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Articles of the author Fahd Bin Jolaid
The legitimacy of new bank fees
Al-Jazirah Saudi banks have been imposing various fees on customers for different services and we do not know the reason for imposing most of these fees. In most cases, bank clients will find it hard to know the justifications for these fees as (...)

18 - 06 - 2017
Food trucks and the high prices
Al-Jazirah TWO groups of people fail in their lives. People in the first group will think a lot but do not apply their ideas in their lives. On the other hand, people in the second group will do things without any forethought. I hope this (...)

15 - 06 - 2017
New authority needed to organize volunteer work
Al-Jazirah In 2030 we'll be seeking one million volunteers in Saudi Arabia in light of the national vision to boost developmental, charitable, social and humanitarian activities. Today we cannot give an exact figure of volunteers in the country. (...)

20 - 02 - 2017
Our moral and social values
WE have started hearing a cacophony of noise calling for corrupt and illegal practices that go against our society's culture and values, in order to help government employees adjust with the fall in their income due to cut in allowances and other (...)

11 - 10 - 2016
Successful Saudization in the telecom sector
THE recently launched telecom complex for women in Riyadh is a good example of successful Saudization in the telecom sector. The entire complex is run and operated by women with transportation services provided for all employees. The operating times (...)

19 - 08 - 2016
Stop private schools from charging high tuition fees!
EVERY year we read news stories about private schools that raise tuition fees and add to the burden of parents who pay for their children's education. The Ministry of Education does not do anything to stop these schools from increasing fees. It does (...)

27 - 05 - 2016
You will be rewarded for your intentions!
ONE of the jokes people talk about these days is about a street vendor selling kebabs. A man approached him and bought all of his kebab sandwiches and asked him to distribute them to the poor. The man then asked the vendor to give him a sandwich to (...)

01 - 04 - 2016
Why are ‘ladies first' in Saudi Arabia?
We Saudis usually comply with rules when we are in another country and even boast about it, whereas while in the Kingdom we often break our own rules. I was standing in a line at the reception desk of a hotel in a Gulf country. I had placed my key (...)

16 - 10 - 2015
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