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Dr. Fawziya Al-Bakr
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Does the West really hate Muslims?
This is what we see on the ground today with regard to many of the cultural conflicts going on in different parts of the world and within specific religious communities. The sectarian conflicts between the Sunni Muslims and Shiites and ...
What should we do about domestic abuse?
The image of women in our curriculum needs to be reviewed. A woman does not need a muscular man to protect her as if she were living in the jungle. Instead, she needs his mind and wisdom to help manage ...
How can a girl find a husband?
DURING wedding parties for women, you will find university graduates and beautiful girls nervously waiting for the mothers and sisters of young men to look at them with a focused stare so that they may tell their boys about them. ...
What does it mean to be racist?
NOBODY believes we are harboring any racist feelings toward anyone. And we read, hear and see everyday people talking about laws being enacted against racism. But, by God, don’t you encounter such deep-rooted feelings wherever you go?
Is our print media eclipsed?
A HEATED discussion is ongoing in society about the fate of the print media in Saudi Arabia, which is now witnessing acute financial setbacks caused by many reasons including sharps drop in sales, subscriptions and advertisement revenue.
Saudi society is changing
My family and I were present at the celebrations of National Day that took place inside King Fahd Stadium in September. After the celebrations were over, we left the stadium and walked to our car just like thousands of families ...
Need to take good care of citizens in remote villages
Dr. Fawziya Al-Bakr Al-Jazirah ON May 25, Harvard University conferred a honorary doctorate degree on Mark Zuckerberg, a former student (who did not complete his studies like Bill Gates) and founder of Facebook, which has more than two billion users. People use ...
Women will change the Muslim world
  Dr. Fawziya Al-Bakr Al Jazeera     Perhaps the first female role model that comes to my mind is Khadija Bint Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with her), the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). She was a pioneer businesswoman, ...
Bill Clinton: Romney would be ‘calamitous’ for US
  NEW YORK — Former president Bill Clinton warned that a Mitt Romney presidency would be “calamitous” for America and the world, going further than even President Barack Obama in depicting the consequences of a return to Republican rule of the ...