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February 10, 2019

Saudi women and weightlifting

OkazTHE number of Saudi girls practicing weightlifting has increased lately, whether at homes or in specialized gyms. This is after many years of fear and superstition in our society that practicing weightlifting will make the girls aggressive.Through personal observation and research, I discerned that those who were against the idea were not objecting to weightlifting alone but to women sports in general.These people were indeed promoting obesity. This is how ...

February 7, 2019

Will my mother survive your racism?

OkazIn the views of this racist man, my beautiful Bedouin mother must be deprived of her nationality simply because she pronounces certain Arabic words differently from him. He sees anyone who speaks a dialect other than the one spoken in his village as a non-Saudi.WILL my mother survive the racist discrimination against her?My mother is a Bedouin who has never stepped outside of the boundaries of her extended tribe. My ...

February 6, 2019

Teresa’s coffee and the winter nights of Riyadh

Al-JazirahIT was a cool and wet Saturday morning in the winter of 2030. It was the end of a long and exhausting work week. I took the train across the blue lane from my house to the downtown, which is something I do every weekend.The train station was packed with children, men and women, locals, visitors and passersby. Everyone had own destinations to go. The echo of the departure announcements ...

February 5, 2019

Is the Labor Ministry against the interest of Saudi citizens?

Al-MadinaMANY citizens have failed to recruit domestic workers including housemaids and drivers to help their families. So they started hiring domestic workers who live in the country illegally, instead.Each year during the month of Ramadan, the demand for domestic helps increases because of the huge family gatherings, and the variety of food and beverages required to be on the fast-breaking table. This becomes a golden opportunity for the illegal workers ...

February 4, 2019

Newspapers that never die

Al-MadinaIF you have traveled on London’s Metro, then you might have noticed the colorful newspaper in glossy print and with no less than 50 pages, which is distributed free of charge at all metro stations.Readers are attracted to this newspaper. The first thing a person will notice in this newspaper is its rich and diverse content. This disproves the common belief that the end of the print media is close ...

February 3, 2019

Does university education enrich life or career?

Al-JazirahIt has been argued that some of our university graduates cannot find jobs and hence they start laying the blame on others.Many of them will have to blame themselves for choosing a useless major, which has no future. A second group will blame the university for not providing any guidance to the students before they start their five-year journey in the institution, with the hope of leaving it the next ...

January 31, 2019

The business of blood money

OkazWHAT happened at Al-Hamadaniya in Jeddah a couple of weeks ago was very sad. A man was stabbed to death in a street fight that driven by rage, arrogance and ignorance. It is sad because the incident terrified the residents of this beautiful city, which is full of life.It would have never happened but for tribal culture that called for collecting the blood money to spare convicted murderers from execution. ...

January 30, 2019

Dr. Fashionista

Al-WatanWhat 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 media or flood their accounts with crap?NEARLY a year ago, a famous actress in the US used her personal Twitter account to attack an American political figure. She ...

January 29, 2019

Wake up! Our children do not play anymore

OkazONE of the famous American toy companies closed down its factories recently. The owner made a brief announcement apologizing to customers for closing down the factories and not producing more toys. He said he had to stop production because the children were not playing with toys anymore.This is a very serious matter and is scary at the same time. For an international giant that was manufacturing toys on all five ...

January 28, 2019

Did the campaign against male guardianship fail?

OkazI WROTE about the case of Rahaf Al-Qunun in my last article, titled “What is behind the Saudi teen’s escape?”I wrote how the case was magnified on social media in less than 48 hours of her escape and how the international media was excited about it.I wrote how difficult life would be for this girl who threw herself into the unknown by fleeing to a country and society whose culture ...

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