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Articles of the author Yousuf Al Muhaimeed
A Ramadan without maids
Al-Jazirah WHEN the holy month of Ramadan approaches every year, markets across the Kingdom become busy with men and women engaged in large-scale shopping day and night. They purchase everything ahead of the fasting month, not only foodstuffs but (...)

11 - 05 - 2017
Deep trenches in Aziziyah District threaten public life
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Digging works in Jeddah's Aziziyah District has tarnished its image and residents fear the deep trenches created along the road would endanger their lives and their families. Aziziyah, one of the most populated districts (...)

09 - 05 - 2017
What is the point of fabulous awards to honor Nabti poets?
Al-Jazirah I AM an ardent supporter of cultural festivals and events that not only provide entertainment but also boost the national economy. King Abdul Aziz Camel Festival is one of them. I previously wrote an article about this festival, which has (...)

28 - 03 - 2017
Young Saudis press for reopening of King Fahd Coastal City
JEDDAH – A number of young Saudis have called upon authorities to reopen King Fahd Coastal City, which was abruptly closed without any notice four years ago. The city had served both the young and elderly with advanced facilities for sports and (...)

22 - 03 - 2017
Fees on expatriates
Al-Jazirah THE general budget for the fiscal year 2020 targets to generate about SR65 billion in revenues annually through fees levied on expatriate workers and their dependents, according to foreign consultancy firms that formulated these (...)

29 - 01 - 2017
Our decades-old social problems
DECADES have passed while we try to solve some of our social problems without any success. We think our problems are so complicated that they cannot be solved easily. At the same time we see other societies including in those in our neighboring GCC (...)

19 - 12 - 2016
Poor services in Hamdaniya remove Al-Jowhara's glitter
JEDDAH – The newly developed Hamdaniya District in Jeddah houses the world-class King Abdullah Sports City (Al-Jowhara) but lacks many public facilities and services. "Hamdaniya is located just 40 km north of the headquarters of Jeddah mayoralty but (...)

06 - 12 - 2016
Private sector must employ more Saudis
WHEN the minister of labor and social development attributed the increase of Saudi unemployment rate to 12.1 percent in the third quarter of 2016 to the rise in the number of university graduates and the stoppage of some government projects, he was (...)

27 - 11 - 2016
Scholarships for fine arts
Al-Mohaimeed Al-Jazirah As we were running after development plans in the 1960s and 1970s building schools and hospitals, we never ignored fine arts. History is a witness to the fact that a number of pioneering artists and those who followed them (...)

25 - 09 - 2016
Rural Qassim tries to woo tourists
Okaz/Saudi Gazette BURAIDAH — The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) recently launched the Kingdom's first rural inn and a heritage hotel in the central region of Qassim. The move aims at drawing more domestic and foreign (...)

05 - 09 - 2016
A new tourism strategy needed
THE annual spending by Saudis on foreign tourism has crossed SR70 billion. This means we have been competing with expatriate workers in transferring huge amounts abroad, denying our country valuable money, which should have been spent inside the (...)

08 - 08 - 2016
Hotel for single women
SOME opinion writers say the government works for the overall progress of the society exceeding people's expectations while there are others who believe that the government has yet to adopt vital decisions to enhance progress and prosperity of (...)

18 - 07 - 2016
What comes after stolen parks?
THOSE who are aware of how municipalities in big cities were earlier functioning won't find it strange to read that 111 parks were restored to municipality ownership out of 500 that had been illegally acquired and encroached upon. Investigations (...)

22 - 06 - 2016
1,300 islands and Saudi tourism
Whenever I think of countries like Egypt and Dubai whose budgets depend heavily on tourism revenues, I wonder why Saudi Arabia does not follow their example, especially when we have a stronger private sector than Egypt and more enchanting natural (...)

02 - 05 - 2016
CSR, the way we understand it
Al-Jazirah SEVERAL days ago, the deliberations of the 4th forum on corporate social responsibility began under the title "Saudi banks — the development of a nation". Despite this important and attractive title, symposiums and workshops focused on (...)

26 - 04 - 2016
Let women fly with dream wings
ZAHA HADID is no more. She was an architect in the costume of a contemporary artist and won the Pritzker Prize in 2004 for her architectural designs. This prize is equivalent to the Noble Prize in its financial value and fame. The artistic designer (...)

07 - 04 - 2016
Education
AFTER Education Minister Dr. Ahmed Al-Isa borrowed the caption of his predecessor Dr. Mohammed Al-Rasheed for his speech addressing the staff and students of King Saud University I find myself compelled to use the same headline, "Yes...Where is our (...)

31 - 03 - 2016
Female Saudi book-lovers the start of new generation
DESPITE the huge turnout at the recent Riyadh International Book Fair, on an average Arabs read only a quarter of page per year, according to the latest UN figures. The figures reveal an acute reading crisis across the region, with the average (...)

30 - 03 - 2016
Retirees or poor?
WHEN sociologists around the world write that a growing middle class guarantees stability and happiness in a society, they are, in fact, asking the governments to safeguard the middle class and strive to increase its size in society. For this (...)

23 - 03 - 2016
Tourism development
IN a long report published by the New York Times, American writer Ben Hubbard encapsulates his take on Saudi tourism in a few words: "Untrammeled beaches, ancient sites and unfiltered local culture are all on offer in Saudi Arabia. Just don't expect (...)

20 - 03 - 2016
Kingdom's tourism potential
Al-Mohaimeed Al-Jazirah AMERICAN writer Ben Hubbard gives his picture of Saudi tourism in a long report published by the New York Times in these few words: "Untrammeled beaches, ancient sites and unfiltered local culture are all on offer in Saudi (...)

16 - 03 - 2016
The importance of museums
A country that does not have museums suffers from Alzheimer's, because it has no recollection of the past. While a book is a vessel for recording these memories, and displaying the history of nations, peoples, and their stories, it remains a mental (...)

08 - 03 - 2016
Naimi's remarks on shale
RUSSIA Today's Arabic website recently published a report on Saudi Arabia's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi's speech in Houston with a provocative and misleading headline: "Saudi Arabia affirms continuation of its war on (...)

06 - 03 - 2016
Why Saudis want to quit private sector
Al-Jazirah During a presentation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman program for human resources development, the minister of civil service urged young Saudis to work for the private sector. He, however, noted that more than 190,000 (...)

03 - 03 - 2016
Issues in recruitment of maids
I RECENTLY received a call from Labor Minister Mufrej Al-Haqabani. During that telephone conversation he answered to my queries on recruitment of domestic servants in an organized and convincing manner. In a previous article I had written about the (...)

29 - 02 - 2016
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