Al-Madinah A few days ago, I met one of my friends who warned me about a dangerous phenomenon that we are unaware of. It seems that not a single roundabout or street or wall in the different areas and provinces of the country is free from advertisements. These adverts address society and encourage it to contact unknown phone numbers for multiple purposes. We will not talk about the ones that promote the ability to pay bank loans so that clients can get another loan. We did not hear anything about the authorities chasing these people despite banks denied having any relations with them. However, I lean toward the opinion that there is a suspicious relationship and mutual understanding between some of the people working in banks and those sharks. What's more dangerous about these adverts and the suspicious numbers is what appears to be contact information for private tutoring. These unknown educators claim to have lots of experience in many sciences and for all educational levels. Some families respond to these invitations and open their homes and place their children at the hands of those unknown teachers. Perhaps some of them have no interest in financial gains, but to get to students of all ages and dragging them to break their morals through manipulation, harassment or blackmail. They might also drown them in swamps of extremism and deviant thinking led by terrorist organizations that are willing to walk every path to get to the hearts and minds of our young people. I am positive. Enough with our naivety and distraction. It is high time for responsible institutions to do their jobs: Pursue those who promote these numbers, prosecute them and publicly defame them through the media. Afterthought: A few days ago I was at Madinah's new airport. I happened to be there at the time when the Shoura Council team was visiting the airport because they heard from officials that everything there was perfect. I wish though that these dear members had traveled and visited that airport when cries of complaints about the bad services, congestion, heat and water disruption were loud. I wish they heard it from passengers themselves or those poor employees whose salaries had always been late.
