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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
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
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
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
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
SAMA: Stopping selling on installments aimed at combating payment defaulters, money laundering
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM – The agreement between the Ministry of Commerce and Investment and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) is meant to stop the licensing of companies selling commodities on installment, Zeid Al-Yaeesh, Chairman of the (...)

20 - 05 - 2019
SR2,000 salary a precondition for return of house helps: Indonesian envoy
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Negotiations between labor ministries of Saudi Arabia and Indonesia have started on expediting the return of Indonesian domestic workers to the Kingdom, according to Indonesian Ambassador to the Kingdom Agus (...)

13 - 05 - 2019
Premium Residency scheme: Investment worth SR100bn expected
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Economists welcomed the proposed Premium Residency (Special Privileged Iqamas) scheme patterned on the Green Card system where qualified and affluent expats will get privileged residence status. The Green Card system was (...)

11 - 05 - 2019
An industrial hub turns into garbage dump Car repair shops, construction contractors make life miserable on Tarout Island
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM -- Owners of car repair shops have turned the industrial area near the Turkish neighborhood on Tarout Island into a dumping site, sparking public anger. According to many residents of the area, some construction companies, (...)

17 - 04 - 2019
Recruitment of Ethiopian maids to begin by month-end
Okaz/Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Saudi Arabia will start hiring domestic workers from Ethiopia this month, according to recruitment office sources. There are over 800 Ethiopian contracting offices that will handle the process of sending domestic labor. (...)

07 - 04 - 2019
Yemeni community hails Saudi support
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JAZAN — The Yemeni community in Jazan hailed Saudi Arabia's donation of $500 million to support their country, which according to them reflected the Kingdom's keenness to see its neighbor secure and stable. A number of the (...)

27 - 02 - 2019
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