Al-Khateeb: Rate of Foreign tourists coming for recreational purposes soars 600% in 5 years    Saudi Arabia participates in OIC anti-corruption agencies' meeting in Qatar    Saudi Arabia implements over 800 reforms to drive rapid transformation    Al-Jadaan: Painful decisions were part of the reforms, but economy overcame them    Al-Swaha: Saudi Arabia is heading towards exporting technology in the next phase    Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to hold as Lebanese begin streaming back to their homes    Al Rajhi: Saudi Arabia sets revised unemployment target of 5% by 2030 "300,000 citizens employed in qualitative professions"    Imran Khan supporters call off protest after crackdown    Five survivors found day after Red Sea tourist boat sinking    Russia launched a record number of almost 200 drones toward Ukraine    Al Hilal advances to AFC Champions League knockout stage despite 1-1 draw with Al Sadd    Saudi Arabia unveils updates on Expo 2030 Riyadh master plan at 175th BIE General Assembly Riyadh Expo Development Company established to oversee strategic planning, operations, and legacy development    Saudi FM attends Quadripartite meeting on Sudan in Italy    Best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies    Cristiano Ronaldo's double powers Al Nassr to 3-1 win over Al Gharafa in AFC Champions League    Al Ahli edges Al Ain 2-1, bolsters perfect start in AFC Champions League Elite    Most decorated Australian Olympian McKeon retires    Adele doesn't know when she'll perform again after tearful Vegas goodbye    'Pregnant' for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' pregnancy scam    Do cigarettes belong in a museum?    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 Sabahat F Siddiqi
Focus on Japan's development
In cooperation with Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (JCCI), the Fujiatlas World Exchange Center organized the Japan Miracle Forum at the JCCI building here on Monday night. The forum emphasized on Japan's post-World War economic and industrial (...)

12 - 11 - 2008
First batch of Thai pilgrims arrives
The first batch of 436 pilgrims from the three southern provinces of Thailand arrived here Thursday night. These pilgrims flew in here by Thai International Airways, Egypt Air and Royal Jordanian Airways. Thai Consul General Praphat Chantaharn, (...)

09 - 11 - 2008
PISJ-ES decked up to welcome Zardari
Welcome banners have been placed all around Pakistan International School Jeddah – English Section (PISJ-ES) to greet President Asif Ali Zardari in Saudi Arabia. Sehar Kamran, Acting Principal of the school, extended heartiest welcome to President (...)

05 - 11 - 2008
First anniversary of ‘Awaz' celebrated
The first anniversary of “Awaz” weekly Urdu edition of Saudi Gazette was celebrated here on Sunday night at a function organized by Pakistan Peoples Community Saudi Arabia. Pakistani Consul General Zaighamuddin Azam patronized the event. The ‘Awaz' (...)

04 - 11 - 2008
Forum to review Japan's economic development
The ‘Japan Miracle Forum' will be held at Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) on Monday on the occasion of Japanese Cultural Day. The Miracle Forum will focus on the industrial and economic development of Japan over the last fifty years (...)

01 - 11 - 2008
Best services assured for a record 168,000 pilgrims from India
Haj arrangements for Indian pilgrims this year are marked by a number of new services and facilities and an increase in the number of pilgrims, according to Consul General Sayeed Ahmed Baba. “With the help of the moassassas (tawafah establishments) (...)

27 - 10 - 2008
20 Saudis get diplomas in diamond grading
The International Diamond Laboratories (IDL) recently held a graduation ceremony at Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) to award diplomas to the first 20 Saudi students who completed their six-day intensive course in “diamond (...)

25 - 10 - 2008
Saudi, Pak investors study joint ventures
Businessmen from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on Tuesday explored the possibilities of joint ventures in their respective countries. At the second Saudi-Pak Investment Conference at Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industries (JCCI) on Tuesday, (...)

22 - 10 - 2008
Tributes paid to victims of Karachi blast
Tributes were paid to the victims of last year's Oct. 18 bomb blast in Karachi where 134 people were killed and around 450 others were injured. The blast occurred at a rally to welcome the late former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in the country. At (...)

20 - 10 - 2008
Pakistan woos investors
Pakistan's current investment policies have been tailor-made to suit foreign investor needs and its policy trends of liberalization, privatization and facilitation are its foremost cornerstones, said Admiral Shahid Karimullah, Pakistani Ambassador (...)

