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Articles of the author Muslih Al Harbi Okaz MADINA
Police nab child kidnapper
Madina Police successfully foiled an attempt to abduct a seven-year old girl by a 20-year-old man with a prior criminal record who tricked the girl into riding his car and sped off. The girl's family reported her missing when she failed to appear. (...)

11 - 05 - 2012
Pamper yourself at your own expense
HAYAT Arabic daily said in 2005 that the higher authorities in the country had issued clear-cut instructions to high ranking officials and ministers that they must use Saudi Arabian Airlines (or other commercial carriers) instead of hiring private (...)

25 - 04 - 2012
Gulf advertising market is worth SR8.4b; Kingdom's share is 45%
The advertising market in GCC states is now worth a massive SR8.4 billion, with 45% of this made up by the Saudi Arabian market. The figures were revealed at the “Saudi Advertising Market Symposium 2012: Expectations and Challenges,” here, (...)

29 - 01 - 2012
JCCI center to counsel youth seeking marriage
A new institute has been launched to counsel young men and women intending to marry. The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (JCCI) Social Responsibility Center initiative is aimed at reducing the Kingdom's spiraling divorce rate. The (...)

25 - 01 - 2012
Traders hoarding cement to raise prices in market
Some traders are again hoarding cement to raise prices, it has been discovered by Okaz/Saudi Gazette. They are doing this by parking loaded cement trucks in deserted areas, from where they sell bags for SR21 each. Okaz/Saudi Gazette recently (...)

23 - 01 - 2012
89% of Saudi homes have housemaids
MADINA: Studies show that 89 percent of Saudi homes in the Kingdom have at least one housemaid in their employment, and that 79 percent of them are of non-Arab origin. The figures were stated at a symposium on violence against house workers held in (...)

12 - 12 - 2010
Zamzam water at Prophet's Mosque pure, says official
An official at the Prophet's Mosque has rejected accusations that Zamzam here is being mixed with normal water. He said the reports to that affect are completely “unfounded.” Ibrahim Bin Mayed Al-Harbi, Director of Maintenance and Water at the (...)

03 - 09 - 2010
Plagiarism, academic dishonesty need joint action, says academic
Dealing with plagiarism and academic dishonesty - in particular student services shops where such illegal activities take place - requires the joint efforts of the ministries of Higher Education, Culture and Information and other authorities, (...)

30 - 05 - 2010
700,000 visitors expected at Madina Dates Festival
The second Madina International Dates Festival opened its doors Thursday with 700,000 visitors from the Kingdom and abroad projected over the 45 days of the event. Madina Governorate Undersecretary Ibrahim Al-Khataf conducted the opening of the (...)

07 - 11 - 2009
Mayoralty to blame for Fatima's drowning: SEA
The Saudi Environmental Association (SEA) has held the Jeddah Mayoralty responsible for the death of Fatima Al-Saab who drowned in the sea off Jeddah's Corniche earlier this month, saying that the location of the drain aperture was in violation of (...)

29 - 07 - 2009
2 rifts, no emissions in Harrat Al-Shaqa
Civil Defense specialists have detected two deep rifts of three kilometers and 700 meters in length close to the epicenter of earth tremors in Harrat Al-Shaqa in the region of Madina. The rifts were observed from the air by a team of inspection (...)

23 - 05 - 2009
Court orders Aramco pension for 24 retirees
After eight years of hearings the Cassation Court in Riyadh has ruled in favor of 24 retired Arabian Oil Company employees and ordered that Saudi Aramco pay their pensions. The 24 were employees of the Arabian Oil Company until 1997, when they took (...)

18 - 05 - 2009
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