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Articles of the author Samar Al Mogren
Entertainment must be affordable
ALL over the world when a government department organizes a cultural event or festival, the entry will be either free of charge or for a nominal fee. We Saudis, who are new to the world of entertainment, were extremely happy when the Entertainment (...)

09 - 03 - 2017
Divorce and workingwomen
A REPORT issued recently by the General Authority for Statistics showed a 72.9 percent increase in the divorce rate among workingwomen. This means that the highest percentage of divorce in the country is among employed women. It is strange that one (...)

05 - 01 - 2017
The release of a child molester
IN our society people can obtain certificates of innocence quickly even after committing major crimes. Some of these men elongate their beards and cut short their pants and cloaks and appear on satellite channels as respectable scholars. We have (...)

02 - 10 - 2016
Health insurance needed for people with special needs
THE Ministry of Labor and Social Development pays a monthly allowance of SR800 to 1,200 to people with special needs. Given the harsh economic situation these days, this amount is completely insufficient. The ministry starts paying the allowance (...)

16 - 09 - 2016
Compensation for wives of drug addicts
MANY women have spoken to me on the need to get compensation for women married to drug addicts. Many young women were shocked to learn that their husbands, whom they married with tremendous expectations, were addicted to drugs. A man's drug (...)

29 - 08 - 2016
Women as judges
THE courts have started employing women in several jobs. After allowing female lawyers to practice in the Saudi courts, the door is now open to employ female law graduates as notaries public and in other posts related to the legal profession. These (...)

16 - 08 - 2016
Organizing polygamy
I WAS talking jokingly to a Moroccan woman working in Riyadh. "If you don't return to Morocco soon, your husband will marry another woman," I said. "He can't," she replied with full confidence. "The Moroccan law forbids a man from taking a second (...)

28 - 07 - 2016
Importance of PR department
Al-Jazirah One of the basic principles of public relations is establishing continuous contacts with the public and showing keenness to achieve their satisfaction and support. Efforts should also be made to enhance the image of the personality and (...)

05 - 04 - 2016
Marriage misconceptions
Al-Jazirah Last week Al-Jazirah newspaper published a report detailing the results of a study conducted by the Charitable Society for Marriage and Family Guidance in Jeddah. The results reflected a remarkable change in young Saudi men's attitude (...)

28 - 03 - 2016
Emergency care at airports
Al-Jazirah The voice recording of the assistant pilot on Saudia's Bisha-Riyadh flight SV1734 on March 1, which went viral on social media, was extremely painful. He was calling for urgent medical assistance to save the life his colleague who was (...)

21 - 03 - 2016
On the housing crisis again
IT seems the housing problem in our country is getting worse with the passage of time. The economic and social warnings issued by experts did not encourage the Housing Ministry to make any significant move to solve the problem. I had called upon the (...)

13 - 03 - 2016
Misyar as a last resort
SEVERAL years ago when the so-called misyar marriage became popular among unmarried women, I was totally against it. I used to despise those women who opted for such a marriage that serves the interests of men to fulfill their lust. I have expressed (...)

07 - 03 - 2016
Discrimination against women
THE Kingdom being a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Saudi nationals are allowed to travel between GCC countries with their ID cards in place of a passport. Intra-GCC travel has become like traveling between the Kingdom's cities and regions. (...)

18 - 02 - 2016
Improving the image
Al-Jazirah I believe the main reason for the Western media carrying wrong information about Saudi Arabia is the incomplete picture they have about our country, rather than the conspiracy theory. Despite strenuous government efforts to invite Western (...)

14 - 02 - 2016
Saudi lawyers' fees illogical
I DON'T think it is acceptable or permissible to fetch a lawyer from an Arab country to take up a case in a Saudi court. Suppose this is permissible, then the fee charged by this expatriate lawyer, along with the charges for his travel and stay, (...)

11 - 02 - 2016
Safety is of prime importance
THE Kingdom's severing of diplomatic ties with Iran is very good news in the New Year. I say this emphatically while considering the fact that Iran has been making relentless efforts to sow seeds of sedition and destruction as well as to spread the (...)

20 - 01 - 2016
... for the millionth time!
Al-Jazirah Since the beginning of November, the whole world has been carrying out one activity after another to remind people of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. I won't go far and mention a Western country, but I (...)

08 - 12 - 2015
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