19 - 10 - 2008
Pakistan seeks to boost business ties with the Kingdom
In order to augment economic relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan and to further boost bilateral relations, two investment conferences on Oct. 20 and 21 have been arranged in Riyadh and Jeddah, according to the Pakistani Ambassador to the (...)

14 - 10 - 2008
‘Witness and Martyr': A legacy comes to life
THE opening ceremony of the King Faisal Exhibition “Shahid wa Shaheed” was held at Jeddah International Exhibition Center on Saturday, which was exclusively for ladies in the evening. Princess Al-Anoud Bint Abdullah said at the opening ceremony (...)

13 - 10 - 2008
Pakistanis urged to remit money through banks
On his recent visit to the Kingdom, the executive president of a leading Pakistani bank urged Pakistani expatriates to send their money through legal banking channels in order to increase the economic growth of their country. Khalid Bin Shaheen, (...)

08 - 10 - 2008
40 women take part in Qur'an competition
Around 40 women – of all ages– participated in the Qur'an recitation competition here. Many new Muslim converts took part in the six-category competition organized by the Jeddah Dawah Center in Saudi German Hospital's auditorium on Thursday. The (...)

27 - 09 - 2008
Expo showcases Saudi handicraft
Over 5,000 visitors to the four-day ‘Magic Carpet' exhibition also named ‘Bussat Al-Reeh' gave wholeheartedly to charity. Charitable organizations and non-profit associations and committees from the Kingdom and other Arab countries were part of the (...)

23 - 09 - 2008
More diamond courses planned
grading courses have been recently completed at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industries. The courses were launched by International Diamond Laboratories (IDL), the leading diamond certification laboratory based in the Middle East. Buoyed by (...)

21 - 09 - 2008
Saudi women raise funds through crafts
Reeh exhibition opened its doors on Monday to numerous visitors keen to view the handicraft and entrepreneurial skills of Saudi women and participate in its fund-raising activities. The four-day annual event, organized by the National Home Health (...)

17 - 09 - 2008
Handicraft exhibition from Monday
Reeh” exhibition will begin here on Monday under the patronage of Princess Sarah Al-Anqari. The four-day exhibition at Jeddah Hilton Hotel is being organized by the National Home Health Care Foundation (NHHCF) to present handicraft and other works (...)

15 - 09 - 2008
FAINAK: A website for events in Jeddah
After noticing great demand for “events-happening-where” the Rumman Company recently launched a website for youth named “FAINAK” which in Arabic means “Where are you?” This website is mainly to support youth, showcase their efforts and give them (...)

11 - 09 - 2008
A 21st century guide to all things Jeddah
SAY the word ‘Jeddah' and what comes to mind? Old neighborhoods, plush malls, visitors from around the world and stately families all make up the mosaic called Jeddah. Destination Jeddah, a magazine launched by Rumman Company attempts to celebrate (...)

08 - 09 - 2008
Tailors making a hole in your pocket
With the cost of living going up dramatically in the Kingdom this year, those in the tailoring business are also making hay and demanding exorbitant rates for their services. Clothes have already become costlier, and now with tailors increasing the (...)

08 - 09 - 2008
Free Medical Camps in Ramadan
Under the supervision of the Pakistan Welfare Society (PWS), the Free Medical Camps are continuously being held at Pakistan Consulate General Jeddah for poor and needy patients in the Pakistani community. The free medical camps have been organized (...)

05 - 09 - 2008
Gold products with an Islamic look
One of the largest manufacturers of gold in the Mideast has been working on a new collection of Islamic and oriental jewelry products to be launched during Ramadan. ‘Taiba' will introduce its newly designed products with an Islamic and Oriental (...)

04 - 09 - 2008
Saudi girl selected as youth ambassador
year student at the College of Business Administration, Ala'a Al–Mizyen, has recently been selected as Saudi Youth Ambassador for the Middle East Youth Initiative. Ala'a, 18, is also the founder president of the on-campus student organization Saudi (...)

03 - 09 - 2008
Inflation causes low expat remittances
year high inflation in the Kingdom mixed with soaring prices in expatriates' home countries is seemingly breaking the backbone of expat workers here. South Asian expatriates are plummeting under inflation as they also send remittances to their (...)

31 - 08 - 2008
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