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Articles of the author Fahd Bin Jleid
Charity corners in malls
IN Alexandria, in Egypt, a number of young men and women got together and launched a unique societal initiative worth copying. They started providing fruit and vegetables in supermarkets at the wholesale prices. They are not making any profit as (...)

09 - 02 - 2017
Random school transport
THE Ministry of Transport's enthusiasm and sympathy with the Saudization of taxis via apps and smart phones, and its warning of SR500 fines for violations is encouraging, and I hope that it does not remain just press material because of perceived (...)

07 - 12 - 2016
Giving hope to prisoners
Losing hope is a difficult stage in a prisoner's life, which is harsher than imprisonment. Such people would lead the life of a prisoner even after their release because, with their lack of vision for a bright future, they become hopeless and (...)

26 - 06 - 2016
When a housemaid is psychotic
IN a neighboring Gulf county, the media does not shy away from reporting on the mental conditions of housemaids who arrive in the region. Apparently, 80 percent of maids seek psychiatric help for pre-existing disorders. These ailments were (...)

27 - 03 - 2016
Selfie
Al-Jazirah After the arrest of a young couple for taking selfie with the burning Dubai hotel, The Address, in the background nobody would dare to take selfies in the emirate without checking what is in the background, fearing legal action. The (...)

26 - 01 - 2016
Citizen police monitoring traffic
Al-Jazirah The Traffic Department will soon introduce a system that will allow motorists to record traffic violations by fellow drivers. Saudi and expat drivers will be able to record any traffic violation, its time and place with the help of a (...)

18 - 01 - 2016
Smart taxi: Are you for or against?
Al-Jazirah The Transport Ministry's dealing with the smart taxi app reminds us of an individual who overtook the wheel of time and got up abruptly to demand angrily that the clock must be reversed, instead of trying to cope with the technological (...)

17 - 01 - 2016
Ghulail's kawarea and NYC's salt
CAN you believe that the salt shaker warning icon on New York City menus is the source of dispute between the city's restaurant owners and its department of health? This is due to the insistence of the latter that eateries should have the image of a (...)

16 - 12 - 2015
World wants to discover Saudis
A SAUDI friend of mine told me that while he was flying from London to New York, an American passenger sitting beside him expressed his desire to know more about him, especially after learning that he is an Arab Muslim and above all a Saudi. This is (...)

09 - 12 - 2015
The sixth sense
Al-Jazirah Twenty five years ago if you had told an ordinary person in the Khabeeb Street of Buraidah that one can see and hear what was happening in a Paris street through a small device that he could carry in his pocket, he would accuse you of (...)

07 - 12 - 2015
Romantic instinct in Saudi marriages
Al-Jazirah IS it romantic for a man to call his wife through a talk show to tell her sweet things live on air while others listen to them and the talk show host prods him to indulge in more romance? Outsmarting society is disapproved of and ditching (...)

12 - 11 - 2015
Imams and their responsibilities
Al-Jazirah It is high time to make the profession of a mosque imam to a full time government job, which is to be governed by the Ministry of Civil Service regulations. This should be in coordination with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, (...)

10 - 11 - 2015
Snapchat leads to divorce
Al-Jazirah IT is being said that a Saudi groom had a set condition to his bride when they tied the knot: She had to vow not to use the mobile application Snapchat or Instagram or any other means of communication to share their marital secrets (...)

01 - 11 - 2015
Ministry's silence baffling
Al-Jazirah ONCE again we are demanding the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to clarify its stance toward the boycott campaigns of some consumers on social media and their impact on prices and quantities of goods. Consumers, of course, enjoy a right (...)

28 - 10 - 2015
Our streets are barren!
Al-Jazirah Our barren, gloomy streets are making motorists unhappy and short tempered. They don't see anything but bridges, concrete barriers, advertisement billboards, traffic signals, the flashes of speed cameras, and detours for the metro (...)

27 - 10 - 2015
Who is your seventh neighbor?
Al-Jazirah I asked some of the neighbors of the Syrian terrorist who set up a factory in Riyadh's Al-Faiha District to manufacture explosives why they did not carry out their national duty and expose the evil living among them. Their reply was that (...)

20 - 10 - 2015
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