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More than a game of cricket
Tariq A. Al-Maeena   Last week, a sporting event drew the attention of more than a billion and a half people across the globe. It was not just a sporting event. It was a war in the trenches, fought between two decades-long ...
Well done, Pakistan!
Tariq A. Al-Maeena SINCE the eighteenth century, and until very recently in the ponderous cycle of history, Great Britain, when the misnomer “great” actually applied, held among its various possessions a very large colony to the East. In due time, a ...
Time for a rethink
Tariq A. Al-Maeena If the Israeli government was harboring the notion that the Arab World was warming up to them and willing to accept them as partners with the existing status quo, then they better go back to their cabinet for ...
Victims of brain freeze
Tariq A. Al-Maeena Some people claim that they often experience brain freeze during Ramadan, meaning that they just can’t seem to think straight and get things done.  Their symptoms can be perhaps explained by the absence of food and water for ...
Time to step up around the house
Tariq A. Al-Maeena Trump is gone and Ramadan is here.  And along with it come added household chores. Contrary to prevailing opinion, not all Saudis are slaves to the notion that a household remains incomplete without a domestic helper.  There are ...
The big question is ‘why’?
Tariq A. Al-Maeena A HARRIED father rushes out of the house one late evening and sprints down the block to the nearest pharmacy.  He barely makes it to the steps of the establishment when he notices the electric shutters from inside ...
A Ramadan homecoming
By Tariq A. Al-Maeena This year, the Ramadan season has merged with the holiday seasons in other foreign countries, although not by intention or design but by the parallel twist of the lunar and solar cycles. This integration has created a ...
Ambassadors with the wrong message
By Tariq A. Al-Maeena With the reinstatement of benefits and bonuses that were recently announced by the government, many Saudi families have now revised their travel intentions and are busy gearing up for the summer holidays. Plans to visit Europe and ...
What’s in a word?
By Tariq A. Al-Maeena A carefully selected word dropped at the right time and in the right place can often create an illusion that all is well. It can serve as a soothing drug to over-extended and frayed nerves. I have long ...
Prudent financial judgment must emerge
By Tariq A. Al-Maeena A few months ago, the government, necessitated by the falling price of oil, began a series of cutbacks in spending. These included shelving some major projects with projected costs in the billions, reviewing financial returns on existing ...
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