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Articles of the author With input from Fouzia Khan ACROSS KINGDOM
A day of pride, patriotism
Folk art performances, poetry recitals, children's theater, and plays telling the story of the unification of the country by King Abdul Aziz in 1932 were the highlights of functions organized Thursday across the Kingdom to celebrate Saudi Arabia's (...)

24 - 09 - 2010
Pakistan school achievers
R) Chief guest Noshaba Akmal Saeed, wife of link officer Akmal Saeed, and Salma Shah Khan, the vice principal of the Pakistan International School Jeddah (Azizia), with winners at the annual Prize Distribution for Classes V-VIII for the session (...)

16 - 05 - 2010
NEW SAUDI-UK JOINT VENTURE
Faris Bundakji (L), chairman of Saudi Gulf Intertrade and Initial Saudi Group, and Bill Heath, managing director of Mace Macro International, signed a Saudi-UK joint venture agreement at the British Consulate recently to provide professional (...)

14 - 03 - 2010
ACGC FAREWELL PARTY
The Asian Consuls General Club (ACGC) bid farewell to Gatot Abdullah Mansyur, Consul General of Indonesia, and Mohamdzen Idris, Vice Consul of Singapore, in a reception held at the Chinese consul general‘s residence in Jeddah recently. The function (...)

14 - 03 - 2010
HONOR FOR PISJ-ES
R) Sehar Kamran, principal of Pakistan International School Jeddah – English Section (PISJ-ES), presents the school's year book to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. PISJ-ES recently received a letter of appreciation from the President (...)

07 - 03 - 2010
FAREWELL TO JOURNALIST
Pakistan Journalist Forum (PJF) members with (2R) Rauf Tahir, managing editor of Urdu Magazine; and (3R) Tariq Miskhas, managing editor of Urdu News, at a farewell reception held for Tahir at a local restaurant in Jeddah last week. Tahir, who gave (...)

07 - 02 - 2010
GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
Jeddah (PISJ), Al-Aziziah, held its Annual Sports Day 2009, also coinciding with the “Golden Jubilee” celebrations of the school, Wednesday. The “Unity” themed event was marked with march-past displays, martial arts, special unity displays and other (...)

03 - 01 - 2010
MUSLIM SCOUTS IN JEDDAH
Dr. Abdullah Omar Naseef, president of the International Union of Muslim Scouts (IUMS), Hussain Sahal Eiban deputy secretary general, Haj Sulayman H.K. Musana of IUMS in Uganda and (back row L-R) Nasaruddin Bin Shamsuddin of IUMS Malaysia, Eng. (...)

07 - 12 - 2009
LAST-MINUTE RUSH
Parents and children are busy buying books and stationery for the new academic year at a store in Jeddah at the weekend. After the long summer vacation, schools are reopening Saturday and there is a mad last-minute rush at almost all the stationery (...)

10 - 10 - 2009
Taking Islam to the streets
Muslim da'ees in London hold road shows to explain the message of Islam to non-Muslims in this Aug. 29 picture. Muslims in Britain regularly hold such public events in market places to dissipate myths and misconceptions about Islam. They invite (...)

09 - 10 - 2009
H1N1 awareness campaign kicks off
day national awareness campaign on swine flu began at Serafi Mega Mall here Tuesday night. The campaign is part of Health Ministry's National Plan for Preventing Flu Pandemics. Dr. Munee-rah Balahma, consultant community medical head of the (...)

10 - 09 - 2009
BREEDING GROUND FOR MOSQUITOES
Sewage water overflowing manholes on busy streets has become a common sight in Jeddah. A manhole at Madina Road is overflowing for the past fortnight giving foul smell and becoming a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The picture shows an alley in (...)

29 - 06 - 2009
HIT-AND-RUN-AND-RETURN
A speeding Toyota Camry car hit a Pakistani expatriate man at the crossing of Sahafa and Al-Moallifeen Streets on Thursday evening. The man flung into the air and fell on to the street and badly injured in the process. Several police cars arrived at (...)

23 - 05 - 2009
OPEN TO TRAFFIC, AT LAST!
After an inexplicable delay of over a month, the new flyover on Tahlia and Arbaeen Street crossing was finally opened to traffic on Thursday. The flyover is one of the completed projects in the campaign for beautification of Jeddah that includes (...)

15 - 05 - 2009
FAITH IN FATE
King Abdulaziz University's theater club at the weekend staged “Lucky”, a play whose theme is belief in luck. Sometimes it is hard to believe in luck, especially when it is not on one's side. In the final analysis, it is all just a question of faith (...)

09 - 05 - 2009
READY, BUT STILL UNUSED
A flyover at the intersection of Tahlia and Arbaeen Streets is all set to open “soon,” according to officials. People of Jeddah are still wondering how soon that “soon” will be. The flyover is part of the campaign for beautification of Jeddah that (...)

20 - 04 - 2009
POLLUTED RED SEA
The waste thrown by visitors has polluted the Red Sea in Jeddah. Authorities are exerting great efforts to make the Bride of the Red Sea a beautiful and environmentally clean city. The environmental committee of the JCCI in cooperation with (...)

15 - 04 - 2009
Fight against TB
Some of the volunteers with Mohamed Bakhrieba (8th from left), the organizer of the campaign “I am stopping TB , Million youth against TB” in Jeddah, pose for a group photo after discussions on logistics and details of planned visits to schools, (...)

10 - 03 - 2009
WORKING FOR A GREENER JEDDAH
Municipality working in a park in the neighborhood of Al- Mushrifah District to make it beautiful and greener. The municipality is using the best available techniques for irrigation of gardens and trees. It has established 100 concrete water (...)

10 - 03 - 2009
Onset of summer?
Heavy dust storm blanketed Jeddah on Sunday with temperature and humidity remaining quite high. Hot winds added to the agony of Jeddah residents. The weather office attributed the inclement weather to warm surface winds and dust blowing from (...)

09 - 03 - 2009
Talented graffiti artists
Graffiti on a school wall in Jeddah shows the creative skills of youngsters. This piece of art not only fulfills their desire to draw, but also decorates the wall with nice colors and the beautiful name of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). This (...)

06 - 03 - 2009
WORLD CIVIL DEFENSE DAY
Civil Defense is celebrating the World Civil Defense Day by creating awareness among the general public toward need for preventive and self-protection measures in the event of disaster and similar emergencies. The Civil Defense in Jeddah is (...)

03 - 03 - 2009
Closed to traffic
The intersection on Prince Majed Street and Gharnata Street has been shut down to traffic because of positioning of a part of a single lane of the under construction bridge. The expansion of the Prince Majed Street is part of the campaign for (...)

26 - 02 - 2009
Clearing hurdles
Several buildings in Bani Malik District in Jeddah have recently been demolished to facilitate the expansion of Prince Majed Street. In all 25 buildings have been acquired for the purpose. The expansion of the Prince Majed Street is part of the (...)

29 - 01 - 2009
Avoid Haj U-turn
The Ministry of Haj and Makkah governorate have launched a joint campaign to dissuade local pilgrims from going for the Haj without permits. Newly installed hoardings and electronic billboards in Jeddah now warn pilgrims against performing the Haj (...)

18 - 11 - 2008
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