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Why do some people hide their ID card photo?
Al-Jazirah newspaperIf it were up to many citizens, they would hide the photo on their identity cards with a sticker, as many women already do. But it isn’t just women, men too want to hide their pictures because the machines used by the Civil Affairs department that print identity cards distort peoples’ faces, making them look like they are from a another planet!But to be fair, it isn’t just the Civil Affairs machines that are guilty of this printing crime as all card-issuing machines, for one reason or another, do a poor job of printing accurate pictures.The situation has been escalated on the pages of local newspapers. Lawyer Saleh Al-Dhibibi pointed out that covering the photo of women on their national identity card defeats the very purpose of a photo ID. He urged government...
May 18, 2018

Why do some people hide their ID card photo?

Why are electricity bills so high?
Al-Madinah newspaperDue to my previous article, entitled “A Very Disappointing Bill,” I received many messages from readers, including one from a man who said: “It does not seem to make any difference whether we turn off the lights or not.”He then provided me with copies of his electricity bills, which actually prove that there is a huge problem in the way these bills are calculated. Let us bear in mind that he was not the only reader that wrote to me complaining about this. I received many other similar messages.It is strange to see three or four electricity bills showing that “consumption is zero” and then to have them followed by a fifth bill asking for a shockingly high payment. One reader received three bills (numbers 4397, 4316 and 4753) that noted zero consumption. These...
May 18, 2018

Why are electricity bills so high?

Punish those who abuse women and children
Al-Hayat dailyWe’ve all read news of the abuse that the Abha victim suffered. I am sure everyone who saw the video asked: “How could something like this happen in our society? Are there members of society who still abuse women in this way?”I am not going to get into the details of this case nor am I going to play the role of investigator. The only thing I want to stress is that it is women and children who are always the victims of abuse. I strongly believe that there are many abuse cases that remain undiscovered. I am sure that the people living near such victims of abuse must hear them scream but they choose to remain silent.Our legislative bodies have been unable to prevent abuse and protect victims. Perhaps that is why so many men today dare to abuse women and children, knowing...
May 18, 2018

Punish those who abuse women and children

Lessons learned from the tragic Buraidah accident
Al-Madina newspaperTHE tragic death of 7-year-old female student, Rawan Al-Rasheed, who died after she was accidentally run over by her school bus two weeks ago in the city of Buraidah, has shocked the Saudi society. The news of her death was the front page story in all local newspapers and people discussed the accident for a long time on social media. Saudi Channel MBC also dedicated a long segment to discuss this accident and interview the family of the poor child, including her father and uncle. Both have put the blame on the Ministry of Education and called for a detailed investigation and to implement justice. The same program also discussed another accident in Al-Ahsa province of a child of six years who was killed in the same manner. This showed that there is a problem in student...
May 17, 2018

Lessons learned from the tragic Buraidah accident

Protecting wildlife
Makkah newspaperI DO not know exactly what is the role of the Saudi Wildlife Authority. Is the protection of wildlife a part of their task? It does not seem. Maybe they are protecting wildlife or maybe they are doing their best to carry out this task, but we believe what we see with our eyes and hear with our ears.What we can see with our eyes is that there are vicious enemies of nature and wildlife. These vicious enemies cannot be stopped. They cut down an aging tree just like that and without any remorse. They are like locusts that swarm a green landscape and destroy it.Some Saudis are strange and contradict themselves. When they travel abroad, the first thing they notice is the green landscape and trees. They take photographs from every angles of these trees. One would think that these...
May 16, 2018

Protecting wildlife

Wishing them good luck is not enough!
Okaz newspaperI DO not know how would 300 daily wage employees in Hafr Al-Baten education department, who were sacked recently, receive the holy month of Ramadan and how they could celebrate Eid. How would they face their financial obligation, especially for those with families.I do not think that the official spokesman of Hafr Al-Baten education department think that wishing those who were sacked good luck, would actually end their tragedy. It would have been better for the education department to give those who were sacked and worked for seven years, a grace period to search for another job instead of showing them the door them without any warning. They could have at least postponed the decision to terminate their contract until after Ramadan and Eid, instead of putting them in this...
May 16, 2018

Wishing them good luck is not enough!

What is the relationship between honesty and poverty?
Al-Watan newspaperIS there is a relationship between honesty and poverty? I will talk here about my experience in two countries that are considered poor as per international statistics. In my first trip, I traveled to Azerbaijan, a country that is containing the opposite, the rich and the poor. The country is rich in natural resources including oil and gas. Yet a large percentage of its people live under a certain level of poverty. It was reported that one quarter of the people are migrants and many of them live in Russia.My story happened in a far away neighborhood from the capital. I was with my friends when we stopped to buy some stuff and pray. My cell phone fell off my pocket when I left the mosque. After a while, I noticed that my cell phone was missing. I went back with my friends...
May 15, 2018

What is the relationship between honesty and poverty?

Calm discussion with the traffic department
Al-Riyadh newspaperIN my last two articles, I talked about the slow preparation by the traffic department for women driving in the Kingdom and had asked them many questions. The traffic department answered my questions and the questions of many women who have been asking similar questions or raising singular issues, especially highlighting the difficulty of obtaining driving lessons and a license. The traffic department answered my questions in a form of an infograph, containing questions and answers, and distributed it to all print newspapers. Based on the answers of the director of traffic department, Gen. Muhammad Al-Bassami, I have follow up questions over some difficulties that the women face, be it in dealing with women issues in language and procedures.Al-Bassami announced the...
May 14, 2018

Calm discussion with the traffic department

The suffering of a female teacher
Madinah newspaperI RECEIVED a letter from a female teacher, following the transfer of teachers, which took place few days back and only 25 percent of lucky teachers managed to get transferred to their desired locations from far away villages.The teacher said in her letter that she will not object to the result of this transfer move, of which she was not included, and that she will not question the credibility of this move, but she wants the minister of education to hear her story of pain and suffering that she and many other teaches like her are facing for many years.In her letter she said, “I have been teaching in a school located in village that is 300 kilometers away from my residence for two years now. I start going to school two or three hours before Fajr time and I return very late...
May 13, 2018

The suffering of a female teacher

Why has Saudization failed in some parts of the private sector?
OkazSome 7,490 fines were issued during a period of three months in five sectors that have been required to be totally Saudized. This means that not only are we facing the nagging issues of unemployment, Saudization and allowing women to work, but also facing issues related to workers’ rights.A report published in Makkah newspaper revealed the details of these fines and indicated that 5,212 fines were issued due to Saudization and 2,274 fines due to not employing women. While there are large numbers of young people looking for jobs as well as women looking for work, we must find out why these five sectors are struggling with employing women and fulfilling the goals of Saudization.This clearly means that there are reasons related to the work environment on the one hand, and the rights...
May 12, 2018

Why has Saudization failed in some parts of the private sector?

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