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Articles of the author Al Jazirah
Road to Makkah: Welcome pilgrims
I was impressed by the Makkah Road Initiative, which I heard about two years ago, but I did not pay much attention to the details of the project until the announcement that Tunisian pilgrims were being included in the initiative this year. I started (...)

18 - 07 - 2019
Dear handicapped, you are not allowed on board!
I FELT shame when I watched the video clip published by Dr. Wajdi Wazzan, undersecretary for the affairs of students with special needs and a member of the faculty of engineering at King Abdulaziz University, in which he apologized for not being (...)

16 - 04 - 2019
Does the West really hate Muslims?
SINCE Samuel Huntington›s Clash of Civilizations hypothesis, which was published in the Foreign Affairs Journal in 1993 and was released in book form shortly afterward, the entire world has been debating about the nature of religious and cultural (...)

01 - 04 - 2019
Lindsey Graham's volte-face
SENATOR Lindsey Graham is an American politician and a senior member of the Republican Party. He has been a member of the US Senate from South Carolina since 2003. He was known for his good relationship with Saudi Arabia. Sen. Graham stood by Saudi (...)

27 - 03 - 2019
Saudi doctors should volunteer to help the Kingdom's poor
There are many Saudis who do volunteer work to help poor people in other countries. These volunteers post news of their charity work on social media, with photos and videos of the work that they have done in various countries. Among these charity (...)

24 - 03 - 2019
Learn to know yourself
I was sitting in a coffee shop the other day and there were very few customers and the place was very quiet. One of the staff was bored so he sat at a table and started watching video clips. From time to time, I looked at him and saw that he was (...)

10 - 03 - 2019
When appearance becomes an obsession
FOR every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The spread of electronic media has social ramifications that are hard to predict. Technology is a double-edged weapon. Seeking perfection by looking at the achievements of people seen on (...)

04 - 03 - 2019
The lie about low-calorie food
Starting this year restaurants and cafes will face a financial penalty if they do not make clear the number of calories of each item on their menus. The question is: What is the criterion that these restaurants and cafes use to count calories? Are (...)

04 - 03 - 2019
SnapChat doctor violates patient's confidentiality
A video of a gynecologist talking about one of her patients appeared on SnapChat. Many people viewed it because the story seemed pretty odd and the doctor gained popularity because of it. The doctor's first offense was violating the confidentiality (...)

28 - 02 - 2019
Saudi Arabia has world-class cultural heritage sites
Our country has many ancient monuments and unique historical sites. This heritage is a tourism asset that has remained unused for many years. In the past, cultural and heritage tourism was limited as it was difficult to show others our monuments and (...)

26 - 02 - 2019
What are we all looking for?
EVERYBODY has different goals and aspirations. Each one of us takes different routes but walks toward the same destination. Have you ever thought about why we want to hold prestigious jobs? Or why do we work so hard to build good relationships with (...)

26 - 02 - 2019
Why don't we benefit from our retired academics?
WHEN I was studying for my master's degree, I remember reading books written by an Egyptian professor. I asked around about him and I found out that he had been retired more than 15 years ago, but he maintained an office at the University of Cairo, (...)

17 - 02 - 2019
The cry for help to save Arabic
IN an article titled "The core of Arabic language", Dr. Ziad Al-Drees gave ideas on how to preserve the Arabic language. He asks what threatens the Arabic language most — foreign languages or the vernacular dialects? Al-Drees put the dialects and (...)

14 - 02 - 2019
Going back to the countryside
How good it feels to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and its pollution by going to the countryside for the peace of mind and body Perhaps you have heard about the government's strategy for rural development. What is its importance (...)

12 - 02 - 2019
Keep the door open for runaway girls to return home
What will be the fate of these girls when they discover that they have been lied to and exploited to turn them against their religion, country and society? Do we close our door before them forever? I SUGGEST that we keep our door wide open before (...)

11 - 02 - 2019
You can save a life
Rescuers in Spain took two weeks searching for two-year-old Julen Rosello who fell down a 100-meter well. They continued digging for two weeks but to no avail. Mine workers, who usually have vast experience in this field, jumped in and helped the (...)

10 - 02 - 2019
Teresa's coffee and the winter nights of Riyadh
IT was a cool and wet Saturday morning in the winter of 2030. It was the end of a long and exhausting work week. I took the train across the blue lane from my house to the downtown, which is something I do every weekend. The train station was packed (...)

06 - 02 - 2019
Intergenerational dialogue is everything
During the 1980's and the 90's, some families were shocked to find that their sons had left home and disappeared without any warning. The young men had joined terrorist organizations in areas of war and conflict. Many parents were overcome with (...)

03 - 02 - 2019
Does university education enrich life or career?
It has been argued that some of our university graduates cannot find jobs and hence they start laying the blame on others. Many of them will have to blame themselves for choosing a useless major, which has no future. A second group will blame the (...)

03 - 02 - 2019
Three lies about women's rights
I've never been opposed to women demanding their rights. Actually, I am very much in favor of it and against any kind of injustice to women. However, anyone who is trying to defend those rights must be honest and must not engage in spreading lies (...)

31 - 01 - 2019
Protect the rights of those with special needs
All segments of society must actively participate in safeguarding the services provided for people with special needs. Sadly, this is not happening. The general department of traffic recently announced that there were 2,825 traffic violations (...)

30 - 01 - 2019
عرافة إلكترونية
قل لي هل أنت من محبي التويتر أم الفيسبوك؟ أقل لك من أنت... هكذا قال لي الرجل واثقاً.. ملأتني الدهشة: هل هي عرافة القرن الجديد؟ سألت نفسي.. وواصل: إن كنت من محبي التويتر فالخطوط العريضة لشخصيتك: أنت رجل قيادي، تحب أن تتحدث ويستمع لك الآخرون، أما إن (...)

04 - 10 - 2016
إيقاع
صوت أزرار لوحة المفاتيح الذي أسمعه عندما اكتب يختلف عن هذا الذي أسمعه وأنا أنظر إلى هذا الناسخ المحترف. نسيت ما أريد نسخه وأنا أستمع إلى هذا الإيقاع المتناسق، وأتفاعل معه، ووجدت نفسي أخمن ما يكتب: هذا مقال سياسي يبدو ذلك جلياً، يجمع الأوراق يرتبها (...)

24 - 08 - 2016
التكريَّم المستحق لخالد بن بندر
يكرم سمو أمير منطقة الرياض سمو الأمير تركي بن عبدالله غداً الأربعاء سمو الأمير خالد بن بندر بن عبدالعزيز أمير منطقة الرياض السابق، ورئيس الاستخبارات العامة. التكريَّم يأتي تقديراً لما بذله الأمير خالد بن بندر لمنطقة الرياض رغم الفترة القصيرة التي (...)

30 - 12 - 2014
العنف الدامي في ليبيا
دخلت المعارك في ليبيا منعطفاً خطيراً بعد تصاعد العنف الدامي، الذي تحوَّل إلى الذبح والقتل على الهوية، بعد استهداف المقاتلين أبناء القبائل الذين يقاتلون ضمن صفوف الأطراف المتنازعة. وشكَّل مقتل 14 مقاتلاً من قبيلة فرجان ناقوس خطر يهدد ليبيا وقبائلها. (...)

28 - 12 - 2014
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