-member family, was taken aback when a Saudia employee informed him that the return air-tickets he wanted (...)
Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait's Interior Minister delivered a speech, wishing all success for the meeting to achieve the desired results in the service of Gulf citizens and the region.
In another speech Lieutenant General Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al (...)
AHMED AL-SABAH, THE EMIR OF KUWAIT, MAY ALLAH BLESS HIS SOUL, WE CALL THIS SUMMIT AFTER HIM FOR HIS EFFORTS IN THE SERVICE OF GULF COOPERATION, THE KING NOTED.
THE MONARCH SAID,'' THIS ANNUAL MEETING IS A CHANCE FOR REVIEWING WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED (...)