Minister Al-Samaani inaugurates technical office to enhance judicial quality in Qassim    Riyadh Metro ticket prices starts at SR4    Saudi Arabia retains its seat on OPCW Executive Council    Saudi Transport Authority cracks down on foreign trucks violating rules    Saudi Arabia's R&D expenditure hits SR22.61 billion in 2023    Saudi Arabia, Comoros strengthen economic ties with new MoU    Saudi Arabia receives extradited citizen wanted for corruption crimes from Russia    Ukraine fights to keep the lights on as Russia hammers power plants    Sweden asks China to cooperate over severed cables    Childcare worker who abused more than 60 girls jailed for life    Indian airlines hit by nearly 1,000 hoax bomb threats    K-Pop group NewJeans split from agency in mistreatment row    Defending the Truth: Saudi Arabia and the 2034 World Cup    Culture minister visits Diriyah Art Futures    GCC Preparatory Ministerial Meeting discusses developments in Gaza and Lebanon    Al Taawoun seals AFC Champions League Two knockout spot with 2-1 win over Al Khaldiya    Al Hilal advances to AFC Champions League knockout stage despite 1-1 draw with Al Sadd    Best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies    Most decorated Australian Olympian McKeon retires    Adele doesn't know when she'll perform again after tearful Vegas goodbye    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 Muhammad Al Shahrani
Valor of citizen saves residents from massive fire caused by burning car
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Citizen Mohammed Al-Alit effected a daring rescue act with his quick thinking and actions after a fire broke out in a car parked in front of a building. His courageous act saved the residents of an apartment building in (...)

22 - 06 - 2021
Prince Turki Al-Faisal: Iran is a real danger
Okaz/ Saudi Gazette MANAMA — Prince Turki Al-Faisal, chairman of the Board of Directors of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, stressed that returning to the Iranian nuclear agreement will not solve the problem of the Iranian (...)

10 - 04 - 2021
Al-Kadhimi highlights success in neutralizing armed groups in 'new' Iraq
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and Iraq have a distinguished relationship and the strong bond is reflected in a number of projects being carried jointly by the two countries, said Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. He specifically (...)

02 - 04 - 2021
It is high time to correct wrong concepts about women's status
Issa, member of the Council of Senior Scholars and secretary general of the Muslim World League (MWL), underlined the need to understand the religious texts in a comprehensive and correct way from all angles and not to take them out of their context (...)

08 - 03 - 2021
Dealing with the global crisis through open science and innovation
The outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected nearly every country in the world since it first emerged in late 2019. According to the United Nations, it is the biggest health crisis of the recent time and considered as the greatest (...)

21 - 08 - 2020
Lessons learned from the ‘historic' Twitter hack
Social media plays an instrumental and more important role as a news source for billions of people around the World. The use of social media platforms, especially Facebook and Twitter, has ramped up significantly in the recent times as they provide (...)

17 - 07 - 2020
Pandemic: 56% of women prefer child birth at home
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — A questionnaire on whether pregnant women would like to give birth at home with the help of qualified midwives got a positive response from 56.1 percent of those approached, while 43.9 percent rejected the idea. The (...)

07 - 07 - 2020
Productive families make available cloth masks at reasonable price
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM – Several productive families affiliated with the Saihat Social Services Society have begun to produce cloth face masks to sell at nominal rates to meet the huge demand in the local market. This is at a time when the prices (...)

01 - 06 - 2020
First flight of Filipinos leaves for Manila
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM -- The first flight carrying Filipino expatriates left Saudi Arabia for the Philippines on Tuesday night. This is within the initiative announced by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, in collaboration (...)

22 - 04 - 2020
1,000 Umrah pilgrims have already left Saudi Arabia: Deputy Haj minister
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMMAM – The number of Umrah pilgrims still in the Kingdom is small and of various nationalities. They are registered at the Ministry of Haj and Umrah and are ready to leave the Kingdom, the Deputy Minister of Haj and Umrah Dr. (...)

