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Human rights in Saudi Arabia must be respected
Khaled Almaeena The concept of human rights continues to be an issue of great concern to government officials and human rights organizations in Saudi Arabia. It is very unfortunate that human rights abuse is evident in our country and that ...
Saudi ministers should innovate and be role models
Khaled Almaeena The Cabinet change and the inclusion of 12 new ministers, appointment of new heads in various government directorates and support for the citizen was the talk of society. In fact, it was an acceleration of the ongoing reforms ...
Why is the Arab World in this sorry state?
Khaled Almaeena While sipping a cup of tea in a hotel in Calicut, Kerala, a state in India, I was approached by a group of young men and women from some Gulf countries who asked me to join their discussion. ...
Imams need to focus on sermons, not loud speakers
Khaled Almaeena Last week, two news items about imams of mosques caught my eye. One was a remark by Ahmad Jeelan of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs who stated the khateeb or preacher should view Friday sermons as a social ...
The death of women teachers on our highways has to stop!
Khaled Almaeena The unending tragic incidents of women teachers dying in motor vehicle accidents on the nation’s highways has finally caught the attention of the authorities. These teachers have to be driven every day to government schools in villages in ...
Well done Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ghamdi!
  Khaled Almaeena     THE former head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia) in Makkah region, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, has been receiving death threats since he issued an edict saying that it was permissible for ...
Dear Mr. Labor Minister: ‘All we want is to go home!’
Khaled Almaeena The Minister of Labor Adel Fakeih stated recently that corrective measures with more intensity will be applied soon and that the crackdown on violating expatriate workers is the goal. He added that no person should stay in this ...
Don’t just raid restaurants, disinfect Jeddah’s polluted streets!
  Khaled Almaeena     THE raids on restaurants and cafes conducted by the Jeddah municipality in the past couple of weeks are the talk of the town. Many owners of eateries in Jeddah have complained of highhandedness on the part of  municipal inspectors who ...
Has Pakistan become a ‘dream gone sour’?
  Khaled Almaeena   The massacre of 132 children in grades one to ten and nine of their teachers in a Peshawar school shook not only Pakistan but also the world. These innocent children wiped out by beasts and not humans became yet ...
New ministers must lead from the front
  Khaled Almaeena     THE Cabinet change that took place last week which saw the inclusion of nine ministers was the topic of many discussion groups and was shared by many on Twitter.   Many of the names and faces were unknown to most ...
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