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Articles of the author Hussain Hazazi
MoH begins using hydroxychloroquine to treat Coronavirus
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Ministry of Health has already started using anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus patients. The results are under study and observation amid positive indications of its use, Okaz/Saudi Gazette has (...)

01 - 04 - 2020
Asian housemaids still ditching sponsors despite deterrent steps
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Sponsors affected by escaping Asian housemaids have approached Minister of Labor and Social Development Ahmed Al-Rajhi via his Twitter account presenting their predicament to him and urging him to review the agreements (...)

23 - 10 - 2019
Palestine Street traffic eases as US Consulate removes barriers
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Days after the shifting of the US Consulate in Jeddah to its new headquarters in Muhammadiyah District, next to the building of the new American International School, on Saturday the consulate began to remove the concrete (...)

06 - 10 - 2019
100,000 direct jobs in civil aviation sector
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — There are around 100,000 direct employment opportunities in the civil aviation sector in the Kingdom. This information was contained in a study carried out by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), according (...)

20 - 09 - 2019
76 medical staff leave Jeddah's King Fahd hospital in 3 months
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A total of 76 medical staff consisting of 21 doctors, 53 nurses and two technicians have dropped out of King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah during the past three months, informed sources said quoting a report by the Health (...)

10 - 09 - 2019
Municipality didn't give license to raze Radio and TV building
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The municipality has denied giving a license for the demolition of the historic Radio and TV building along the Meena (seaport) road in Al-Nuzla District in Jeddah and said for this reason the demolition work was (...)

09 - 09 - 2019
No more bottlenecks; passports for Saudi women in 15 minutes
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Several Saudi women were excited and overjoyed when they found that the procedures for obtaining their passports were completed within 15 minutes. "Everything is simplified and gone are the days of bottlenecks and (...)

25 - 08 - 2019
Ants attack KAU staff villas
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Engineering and technical faults, sewage water and white ants are besieging the villas of the staff of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah (KAAU) , according to informed sources. The university handed over as many as 697 (...)

20 - 08 - 2019
Meteorology staff allege favoritism in promotions
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Some 150 employees of the General Authority of Meteorology and Environmental Protection have approached the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture alleging that 15 staff members of the authority received two (...)

22 - 07 - 2019
High bills! NEC offers a deaf ear to electricity consumers
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Electricity consumers are in a dilemma because of the astronomical figures of their monthly bills but the National Electricity Company (NEC) is giving a deaf ear to their cries and complaints. The consumers, who did not (...)

09 - 07 - 2019
Did Filipino trainer kidnap missing Saudi trainee pilot?
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Family members of the Saudi trainee pilot Abdullah Al-Shareef, who went missing on May 17 in the Philippines, say that there are strong indications with substantial evidence that the plane did not crash and Abdullah and (...)

02 - 07 - 2019
Saudi abducted in Ethiopia tells about his 4-day ordeal
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Abdullah Bahaitham, a Saudi citizen who was kidnapped in Ethiopia for four days, described his trip to the East African country as a nightmare and said it has changed the course of his life. Bahaitham, a Jeddah resident, (...)

25 - 06 - 2019
KAU introduces graduation course in Chinese language
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — King Abdulaziz University has introduced a program in its faculty of arts to grant the bachelor's degree in Chinese language. It has, thus, become the first university in the Kingdom to do this. The university has also (...)

28 - 05 - 2019
Man stabs daughter four times and then rushes her to hospital
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A 15-year-old girl here had a last-minute magical reprieve when her father, who was hell-bent on killing her, had a change of heart just before the final moments but after already stabbing her four times. It was oozing of (...)

21 - 05 - 2019
Kidnap drama at Saudi hospital; newborn girl returned to family after 48 hours
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudi security authorities were able to find a newborn girl who was kidnapped from a private hospital in Jeddah and return her to the mother within 48 hours of the incident. The Public Prosecution will start a detailed (...)

19 - 05 - 2019
900 Saudi dentists jobless when 9,000 expats work under MOH 26 dental colleges in KSA bring out 3,000 graduates each year
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — More than 900 Saudi dentists remain unemployed while about 9,000 expatriate dentists work in hospitals under the Ministry of Health, according to the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCHS). There are 5,287 Saudis (...)

02 - 02 - 2019
Illegal expatriates escaping penalties through deportation
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A number of illegal expatriates who are legally sentenced to various penalties have tried to escape these sentences by giving themselves in to the authorities for deportation during the current grace period. Saturday is (...)

21 - 06 - 2017
People wonder why Ramadan fest in historic Jeddah was called off
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Citizens and expatriate residents wonder why the heritage festival "Kida" in the historic part of Jeddah was not held this year after it was successfully organized for years in a row with the participation of a large (...)

05 - 06 - 2017
2nd Saudi woman pilot loses hope of flying a Saudi plane
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A second Saudi woman pilot who has been accredited by the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) said she cannot find work as a pilot in a Saudi Arabian airline. Yasmin Al-Maymani said she always wanted to become a (...)

05 - 06 - 2017
Dengue outbreak feared in Jeddah
JEDDAH — The Health Affairs Directorate in Jeddah has reported that the number of confirmed dengue fever cases in the city recorded a steep rise in the past 10 weeks. Khalid Bawakid, assistant director for public health at Jeddah Health Affairs, (...)

21 - 03 - 2017
Municipality under fire for refusing land grant to special needs centers
JEDDAH — The Jeddah municipality has been under fire for not granting enough areas of land to construct centers to provide care to special needs children. "The municipality is not supporting the disabled children and is delaying granting land within (...)

09 - 03 - 2017
All set for Jeddah art festival's launch today
JEDDAH — The fourth Jeddah Art Festival with over 50 cultural activities is all set for a launch on Wednesday. Head of Saudi Art Council Princess Jawahir Bint Majed said the events will last for three months. The festival, organized by the Saudi Art (...)

01 - 02 - 2017
Al-Bawadi Souk was neglected by the municipality for decades
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The municipality has revealed that there was an order issued 14 years ago to demolish Al-Bawadi Souk but it was never carried out. Jeddah Municipality Public Relations Director Mohammad Al-Bugamy said the municipality (...)

19 - 10 - 2016
Businessman fined SR547m for land encroachment
JEDDAH — The municipality fined a businessman for taking over public property for 35 years and setting it up as a souk. A source said there are 182 kiosks and stores in the Al-Bawadi Souk north of Jeddah. "The businessman earned SR210 million from (...)

13 - 10 - 2016
Prince Mishal orders reopening of roads occupied by investor
JEDDAH — Prince Mishal Bin Majed, governor of Jeddah, has ordered the reopening of streets occupied by a well-known businessman 35 years ago to establish a shopping complex. He also ordered closure of shops in the complex in the north of the city (...)

06 - 10 - 2016
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