21 - 04 - 2020
Ticketing for wrong-way driving to start within 20 days — Traffic chief Plans to use drones during accidents; no women detained for traffic violations
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Maj. Gen. Muhammad Al-Bassami, director general of the Traffic Directorate, announced that ticketing for traffic violations such as driving the wrong-way and entering the roads through the wrong track would begin within (...)

11 - 02 - 2020
History of Iranian-American confrontation!
Many Arab leftists and remnants of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Arab nationalism movement are talking about a secret alliance between Washington and Tehran. Of course, they can only attempt to convince those who are easily fooled that the US is (...)

07 - 01 - 2020
Saudi, US passports valid up to six months after expiry date
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has directed all the aviation companies and private airlines operating in the Kingdom that the passports of Saudi and US citizens are to be considered valid for a period of (...)

29 - 12 - 2019
Women to be hired in energy sector soon
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Young Saudi women are soon going to be hired in the Kingdom's vital energy sector, according to a senior official. Abdul Rahman Abdul Karim, advisor to the Ministry of Energy for corporate affairs and chairman of the (...)

28 - 11 - 2019
MLSD set to classify profession in iqamas and visas at no cost
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — The Ministry of Labor and Social Development (MLSD) is working on classifying of professions via preparing precise details on the term "worker (laborer)", the Director of the Professional Examinations Program at the (...)

16 - 11 - 2019
People of 27 nationalities from 50 countries seeking Premium Residency: PRC chief
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Bandar Suleiman Al-Ayed, CEO of the Premium Residency Center (PRC), said that the center has so far received thousands of applications for Premium Residency and the applicants belong to 27 nationalities from 50 countries (...)

15 - 10 - 2019
Jobs could reach 3 million by 2030 — labor minister
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Minister of Labor and Social Development Ahmed Al-Rajhi said that the number of job opportunities is expected to reach three million by 2030. "The ministry has established a government company titled "Future Labor," under (...)

10 - 10 - 2019
Jazan instructor takes driving lessons for women on streets
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JAZAN – Fifteen months after the government's historic decision allowing women to drive, there is no facility here to teach women on ways to get behind the wheel. The absence of any such facility prompted Suha Khouli to train (...)

22 - 09 - 2019
State to bear expat fees for factory workers
Okaz/Saudi Gazette TAIF – A decision has been issued according to which the state will bear the expatriate fees in industrial installations, holding industrial licenses, for a period of five years, informed sources told Okaz. In this connection, the (...)

20 - 09 - 2019
Health centers in for a restructuring
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The ministries of health and interior have recently reached an agreement on the criteria for setting up and merging primary healthcare centers in all regions of the Kingdom, reliable sources told Okaz/Saudi Gazette. The (...)

15 - 09 - 2019
Procedures for compensating contracting firms in pipeline
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — The Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE) will be holding discussions with Ministry of Finance officials to work out a fair mechanism for the payment of compensation to construction companies during the coming period, (...)

09 - 09 - 2019
Saudi Arabia exports of dates rise 27% in six months Expert urges new marketing policy to boost staple fruit's sale
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Saudi dates exports have registered a 27 percent rise during the first half of 2019, as the total exports during the period have already reached SR574 million, compared to the total dates exports in 2018, during which the (...)

07 - 09 - 2019
MoH field inspections uncover 2,088 violations
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – As part of its "mystery shopper program", the Ministry of Health carried out 34,430 inspection tours in all regions of the Kingdom and issued 2,088 punitive decisions against private health establishments. The number of (...)

07 - 09 - 2019
Al-Othaimeen: Islamophobia impacted Muslims' condition in non-Muslim countries
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Dr. Yusuf Al-Othaimeen has disclosed that the Islamic Summit, scheduled to be held in Makkah on Friday, is being convened at an important time the Muslim (...)

28 - 05 - 2019
New recruitment guidelines for domestic workers cause unease
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — The recent approval of a program for online documentation of labor contracts by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development has caused unease among a number of recruitment companies, especially with regard to punitive (...)

25 - 05 - 2019
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