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Articles of the author Okaz AL JOUF
Man shoots two sons dead, wounds ex-wife
A man shot and killed two of his sons and wounded his two other children, his divorced wife and her brother on Monday in the center of Al-Rafee'ah town near Sakaka city. The injured were rushed to the General Hospital in Swayyir. Medical reports (...)

22 - 12 - 2011
IIRO announces 2,000 orphan sponsorships
JEDDAH: The International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) has announced that it is to sponsor 2,000 orphans across the Kingdom. Adnan Basha, Secretary General of the IIRO said the move was to mark the return of King Abdullah, Custodian of the (...)

06 - 03 - 2011
Water, power officials may have services cut, warns Emir of Al-Jouf
Electricity and water officials in the Jouf Region may have their home water and power service cut so they get first-hand experience with residents' suffering when the services are interrupted. The warning came Tuesday from Prince Fahd Bin Badr, (...)

25 - 08 - 2010
Rehabilitation center planned for disabled children in Abha
The Disabled Children Society will construct a comprehensive rehabilitation center in Asir to accommodate 150 special-needs children. Emir of Asir Prince Faisal Bin Khaled Bin Abdul Aziz, has lauded the initiative and highlighted the government's (...)

23 - 07 - 2010
Al-Jouf Literary Club attacks a ‘return to the dark ages'
The recent arson attack on Al-Jouf Literary Club and the text message death threat received by its chairman have received rotund condemnation from various figures from the region's literary scene. Former president of the literary club Eid Al-Sahu (...)

05 - 03 - 2010
Jouf Literary Club engulfed by ‘suspicious' fire
The Jouf Literary Club was set on fire Sunday two hours after its chairman received an SMS death threat, in what appears to be a criminal act. The Civil Defense cordoned off the area and blocked entry to allow authorities to investigate. The fire (...)

01 - 03 - 2010
Love was real, says Fatima, not a ‘magic spell'
Azzaz, the woman whose family forced her divorce through the courts on the grounds of tribal incompatibility with her husband Mansour Al-Taimani but recently had the ruling overturned, has ridiculed suggestions from some quarters that he cast a (...)

09 - 02 - 2010
Violent pupils ordered to change schools
Two secondary school pupils have been banned from their institution for the remainder of the academic year and ordered to enroll at another school next year for physically attacking a teacher from another establishment. The two pupils from Zuloum (...)

04 - 02 - 2010
Accident offender escapes from hospital
Police in Sakakah are trying to locate a man who fled from hospital before he was due to be taken into police custody upon discharge. The 22-year-old Technical College student was required for questioning by police for his involvement in a motor (...)

28 - 01 - 2010
Olive Festival attracts 275,000 visitors in first week
Over 275,000 olive lovers spent nearly SR7 million during their visit to the 3rd Olive Festival in Jouf last week, a festival organizer said. The festival products come from 52 local olive oil producers in the region. Festival events explored (...)

22 - 11 - 2009
Fatal shot in brother's armpit
A young man died on Friday after being shot in the armpit by his brother following an argument over the latter's late arrival for a hunting trip. The two brothers were due to meet at a farm in Al-Adhari', around 30 km from Doumat Al-Jandal, to hunt (...)

31 - 08 - 2009
Killer caught
Police arrested a man shortly after he shot to death a petrol station worker in Doumat Jandal Monday after noticing his suspicious behavior as he fled the scene of the crime. The man was initially stopped but fled from officers, leading to a pursuit (...)

19 - 08 - 2009
Shelter for runaway maids sought
The Civil Rights Department (CRD) has called for a designated shelter for housemaids who have fled their sponsors as an alternative to prison. The CRD said at a workshop in Al-Jouf Province that housemaids should not be jailed but instead (...)

23 - 07 - 2009
Shelter for runaway maids sought
The Civil Rights Department (CRD) has called for a designated shelter for housemaids who have fled their sponsors as an alternative to prison. The CRD said at a workshop in Al-Jouf Province that housemaids should not be jailed but instead (...)

23 - 07 - 2009
600 palm trees damaged in fire
A fire in the region of Doumat Al-Jandal to the south of Sakaka caused significant damage to some 600 palm trees as well as to two cars and several rest houses on Sunday. The rapid spread of the fire, which took hold of four districts in the region (...)

02 - 06 - 2009
Mentally ill man taken away after kidnap bid
Two brothers were involved in a high-speed pursuit on Tuesday as one of them attempted to kidnap his sister's infant daughter. The man, who reportedly suffers from mental disturbances and was in the possession of an air-rifle, made off with the (...)

21 - 05 - 2009
Seven arrested in Sakaka
Seven persons have been arrested for their involvement in 24 acts of theft in Sakaka. The men, who reportedly confessed to their crimes, engaged in a series of car robberies and thefts from local farms, selling on what they acquired to an (...)

20 - 05 - 2009
School on fire in Al-Jouf region
Worshippers on their way to a mosque for dawn prayer on Monday noticed a fire in a nearby school and rushed into the building to try and contain the blaze and save what they could of school property. According to education authorities the (...)

19 - 05 - 2009
Man saved from retarded son
Police were called to a house in Sakakah Sunday after a mentally ill man had threatened his aged father with a butcher's cleaver. Police entered the house and seized the son, believed suffering from mental disturbance, before he was able to inflict (...)

17 - 03 - 2009
Yemeni stabbed to death
A Yemeni national was stabbed to death by a compatriot here on Friday. The incident was reported to the authorities by four people who claimed that the 23-year-old Yemeni was stabbed by a compatriot following a dispute between them. Colonel Daman (...)

24 - 01 - 2009
30 women trained to make soap
The tourism authority in Dawmat Al-Jandal governorate on Monday launched a course for 30 women trainees to make olive oil soap. Hussein Bin Ali Al-Khalifa, the authority's executive director, said the number of trainees was raised to 30 from 15 (...)

30 - 12 - 2008
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