King Salman and Crown Prince offer condolences to Azerbaijan president over plane crash    Shihana to continue serve as chief of reconstituted board of Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property    Ministry of Interior: Over 28 million digital identities issued via Absher    176 teams carry out 1.4 million volunteer hours at Prophet's Mosque in 2024    RCU launches women's football development project    RDIA launches 2025 Research Grants on National Priorities    Damac appoints Portuguese coach Nuno Almeida    GASTAT: Protected land areas grow 7.1% in 2023, making up 18.1% of Kingdom's total land area    Kuwait and Oman secure dramatic wins in Khaleeji Zain 26 Group A action    South Korea becomes 'super-aged' society, new data shows    Trump criticizes Biden for commuting death sentences    Russian ballistic missile attack hits Kryvyi Rih on Christmas Eve    Financial gain: Saudi Arabia's banking transformation is delivering a wealth of benefits, to the Kingdom and beyond    Four given jail terms for Amsterdam violence against football fans    Blake Lively's claims put spotlight on 'hostile' Hollywood tactics    Five things everyone should know about smoking    Saudi Arabia starts Gulf Cup 26 campaign with a disappointing loss to Bahrain    Gulf Cup: Hervé Renard calls for Saudi players to show pride    Do cigarettes belong in a museum    Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Oscars buzz for playing 'difficult' woman    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 Khalid Al Fares Okaz
An unforgotten Saudi love story
Residents of Nakhlan Village in Jazan have not forgotten the story of the Italian man who passed through their village thirty years ago while chasing a deer and decided to embrace Islam and marry a young shepherdess. However, after 2 years of (...)

26 - 05 - 2012
3 Makkah mental asylum patients escape, one dies
Three patients at the Mental Health Center in Makkah have managed to escape. A fourth patient fell to his death from the second floor while trying to escape. Two of the three inmates went to their family homes, while the third has still not been (...)

22 - 05 - 2012
National committee to train brides and grooms-to-be on marriage
Ten societies and centers in charge of marriage family conditions are to establish a joint national committee to train brides- and bridegrooms-to-be on married life. The headquarters of the committee will be in Madina and will be run under the (...)

24 - 03 - 2012
Umrah firms not taking proper care of pilgrims – Ministry
The Ministry of Haj has blamed some Umrah companies and their foreign agents for not looking properly after their pilgrims, resulting in delays, overcrowding and procedural problems at the country's airports, ports and border posts. In a statement (...)

25 - 02 - 2012
Kingdom's illiteracy rate drops 13 percent
Illiteracy rate in the Kingdom has dropped by13 percent over the last two years, said Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Barak, Undersecretary of Boys' Education at the Ministry of Education. It fell by 6.7 percent for males and 19.4 percent for (...)

16 - 01 - 2012
Research chair agreements with Sorbonne
Anqari, Minister of Higher Education, has said that the agreement entered into with the Sorbonne University in Paris for a Dialogue of Civilizations Chair further supports the initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to promote dialogue (...)

09 - 01 - 2011
School evacuated after false quake warning
About 300 female students ran for their lives Tuesday morning from their intermediate school building in Madina following a precipitous earthquake warning. The false alarm, which led to the panic-stricken evacuation of the school in the Qubaa' (...)

16 - 04 - 2009
Saudis live in fear in Jeddah's ‘Mini Africa
Harbi, one of the old Saudis who are still living in Jeddah's Al-Bawadi District, is forced to take his two sons with him to the district's mosque when he goes to perform dawn (Fajr) prayer due to fear of being attacked. Just a few days ago, (...)

02 - 02 - 2009
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