Warehouse of counterfeit products busted in Riyadh    Most northern regions will experience extreme cold weather from Saturday    Indonesia's Consultative Assembly speaker hails MWL's efforts in disseminating moderate image of Islam Sheikh Al-Issa receives Al-Muzani at MWL headquarters in Makkah    King Salman receives written message from Putin    Saudi Arabia to host Gulf Cup 27 in Riyadh in 2026    US universities urge international students to return to campus before Trump inauguration    Body found in wheel well of United Airlines plane upon arrival in Hawaii    Trump names ambassador to Panama after suggesting US control of Panama Canal    Saudi Arabia, Bahrain secure wins in thrilling Khaleeji Zain 26 Group B clashes    President Aliyev launches criminal probe into Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash    Celebrated Indian author MT Vasudevan Nair dies at 91    Saudi non-oil exports surge 12.7% to SR25.38 billion in October: GASTAT    RDIA launches 2025 Research Grants on National Priorities    Damac appoints Portuguese coach Nuno Almeida    RCU launches women's football development project    Kuwait and Oman secure dramatic wins in Khaleeji Zain 26 Group A action    Financial gain: Saudi Arabia's banking transformation is delivering a wealth of benefits, to the Kingdom and beyond    Blake Lively's claims put spotlight on 'hostile' Hollywood tactics    Five things everyone should know about smoking    Do cigarettes belong in a museum    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

Articles of the author Firas Ibrahim Trabulsi
Defending the Truth: Saudi Arabia and the 2034 World Cup
In the realm of journalism and media, responses are generally directed toward three types of audiences: supporters, critics, and neutrals. Supporters already know the truth and need no convincing—they are fully aware of the misleading nature of (...)

28 - 11 - 2024
Ali Makki's controversies
This book is engrossing not only due to its compilation of interviews with prominent figures in Arab culture, which many journalists may find to be the case, but also due to the thought-provoking questions and occasionally contentious topics that (...)

21 - 11 - 2023
من البحرين إلى الكويت.. أمن الخليج أولوية
في جولة خليجية مكوكية جديدة، سبقتها حفاوة الاستقبال وكرم الضيافة، ظهرت وبجلاء لحمة الخليج والمصير الواحد والآفاق المشتركة، التي تميزها العلاقات الأخوية الرابطة بين الشعوب الشقيقة، في ظل قيادة خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز، غادر ولي (...)

10 - 12 - 2021
Customs: No duty for shipments, valued below SR1000
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority has emphasized that personal shipments are exempted from customs duties if the total value of purchases is amounting to less than SR1,000, including the value of the goods and shipping (...)

26 - 09 - 2021
KAUST... a Saudi University in a new world
Two months ago, I received two issues of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) publications from a fellow Saudi journalist Mr. Ali Makki Idris. What caught my attention upon reading them was the sense of modernity of life in the (...)

16 - 07 - 2021
9 major markets shut in Jeddah over coronavirus breaches
JEDDAH — The Jeddah Municipality closed nine major markets for not adhering to precautionary and preventive measures against coronavirus. The closure comes after field tours were carried out in 4,369 sites for nearly 72 hours until Monday (April 12) (...)

14 - 04 - 2021
Pilgrims, worshipers without permits will be barred from entering Grand Mosque
Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The Umrah Security Forces reiterated that those who do not have permits for Umrah and prayers will be barred from entering the Grand Mosque in Makkah during Ramadan. Security and traffic safety measures have been beefed (...)

13 - 04 - 2021
Umrah/prayer permit needed to enter Makkah
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Only those pilgrims and worshipers who have a valid permit for performing Umrah or prayer at the Grand Mosque, issued through Eatmarna application, will be allowed to enter Makkah. The Public Security has warned pilgrims (...)

28 - 03 - 2021
Cold wave to lash northern Saudi Arabia with mercury dipping to sub-zero in Al-Lawz Mountains
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Weather and climate expert Hassan Karani predicted inclement weather fluctuations with extreme sub-zero temperatures and heavy snowfall in the northern parts of Saudi Arabia. He said the Kingdom's northern region, (...)

