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Articles of the author Maher Abbas
Voting in Egypt run-off ends in KSA today
Balloting ends Saturday for voters registered abroad to take part in Egypt's presidential run-off slated for June 16-17. Over 558,000 Egyptians in 160 countries have registered to vote in the run-off. The Election Committee at the Egyptian Embassy (...)

09 - 06 - 2012
Saudi climbers felicitated on achieving Himalayan feat
Princess Reema Bandar Bin Sultan Al-Saud celebrated with Saudi female climbers their heroic feat of climbing to Everest Base Camp at an altitude of 5,340 meters. The climbers amazed the world when they undertook the Himalayan task to raise public (...)

08 - 06 - 2012
British Embassy celebrates Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee
Marked by the lighting of a Jubilee Beacon at the British Embassy by Chargé d'Affaires, Roddy Drummond, Riyadh has joined the celebrations for Queen Elizabeth the Second's Diamond Jubilee marking 60 years of reign. Speaking on the occasion Monday, (...)

06 - 06 - 2012
Police arrest driver for smuggling illegal expats
Police here have arrested a man in his 30s for trying to smuggle a group of 13 undocumented workers into the capital. The man, driving a Toyota Sequoia, sped off when patrolling officers asked him pull over. After a long chase, he stopped the car (...)

05 - 06 - 2012
Egyptians warned of misleading school ads
The Egyptian Embassy in Riyadh has cautioned the community against dealing with unapproved schools offering to teach the Egyptian syllabus inferring that such schools operate under the supervision of the embassy. The warning came in response to (...)

05 - 06 - 2012
Riyadh police arrestwannabe ATM thief
Riyadh Police arrested a young man who unsuccessfully tried to steal money from an Automated Teller Machine (ATM). When he failed in his mission, he left only to return the next day to a nearby ATM and reattempted to break into the machine. Police (...)

02 - 06 - 2012
Anxious, apprehensive... yet angry no more
and Renad Ghanem Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Egyptian expats are waiting anxiously to know the verdict and sentencing Saturday of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, his sons, security chiefs and aides. Many Egyptians believe that Mubarak might (...)

02 - 06 - 2012
GCC mulls creation of statistics center
The GCC Ministerial Committee for Planning and Development discussed the establishment of a regional statistics center Tuesday during the 22nd session of its General Secretariat Tuesday. Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Dr. Muhammad (...)

30 - 05 - 2012
Fake cop arrested
Kharj police arrested a police impersonator who had coerced several grocers into paying him money. Police set up a sting after receiving a call from a grocery owner. The impersonator was caught red-handed as he was threatening (...)

27 - 05 - 2012
Egyptian expats stay glued to televisions
Friday was a special day for the Egyptian community in Riyadh as Egyptian expatriates in the capital anxiously followed the ballot-counting process in Egypt's landmark presidential elections. Many stayed at home and remained glued to TV screens as (...)

26 - 05 - 2012
Moussa's lead narrows as D-day nears
With only 48 hours remaining before the landmark presidential vote in Egypt, front-runner Amr Moussa, former secretary general of Arab League, saw his lead narrowing, according to the latest surveys. Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammad Mursi pushed past (...)

21 - 05 - 2012
ATM workers held for SR8m fraud
Riyadh Police arrested three ATM servicing personnel working for a private security company for embezzling over eight million riyals in a span of four months. Investigations started when the company's representative filed a report with Al-Malaz (...)

21 - 05 - 2012
Riyadh police nab gang that robbed taxi drivers
Police here nabbed four members of a gang that robbed Asian taxi drivers of their possessions and money. According to police, one of the gang members would dress up in an abaya and pose as a woman while the other three would pose as relatives. All (...)

19 - 05 - 2012
Egyptian expatriates reflect on King's achievements
On the occasion of the 7th Anniversary of the Pledge of Allegiance, Muhammad Al-Afifi, former Egyptian diplomat and media expert at the Islamic Center in Madrid, Spain, said the achievements of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, are (...)

17 - 05 - 2012
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi unveils summer attractions
THE world's first Ferrari-branded theme park, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, announced exciting new plans for the year ahead at the Riyadh Travel Fair, cementing its compelling family entertainment proposition for Saudi visitors traveling to the UAE this (...)

15 - 05 - 2012
Union tops GCC summit agenda
Closer political union of Gulf countries tops the agenda of the 14th consultative Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit meeting here Monday. During the last summit, King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, called for transforming the (...)

14 - 05 - 2012
Egypt's presidential hopeful censures Muslim Brotherhood
Presidential-hopeful Abul Ezz Al-Hariri said he was absolutely certain that the People's Assembly would be dissolved by the end of this year. He expected that new parliamentary elections will be held at the end of this year and censured the Muslim (...)

12 - 05 - 2012
Egyptian voters flock to mission
Thousands of Egyptian expatriates cast their vote at their embassy here and their consulate in Jeddah, Friday. About a million Egyptians abroad were registered to vote to elect a new president, and 262,000 Egyptians were eligible to vote at their (...)

12 - 05 - 2012
Egypt mission ready to receive voters in KSA
The Egyptian Embassy in Riyadh and its consulate in Jeddah have completed the necessary arrangements for the presidential elections Friday. The Egyptian presidential elections are scheduled for May 23-24. The number of the Egyptian expats who are (...)

11 - 05 - 2012
Election fever grips Egyptian expatriates
Election fever has gripped the large Egyptian community in the Kingdom which will cast its vote Friday at the Egyptian embassy here or at the consulate in Jeddah. The Egyptian mission has completed all the necessary arrangements for the first round (...)

10 - 05 - 2012
MOFA efforts to combat e-crimes
Ministry of Foreign Affairs is constantly working with security authorities to combat all types of e-crimes posing threat to vital facilities, Prince Muhammad Bin Saud Bin Khalid, Undersecretary for Information Technology Affairs in the ministry, (...)

09 - 05 - 2012
Egyptians in Kingdom begin buying dollar bonds
About a million Egyptian expatriates in Saudi Arabia Monday started obtaining applications to purchase US dollar bonds for Egyptians abroad. The purchase of bonds is aimed at supporting the Egyptian national economy. The “Egyptian US dollar bond” is (...)

08 - 05 - 2012
Egyptians hail reopening of Saudi mission
Egyptians in the Kingdom and in their own country were euphoric Saturday after King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, ordered the reopening of the Saudi embassy in Cairo and consulates in Alexandria and Suez. Welcoming the decision, (...)

06 - 05 - 2012
130-member Egyptian delegation emphasizes strong bilateral ties
member delegation from Egypt, led by Parliament Speaker Dr. Saad El-Katatni and the head of the Shoura Council Ahmed Fahmy, included political leaders, prominent Muslim and Christian figures and even actors and sportsmen. They all enjoyed a dinner (...)

05 - 05 - 2012
Don't accept parcels at airports: Expats
Numerous Arab holidaymakers and foreign expats say when they travel abroad they invariably find tricksters at airports. The charade goes like this: the conman approaches asking for an urgent favor. They usually ask for help with dispatching a (...)

30 - 04 - 2012
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