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10 top Muslim women who made headlines in 2014
  Dina Al-Shibeeb     AS the final chapter of 2014 comes to a close, some Muslim women have risen to the forefront in their shredding of stereotypes by showing the world a courageous, unyielding side. Below are Al Arabiya’s top Muslim women ...
Welcome to a refreshed print edition of Saudi Gazette!
This one’s been coming for quite some time now, dear readers, and we’re proud to launch the latest look of Saudi Gazette today. It could not have come at a better time than this day as Saudi Arabia celebrates its ...
Dead end for many expats as amnesty deadline looms
Somayya Jabarti Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Have the requirements for rectifying expats status changed? Are there different requirements for different nationalities? Do procedures and requirements differ from city to city in the Kingdom? What does an expat do if the sponsor is ...
No passports for Indonesians?
  Somayya Jabarti Saudi Gazette     JEDDAH — Saeedah and Mansoor along with other countless fellow Indonesians carrying passports newly issued by their consulate were turned away at the entrance of the Dallah fingerprinting center, thus denied the chance to rectify their status. The thin, ...
Enough said about expats, what about ‘The Violating Sponsor’?!
  Somayya Jabarti     For all the legal scrutiny, scam-proofing and supposed streamlining efforts directed at guest workers, it is all pointless and in vain since the Labor Ministry seems to have excluded an element, instrumental and fundamental, to the mess we ...
Contradictions reign with 43 days left for expatriates
  Somayya Jabarti Saudi Gazette     JEDDAH — There are just 43 days left for expatriate employees, documented or not, to rectify their status. Yet contradictions continue to reign between what has been officially stated, what some officials say and what is actually happening ...
90 days for us to right wrongs for guest workers!
  Somayya Jabarti     Once again the King has graciously come to the rescue of what seems as another case of haphazard out-of-the-blue public activity (the pounce on guest workers illegally here or illegally working) granting us a three-month grace period to ...
Saudi women lawyers: Case pending
Somayya Jabarti   IS it a surprise that November 2012, the month when Saudi women lawyers were supposed to be issued licenses to practice in court, has come and is almost gone with no action at all? Punctuality, action and progress, especially where ...