15 - 02 - 2021
No blood donation by corona patients until full recovery: MoH
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — No one infected with coronavirus is allowed to donate blood until he has full recovered, Assistant Minister of Health and the ministry spokesman Dr. Muhammad Al-Abdel Ali has said. "Any one wanted to donate blood in (...)

19 - 08 - 2020
Police in Makkah region beef up foot patrols to catch coronavirus protocol violators
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Police forces in Makkah region have beefed up their field security patrols in popular markets and other crowded areas to monitor violations of the precautionary and preventive measures as well as social distancing (...)

15 - 06 - 2020
Al-Jasser: Our airports are ready, abide by the precautionary measures
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Minister of Transport Eng. Saleh Bin Nasser Al-Jasser, who is also the chairman of the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA), inspected on Saturday the Hall No.1 at the new Jeddah-based King Abdulaziz International (...)

30 - 05 - 2020
Retail sale halted at Jeddah vegetable and fruit market
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Jeddah Mayoralty has stopped retail sales in the vegetable and fruit market (halaka) here, and has allocated the market for dealing in wholesale to suppliers and traders only. The decision aims to reduce movement and (...)

21 - 04 - 2020
Concrete barriers near govt offices, residential areas thing of the past
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Authorities have started removing concrete barriers around residential complexes and some government buildings in the wake of a halt in terrorist related threats, Okaz/Saudi Gazette has learnt from sources. Barriers (...)

12 - 02 - 2020
Trial of Al-Qaeda member who stabbed artists in Riyadh begins
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh started on Thursday the trial of the two defendants who are Yemeni nationals in connection with the stabbing incident in Riyadh last month. The charge sheet against the main (...)

19 - 12 - 2019
Verdict in Al-Wadeea terror attack case soon
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Criminal Court in Jeddah will soon issue its verdict in the case of terror attack Al-Wadeea southern border outlet in Sharourah governorate about six years ago. There are 12 accused in the case wherein four policemen (...)

11 - 12 - 2019
Over 5,000 drug dealers nabbed in three months
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The General Directorate of Narcotics Control has announced that as many as 5,067 people from 32 countries were apprehended in three months on charges of smuggling, transporting, receiving and circulating drugs. Sources (...)

10 - 12 - 2019
Artificial Intelligence equipment for monitoring traffic violations
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – The Traffic Department (Muroor) in Jeddah has installed special equipment — fixed and mobile — to monitor speed limit violations. They will cover the roads used frequently by motorists. These equipment are installed in (...)

04 - 12 - 2019
SR1,000 fine for cancelling ‘Exit Only Visa' after expiry
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Conversion of a visit visa to a ‘Resident (Muqeem) ID' is forbidden according to regulations, the Directorate General of Passports (Jawazat) has emphasized. It further said that in case a resident does not leave the (...)

23 - 11 - 2019
Hospitals warned against refusing emergency cases
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Ministry of Health has warned government and private hospitals against delaying to deal with or refusing to accept emergency cases and said such an act would entail heavy punishment. "The hospitals should immediately (...)

16 - 11 - 2019
Criminal Court awards prison terms to 38 for terror-funding
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Criminal Court in Jeddah on Tuesday convicted 38 people — all members of a terror cell 41 — for financing terrorism and declaring other Muslims as non-believers. The ruling included deportation of non-Saudi members of (...)

13 - 11 - 2019
Car ownership will soon be transferred through Absher
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The transfer of the ownership of vehicles will soon be done through Absher electronic gate of the Interior Ministry without the need to visit car showrooms, according to market sources who said the citizens and (...)

26 - 10 - 2019
178 women graduate for Public Security jobs
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Gen. Khalid Al-Harbi, director of Public Security, on Thursday, graced the graduation ceremony of 178 women recruits who have completed training from the Women's Institute at the Public Security Training City. Al-Harbi (...)

25 - 10 - 2019
Host visa with 90-day validity soon
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A new visa, which allows citizens and expatriates to host people under their personal sponsorship for up to 90 days, will be available within the coming days. The Directorate General of Passports (Jawazat) and the (...)

23 - 10 - 2019
Airport taxis go green
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Green color has been chosen for the airport taxis which will serve all airports in the Kingdom, according to Ibrahim Al-Ruassa, spokesman of the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA). The airport taxi is a joint (...)

19 - 10 - 2019
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