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Absenteeism in school
IN the United Kingdom, parents can get in trouble if their children absent themselves from school and in some cases can pay hefty fines. Schools and educational authorities do not accept excuses such as health condition, family problem or any other (...)

18 - 02 - 2019
Dr. Fashionista
What do we expect from a generation that is receiving their education from a fashionista on social media, even if she holds a PhD? What are the messages that the students receive when one of their teachers publishes something inappropriate on social (...)

30 - 01 - 2019
On girls escaping to the unknown
I AM closely following these days the divergent opinions in our society about girls escaping from their homes with each group sticking to their own points of view. One of these groups put the blame squarely on the media and purported instigators, (...)

20 - 01 - 2019
Bribery is worst form of corruption
FORMER president of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) Mohammed Al-Sharief has written in his book titled "Nazaha in Confronting Corruption" that the main element of corruption noticed by the commission was bribery. He described (...)

26 - 12 - 2016
King Salman with his first camera 60 years ago
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman condoled the death of photographer Safouh Izzat Abdulqader Naamani, who died in Jeddah on December 30 2015. He became a Saudi Citizen in 1960s. Naamani taught King Salman photography some 60 years ago. (...)

11 - 01 - 2016
Khalid in three TV shows for next Ramadan
Saudi actor Khalid Sami fans will enjoy seeing him in three TV series this Ramadan. “People's Talk”, a comedy show which will be run on Saudi TV Channel I, “Hashtag”, another comedy which focuses on important social issues and “Youth” which deals (...)

07 - 05 - 2012
Amal Boushosha in Syrian TV series
Algerian actress Amal Boushosha will feature in the Syrian TV series “Time of Al-Bargouth” expected to be aired during Ramadan in the role of the wife of Wadah, son of the district chief. The star-studded series focuses on the era towards the end of (...)

07 - 05 - 2012
Protracted process forces expat to drop medical error case
Bakri never thought that filing a medical error case before the Shariah Medical Commission would be this difficult or could take so long. Neither did he think that the lengthy procedures would force him to drop his case against the hospital that (...)

06 - 03 - 2012
Protracted process forces expat to drop medical error case
Bakri never thought that filing a medical error case before the Shariah Medical Commission would be this difficult or could take so long. Neither did he think that the lengthy procedures would force him to drop his case against the hospital that (...)

06 - 03 - 2012
Life behind bars
The world behind bars is a different world. The general image of a prison is one of stretches of dark, humid cells; the jailer, a cruel man brandishing a heavy staff, is corrupt and extorts money from prisoners in exchange for favors. This image is (...)

02 - 05 - 2011
The mystery of the iqaal: even schoolboys don't know why they don't wear it
TAIF: Why don't Saudi schoolboys wear the iqaal? The swiftest glance inside a classroom at any school in the Kingdom will confirm that no pupils wear the black band that circles the skull and holds the headdress cloth in position, but when the (...)

02 - 11 - 2010
Contractor owns responsibility for bridge accident in EP
KHOBAR/DAMMAM: The contractor of the Dammam Bridge Project said he and his company would bear the responsibility for collapse of a bridge Wednesday. Abdul Rahman Al-Dirbas said at a press conference Thursday that his firm, Al-Dirbas Contracting (...)

04 - 10 - 2010
As we bid farewell to Ramadan...
We will soon leave the blessed month of Ramadan, its beautiful days and its fragrant nights. We will soon leave the month of the Qur'an, the month of piety, patience, Jihad, mercy, and forgiveness. It would do us good if we asked ourselves some (...)

06 - 09 - 2010
Moudhi riding on a donkey
MOUDHI, a noted Riyadh secondary school headmistress, is continuing in her five-year quest to persuade the relevant folk that women have as much right to drive a car as men, furnishing them with the evidence piece by piece, showing that the benefits (...)

01 - 04 - 2010
Saudi women discuss openings in tourism sector
Women and female students from Taif University gathered at Yaqatha Charity at the weekend as part of a series of activities to open the way for tourism organized by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA). Around three dozen women (...)

18 - 05 - 2009
22% of children in KSA sexually abused – study
A study carried out by Dr. Ali Al-Zahrani of Edinburgh University has shown that 22 percent of children in the Kingdom are exposed to sexual abuse. According to a report in Al-Watan daily Dr. Khalid Al-Helaibi, Head of the Family Development Center (...)

16 - 05 - 2009
Women may be allowed to vote – Prince Mit'eb
The Kingdom is considering allowing women to vote in municipal elections this year but they would still be barred from running for office, a senior government official was quoted as saying on Sunday. Prince Mansour Bin Mit'eb, Deputy Minister for (...)

27 - 04 - 2009
School sketch to warn against sewing machines
A Riyadh intermediate school celebrated its open day Wednesday on the occasion of the last day before the midterm break by issuing a theatrical warning against the nationwide rumors concerning Singer sewing machines and the elusive red mercury (...)

24 - 04 - 2009
Schoolboy weds older cousin
In a new twist to the controversy surrounding child marriage in the Kingdom, eyebrows have been raised in the region of Al-'Aridha in Jizan at the marriage of a 15-year-old schoolboy to an older cousin. Al-Watan newspaper reports that Jibran Bin (...)

23 - 04 - 2009
Faris Trading & Contracting shines again
Faris Trading and Contracting team sustained its pace to bag its back-to-back Team of the Week Award by posting 45 points in the 6th week of the ICBL Family Bowling League at the Jeddah Lanes Bowling Center. The league is organized by the Filipino (...)

24 - 03 - 2009
Beggars control traffic light
Beggars at the intersection of International Road and Wadiyain Road in Ahad Rofaidah have invented a new method to reach as many people as possible: They changed the duration of the red light at traffic signals so that they have more time to get (...)

28 - 08 - 2008
Blackmailer gets 90 lashes
The Summary Court in Hail sentenced a man to 5 months in jail and 90 lashes after he was found guilty of blackmailing a girl by threatening to put her photos online. In Tabuk, another man was arrested for blackmailing his “relative” the same (...)

26 - 08 - 2008
Jeddah clean-up starts today
Jeddah Mayoralty launches on Saturday a summer cleaning campaign to ensure that the coastal areas are at their best this holiday season. Cleaning teams will be deployed to the seafront and recreational areas. More trash cans will be placed in (...)

26 - 07 - 2008
Panel to care for women in prison
A continued need for care for female prisoners in jail and those released, has led to the establishment of a women's commission to oversee their needs. Maj. Gen. Ali Bin Husein Al-Harthi, director general of prisons said the Women's Commission (...)

19 - 07 - 2008
Health officials inspect medical dumping
A committee from the Health Directorate in Najran has started an investigation on medical waste found at a location in Sakhiy Valley. Several primary school students had discovered the medical waste in bags marked “highly infectious” in Wadi (...)

27 - 06 - 2008
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