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Articles of the author Muhammad Al Misbahi Okaz
Minors should not be married, say experts
Amal, whose name means hope in Arabic, has been hoping that the judge will issue a verdict to divorce her from her husband who is 50 years older than her. Amal is 10 years old. Although Amal lives in a fancy home and rides posh cars and is served by (...)

08 - 06 - 2012
All Saudi women mustget ID cards within 7 yrs
National identity cards must be provided to all Saudi women within seven years, a ministerial committee has recommended. National identity cards will be the only identity documents to be accepted in cases of accidents, at road checkpoints and in (...)

08 - 06 - 2012
Schools cannot withhold student records
The Ministry of Education has reemphasized to private schools that the practice to withhold diplomas and records of students whose parents fail to pay tuition fees will not be tolerated. New guidelines have been released by the ministry calling (...)

23 - 05 - 2012
Huge remittances and telephone calls further expose Al-Jizawee
Jizawee, now under detention in the Kingdom on charges of trying to smuggle 23,380 Xanax narcotic tablets, has been further exposed with the revelation that he received huge sums of money in Egypt through his contact in the Kingdom, sources said (...)

21 - 05 - 2012
New disclosures in Al-Jizawee case
Ahmed Al-Jizawee, the Egyptian lawyer who currently stands accused of smuggling narcotics into Saudi Arabia, disclosed to investigators Sunday that his wife Shahenaz Fathi had relations with some journalists in Egypt who led the campaign against the (...)

14 - 05 - 2012
Son admits buring dad inside house
year-old teenager admitted to police investigators last Friday that he had set fire to his father's house while the father was inside, and which led to the father's death in a town in Bisha. Col. Abdullah Shathan, spokesman of Asir Police, told (...)

07 - 05 - 2012
50 workers face probe over nude photos of Taif rehab inmates
Officials and 50 workers of the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center in Taif are likely to be investigated after nude photos of some inmates were posted on several websites, according to sources. The photos show special care workers removing the (...)

04 - 05 - 2012
Hai'a arrests group for illicit intermingling
The Commission of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai'a) and Al-Khurma City Police raided Tuesday a house near Taif used by some Africans for illicit intermingling following some tipoff the Hai'a got. Lt. Col. Mohsin Al-Otaibi, police (...)

20 - 04 - 2012
Fire catches car loaded with Qat
A car full of Qat (a type of drug) caught fire Tuesday in Ahad Al-Masareha Governorate. The driver of the car fled the scene and is still being chased by police. All Qat quantities were destroyed by the fire. Meanwhile in the same region, police (...)

20 - 04 - 2012
Dhaka police find vital clues to Al-Ali's murder
Maj. Muhammad Rafiqul Islam, Dhaka Police Chief, said the police have uncovered new evidence about the murder of Khalaf Al-Ali, the Saudi diplomat who was shot dead on March 6, 2012 while on his way home. “We are following strong leads that will (...)

08 - 04 - 2012
Lost young men found after two days in Harat Al-Kharma
The Civil Defense has rescued two young men who spent two days in the wilderness surrounded by wolves about 40 kilometers from their home. A Civil Defense helicopter was able to locate cousins Waddad and Nafil Al-Sibai'i in Harat Al-Kharma. A guide (...)

31 - 03 - 2012
Complaints against int'l companies for polluting Saudi territorial waters
The Presidency for Meteorology and the Environment (PME) has revealed that it is monitoring marine pollution of Saudi territorial waters by local and international vessels. It is planning to implement international and local laws after assessing the (...)

24 - 03 - 2012
Security tightened at Saudi missions abroad
Security will be tightened at all Saudi missions and diplomatic residences abroad with additional equipment and bodyguards after the killing earlier this month of a Saudi diplomat in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dr. Nizar Bin Obaid Madani, Minister of State (...)

15 - 03 - 2012
Surgeon to pay SR300,000 blood money for negligence
The Shariah Health Commission in the Eastern Province has ruled that a surgeon here should pay SR300,000 Diya (blood money) to the family of a patient who died after an operation at a private hospital. The family accused the doctor of making a (...)

08 - 03 - 2012
Egg, tea prices up 20 percent
Egg prices have gone up 20 percent, with a carton now costing SR150, up from SR120 last week. Ahmad Al-Zahir, a food merchant, told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that poultry farms increased the price by SR30 because there is a greater demands for eggs in (...)

05 - 02 - 2012
Fight for cement turns violent in Taif
Angry citizens on Wednesday attacked cement trucks in Taif and took away bags of cement without paying. They also attacked a representative from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The event has put pressure on concerned authorities to find an (...)

03 - 02 - 2012
Reduced fodder cost to have an impact on poultry price
Fodder companies have cut the price of fodder by SR50 a ton. This is the fourth reduction since King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, issued a decision seven months ago to subsidize fodder by 50 percent. The new price came into effect (...)

02 - 02 - 2012
Pvt sector work hours may be cut to attract Saudis
A new committee composed of members from different ministries will look into the disadvantages Saudi citizens face while working in the private sector. Hattab Bin Saleh Al-Enezi, spokesman of the Ministry of Labor, told Okaz/Saudi Gazette, Saturday (...)

29 - 01 - 2012
Nitaqat forces construction firms to shelve huge projects
The complicated Nitaqat system aimed at reducing reliance on expatriate workers and ensuring jobs for Saudis has forced several contracting firms to turn down huge public and private sector projects in the Eastern Province. The affected companies (...)

26 - 01 - 2012
Frost destroyed our crops, say EP farmers
Frost has severely damaged, and in some places completely destroyed, crops here during the recent cold fronts over the area, say Eastern Province farmers. Damage was estimated to be between 70 and 100 percent in the region. Farmers said that the (...)

26 - 01 - 2012
SCTA: Strict action against erring hotels
The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) has warned that it will impose hefty fines of up to SR10,000 and withdraw the licenses of hotels and furnished apartments violating pricing regulations during the spring season. A source also (...)

25 - 01 - 2012
Highway to ease congestion on Al-Haramain
Bariman-Makkah Highway, a vital project of the Transport Ministry, is good news to all. When completed in the next 300 days, as announced by the ministry in a statement Saturday, the highway will connect Jeddah's airport to Makkah and be reserved (...)

23 - 01 - 2012
Buy 100chickens,get 10 free
Local poultry companies here are claiming that they cannot sell their chickens because some companies have been dumping cheaper imported frozen chickens on the domestic market. With demand dropping, some local companies are trying new ways to sell (...)

21 - 01 - 2012
‘Real estate prices to drop by 30%
Realtors in the Eastern Province expect a 30 percent drop in real estate prices during 2012, which they argue is the market correcting itself after price increases of between 30 and 45 percent during 2011. Abdullah Shihab, a realtor, said real (...)

15 - 01 - 2012
Rats invading our districts, say south Jeddah residents
Residents of south Jeddah have appealed to the authorities to help them tackle a rat infestation in their neighborhoods. Many complain that the rats carry infectious diseases and are causing irreparable damage to sewage pipes and electrical (...)

11 - 01 - 2012
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