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Articles of the author Fouz Al Ghamdi
East Jeddah's Al-Tawfiq district suffers neglect, official apathy
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Al-Tawfiq (good fortune) District in east Jeddah does not have anything to do with its name. The situation here is far away from the actual meaning of its name. Its residents view their unfortunate neighborhood a victim (...)

03 - 09 - 2019
Is our educational system aligned with Vision 2030?
THE vast majority of young people are optimistic about the future of education in Saudi Arabia, as we have seen valuable initiatives, such as Misk that provide various programs, as well as the reform of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques foreign (...)

14 - 03 - 2019
Traffic fines: Response to objections in seven days
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Director General of Traffic Maj. Gen. Muhammad Al-Bassami has disclosed to Okaz/Saudi Gazette that objections to traffic tickets filed electronically will be responded to within a maximum period of seven days. He pointed (...)

13 - 03 - 2019
Chinese being taught in Riyadh's district clubs
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The department of education in Riyadh has launched an initiative to teach the Chinese language for both boys and girls in the district clubs and neighborhood centers from March 10 to April 4. The initiative was launched (...)

12 - 03 - 2019
Law to protect whistleblowers finalized: Nazaha
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) will soon bring a law to guarantee the protection of whistleblowers and witnesses in graft cases. Abdulrahman Al-Ajlan, spokesperson of Nazaha, said law has drafted and the (...)

27 - 02 - 2019
Jeddah neighborhood overflowing with litter
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A number of people living in Al-Ajwad district in northeast Jeddah are expressing their exasperation over the inaction of the local authorities after the streets in their area have become strewn with garbage. Many of them (...)

12 - 02 - 2019
Waterlogged street threatens safety of schoolgirls
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — As soon as their children leave for school, parents living in Al-Samir district of Jeddah start worrying about their safety and their hearts keep pounding until the children come back home in the afternoon. The parents (...)

05 - 02 - 2019
Edu min asks universities to expand research capabilities
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Saudi universities have spent only about a total of SR100 million over the years out of SR6 billion earmarked for research, Education Minister Hamad Bin Mohammed Al-Asheikh has said. He was talking during a workshop in (...)

20 - 01 - 2019
الحارثي ل عكاظ : مناهجنا بريئة.. وباحثو «الشهرة» يكتبون كذبا وبهتانا
برأ وكيل وزارة التعليم للمناهج والبرامج التربوية الدكتور محمد الحارثي، مقررات المناهج السعودية من الأخطاء التي تداولتها عدد من مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي، مؤكدا ل«عكاظ» أنه لن يتم سحب أي كتاب في هذا العام سوى مقرر الدراسات الاجتماعيات والوطنية بعد (...)

23 - 09 - 2017
Investigations reveal Houthis planting mines in civilian areas
Yemeni militias resorted to planting landmines in civilian areas, including houses and public roads, as they were withdrawing from Mareb and Lahj, a report by a human rights watchdog has revealed. The report released by the National Commission to (...)

16 - 08 - 2017
Houthis deceive children into fighting with promises of money and ‘school degrees'
Over the past nine months, the Houthi and Saleh militias have recruited 176 children, all under 15, to fight in the armed conflict in Yemen, either directly or as assistants to professional fighters in the battlefield. Al-Riyadh Arabic newspaper has (...)

10 - 08 - 2017
Investigating body condemns Houthis for human rights violations in Yemen
The Houthi rebels and the Saleh-allied militias had committed 20 different kinds of human rights violations in 17,123 cases, Qaher Mustafa, of the National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights in Yemen, told Al-Riyadh Arabic (...)

09 - 08 - 2017
Coalition refutes allegations of hindering aid to Yemenis, questions silence over rebel crimes
The Saudi-led Arab coalition has denied allegations made by the UN that it is hampering humanitarian efforts of the United Nations Development Program in Yemen by preventing supply of aircraft fuel to rebel-controlled Sanaa. Col. Turki Al-Malki, (...)

07 - 08 - 2017
Memories of Eid overseas
The first Eid I spent overseas was when I was working in the diplomatic corps in Pakistan. I was on secondment (temporary transfer) to East Pakistan during that period in order to issue visas to pilgrims. They used to travel by ship to the holy (...)

28 - 06 - 2017
Boards of directors of loss-making companies should be held accountable
IN a precedent in the history of shareholding companies, the general assembly of Alujain Corporation has removed all members of the board and appointed a new board of directors. The reason: No profits have been made nor distributed to shareholders (...)

21 - 06 - 2017
We must refrain from defying the true spirit of Ramadan
IT was narrated in a Hadith that the Prophet (peace be upon him) has said: "Whoever does not refrain from making a false statement and acting upon it, Allah has no need of him giving up his food and drink." Here, zour (falsehood) is all acts that (...)

14 - 06 - 2017
Pakistanis celebrate Youm-e-Takbir
Pakistanis around the world recently celebrated Youm-e-Takbir (The Day of Greatness) commemoration of Pakistan's detonation of its first nuclear bomb on 28 May 1998. On that day, Pakistan entered the elite nuclear club, which was hitherto a monopoly (...)

07 - 06 - 2017
Who is responsible for the negative behavior of students outside school?
It is common to see some students resort to unusual and unsound - perhaps dangerous – behavior at the end of the school year. Some of them tear up their textbooks while others engage in joyriding or reckless driving. There are yet other groups of (...)

31 - 05 - 2017
East Jeddah area residents seek development projects
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Tayseer district, located east of Haramain Road in Jeddah, lacks municipal services, government schools and primary healthcare centers due to negligence of government departments, said its residents. They urged (...)

30 - 05 - 2017
Summer clubs approved; to welcome a million students
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Minister of Education Ahmad Al-Issa has approved the seasonal clubs for this year which will welcome more than 1 million students. The clubs will be run under the motto "My Vacation 2" and the program will have a total of (...)

30 - 05 - 2017
It is impossible to get rid of expats by 2020
"GET rid of expats by 2020, public sector told." This was the headline of a story published recently in this newspaper on a workshop organized by the Ministry of Civil Services. I would like to say that this headline was really shocking, provocative (...)

24 - 05 - 2017
The UN's silence about Israeli Apartheid
The withdrawal of a UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) report led to the resignation two months ago of Rima Khalaf, executive secretary general of the Commission. The report titled "Israeli practices toward the Palestinian (...)

17 - 05 - 2017
Hala wins first Saudi women's chess contest
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The first ever women's chess competition in the Kingdom was held here on Friday. Head of the Saudi Society for Mind Sports Al-Jowhara Al-Hasan said the competition was accredited by the World Chess Federation. "The event (...)

14 - 05 - 2017
UN Rapporteur disregards more than $ 1.7 billion spent by the coalition to enable UN programs to relieve Yemenis
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Ben Emmerson alleged that the Arab coalition was responsible for some 60 percent of deaths amongst Yemeni civilians in 2015. He further claimed that there is a scarcity of credible (...)

10 - 05 - 2017
Get rid of expats by 2020, public sector told
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Ministry of Civil Service has asked all ministries and government departments to get rid of all expatriate workers within three years, according to deputy minister Abdullah Al-Melfi. The ministry said that there were (...)

10 - 05 - 2017
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