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Articles of the author Majed Al Suqairi Okaz MADINAH
Hai'a members disperse joy riders
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Madinah intervened Wednesday morning to break up a gathering of a group of joyriders who were performing various stunts and harassing students of Girls' Middle School No. 46. The (...)

09 - 06 - 2012
Official arrested for bribery in Madinah
A senior official in Madinah Municipality is under investigation over corruption charges. He was caught red-handed while accepting some electric appliances from an expatriate as a bribe. Police sources told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that the official (...)

05 - 06 - 2012
Taif resident arrested for attacking ex-wife
A Taif resident has been arrested for intentionally bumping his car into the vehicle his ex-wife was riding in. His ex-wife, a 30-year-old woman, sustained fractures in her spinal cord and her veins got ruptured in addition to suffering contusions (...)

04 - 05 - 2012
Saudi students in Syria can pursue studies at home or abroad
A total of 154 Saudi students who studied in Syria have been given the option by the Ministry of Higher Education to study at home or abroad, said Abdullah Bin Ibrahim Al-Rakban, who was Cultural Attaché at the Kingdom's embassy in Syria. “In (...)

29 - 03 - 2012
25,000 female students evacuated as fire breaks out at UQU lab
Female students of Umm Al-Qura University were evacuated after a fire broke out in the university's computer laboratory Saturday. Seven students were slightly injured and taken to King Abdul Aziz Hospital for treatment. They were discharged soon (...)

05 - 03 - 2012
Building of Makkah SR23b train network finished in 7 years
All technical and financial studies of the SR23 billion fast train network project in Makkah have been completed, and the Makkah Mayoralty will soon sign the contract for its first phase, Dr. Osama Al-Bar, Makkah Mayor, said, adding that the project (...)

27 - 02 - 2012
Airbag of new car malfunctions
The Consumer Protection Association (CPA) is investigating the case of a new car whose airbag opened suddenly while the driver was driving on Madina-Yanbu Highway last week. Okaz/Saudi Gazette viewed the complaint filed by the driver to the CPA, (...)

26 - 02 - 2012
SR8b national science and technology plan announced
Rabeah, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Tuesday announced a SR8 billion national science and technology plan. The plan seeks to transform the Kingdom into a knowledge society by increasing support for scientific research and technical (...)

18 - 01 - 2012
Syrian wives of Saudis don't need visa approval
Syrian women married to Saudi nationals are to be granted entry visas to the Kingdom without the approval of the authorities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is allowing the Saudi Embassy in Damascus to grant the visas provided the women have (...)

21 - 12 - 2011
Dengue larvae found in seven Makkah schools
Swarms of dengue mosquitoes have been discovered at seven schools in Al-Sharayeh District. The infestation at male and female schools is believed to have been caused by poor maintenance of water coolers and toilets. The Makkah Mayoralty has called (...)

14 - 12 - 2011
Saudi student's 3-day ordeal in US
Qahtani saw more of America than he could have imagined as he attempted to get to a university there. For three days he traveled by plane and taxi through several states after an airline sent him to the wrong city in the wrong state. Al-Qahtani, a (...)

31 - 08 - 2010
STC revenues exceed SR50 billion
Dewayesh, Executive President of Saudi Telecom (STC), has announced the operational revenues for 2009 of over SR50 billion, the highest in the company's history. “This shows conclusively the success of the company's foreign expansion policy and its (...)

15 - 04 - 2010
No women extremists, says Islamic Affairs aide
Mursal, an advisor to the Minister of Islamic Affairs and a committee member of the “Al-Munasaha” terrorist rehabilitation program, has said there is “not a single extremist woman in our country”, citing negligible extremism in women when compared (...)

18 - 02 - 2010
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