Snow blankets northern Saudi region of Al-Jouf    Syrian Air to resume operation between Damascus and Jeddah on Nov. 7 after a hiatus of 8 years    21,370 illegal residents arrested in a week    Bronze Age town discovered in Khaybar Oasis    New mechanism for reviewing taxi fares via applications    Harris and Trump in dead heat as Election Day nears    Spain flooding one of many global extreme weather disasters: UN weather agency    EU braces for potential shifts in transatlantic relations ahead of US presidential election    Israeli army nearing end of ground offensive in southern Lebanon, reports indicate    Al Hilal sets record for longest unbeaten streak across all domestic competitions    Al Nassr and Al Hilal share points in intense Riyadh Derby draw    Riyadh's Sports Boulevard receives Platinum ActiveScore certifications    ImpaQ: Riyadh to host first Impact Makers Forum in December    Saudi Arabia ranks 12th globally in international visitor spending in 2023    Hidden sugars in Asia's baby food spark concerns    Saleh Al Shehri strike seals Al Ittihad's Sea Derby win over Al Ahli    HONOR unveils pre-order of the stunning HONOR MagicBook Art 14 Featuring an ultra-slim design, HONOR Eye Comfort Display and AI Cross-OS WorkStation    Derby Week makes its debut in the Roshn Saudi League    Teri Garr, Young Frankenstein and Tootsie star, dies at 79    Indonesia Days event celebrates cultural diversity at Al Suwaidi Park    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Muted Eid celebrations for millions of Nigerian Muslims    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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‘Kalamity kirkit'
Our aversion to reality is incredible. Few accept that we lost the semi-final to India fair and square. Most believe that it was “fixed”, else how on earth could they drop Tendulkar four times or Misbah get stranded at the crease for so long. The (...)

11 - 04 - 2011
DEAR BRUTUS
THERE are many ways to skin a cat. You, dear Brutus, always manage to skin yourself by turning the cat into a tiger. Your opponents win and thank you for saving their cat with bombs. You are useless, Brutus. When double murderer and spy Raymond (...)

21 - 03 - 2011
‘Mountains don't cry'
CURIOUSER and curiouser” said Alice in Wonderland. “Worser and worser” say I in Pakistan. “Badder and badder” say Arabs in the Middle East. Thank God we haven't reached ‘worsest' and ‘baddest' for we can't guess the limits of worser and badder. (...)

14 - 03 - 2011
THE ‘DOGS OF WAR'
IN late January an American citizen, ‘Raymond Davis', 36, murdered two Pakistani motorcyclists in Lahore with his Beretta “with pinpoint accuracy through his car windshield.” All hell broke loose: America wanted him back on grounds of diplomatic (...)

07 - 03 - 2011
‘WE THE PEOPLE…'
LISTEN America: You are agog. You don't understand what's going on. Why China has you by the throat. Why your neatly crafted world is unravelling. Why, why, why… It's time to wake up, time to learn lessons. Time to pull your head out of the (...)

01 - 03 - 2011
Are we cerebral cripples?
I AM most concerned that Muslim ‘clerics' amongst the mullahs camouflaged as scholars are putting Muslims into reverse gear. Sure there are good mullahs. I know at least one. But the good mullahs' voice is drowned in the din of the collective voice (...)

07 - 02 - 2011
Reaping the whirlwind
HOW do you read the situation?” a friend asked. “I cannot,” I replied. “The pages are blank. Let the imagination run.” “Let it run.” “Anything could happen in a flux. The situation could go many ways. But that doesn't mean that some forces are not (...)

01 - 02 - 2011
Blasphemy…or a convenience?
THE first time I heard the name ‘Muslim Shower' I thought it was a party for someone who has converted to Islam in which he or she is ‘showered' with gifts. I took this from the ‘shower' that parents have for their newborn babies where friends and (...)

24 - 01 - 2011
The civilized and the uncivilized
POPULATIONS are classified using different measures, like sex, rural-urban, income, education, age, profession, religious persuasion… The most misleading is ‘elite'. ‘Elite' means crème de la crème, the best of the best in any field. What they mean (...)

17 - 01 - 2011
Faith and religion
THE other day I heard a debate between Tony Blair and the author Christopher Hitchens on the BBC on whether religion had done more harm than good. Blair is an ardent Catholic, Hitchens an atheist. Blair doesn't have much of a formal education; I (...)

10 - 01 - 2011
Change of idiots?
CONFUCIUS said: “Our Master gets his way by being frank, friendly, truthful, respectful and moderate. That is our way.” Try and make the Pakistani politician understand such wisdom. Did you see the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly (...)

03 - 01 - 2011
The course of history
ASSASSINATIONS such as Benazir Bhutto's alter the course of history. Because it is her third death anniversary doesn't necessarily explain the sudden surge to find her killers. While some within her party have been questioning why their own (...)

27 - 12 - 2010
No lessons; no solutions
DECEMBER 17 has just come and gone again, so let me tell you a story. Once upon a time there was a young slave boy. His masters decided to get him married to a young girl, though she was not the one he would have chosen. Once married, they would be (...)

20 - 12 - 2010
Indian elephant, Chinese tiger
WHAT a silly storm in a small Indian teacup. We should be looking at the Chinese teacup. Obama goes to India to get something, flatters to sell by saying what the Indians wish to hear and the sated go ape. The wretched of the earth could not give a (...)

15 - 11 - 2010
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