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Greed: First film to be shown in KSA
Okaz newspaperI WAS more than disappointed by the reopening of a cinema house in the Kingdom after a lull of more than three decades.The first disappointment was that a lecture hall was chosen to present the first film to the Saudi audience.The second was that the price of the cinema ticket was fixed at SR75!We could have waited until a proper movie theater was created with its special seats instead of rushing to project the first film in a lecture hall which lacked comfortable chairs of a cinema house.The lecture hall also lacked the audio-visual effects which characterize the cinema houses.The organizers might have thought that serving pop corn was enough the provide the audience with a cinema ambience forgetting that the crucial element in the cinema was the audio-visual effects which...
April 26, 2018

Greed: First film to be shown in KSA

Let's rear our children with love
Al-Watan newspaperI KNOW that this is a controversial topic as most of us have been beaten up by our fathers and mothers as well as our close relatives such as grandparents, brothers and uncles. We have felt like being beaten physically as well as mentally, especially when it comes from our loved ones.Many of us console ourselves by saying “there was nothing wrong in such punishments as they have helped us correct our mistakes and reach better positions and that strict upbringing has made us good men and good mothers.”Can you say that you are really in a better position now? If that is true why you stutter quite often today? Why you are unable to address the public with confidence and without fear? Certainly, it was not because of the genes you carry but because of the wrong...
April 25, 2018

Let's rear our children with love

Influence of preachers
Al-Madina newspaperWHEN you see the advertisement of a training course conducted by a former da'wa worker you will stop there for a while, not because the training is conducted by an experienced a da'wa worker but because of its attractive title: Secrets of impressing and influencing people or the art of communication and influence.The course trains participants in ways to deal with people in order to influence them and explains the skills required for influential and impressive talk. The advertisement explains that the course would enable participants to become more influential and persuasive while dealing with others in order to win their hearts.The word influence is repeated in the advertisement several times to give the impression that it is the course’s main focus. We would...
April 24, 2018

Influence of preachers

Do not give the universities independence
Al-Watan newspaperREADERS may raise their eyebrows in surprise from the above title especially that I am an academician and a university staff member!!I fully support the independence of the universities because it will ensure them freedom and allow them to spread the spirit of creativity and innovation.This is the general understanding worldwide but, unfortunately, this cannot be applied in our country in its present circumstances.Frankly speaking, the condition of some Saudi universities is extremely bad though they are semi-independent.Some colleges and departments have become like personal farms. Some of the officials appoint their relatives and friends in the department. Just imagine, what will be the case if the universities are given full independence?Now at least some of these...
April 23, 2018

Do not give the universities independence

Future of expats in Saudi Arabia
Al-Riyadh newspaperIN his interview with the Time magazine recently, Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, spoke about the future of foreign workers in Saudi Arabia. His statement confirms, beyond any doubt, that the Saudi government and people respect foreigners and appreciate their contributions as well as the Kingdom’s continuous need for expat workers to carry out its future development projects.During his talk, the Crown Prince pointed out that there are more than 10 million foreigners in Saudi Arabia, including families of expat workers. We believe that this number will not decrease, but will increase with the passage of time, because we believe that Saudi Arabia will require more human resources in order to achieve its ambitions. As a result,...
April 22, 2018

Future of expats in Saudi Arabia

They say what they do not do
Al-Jazirah dailyTHE number of doctors smoke electronic cigarettes seems to have increased to an alarming rate. This is worrying because those doctors, who smoke cigarettes, send subliminal messages to the public telling them it is not dangerous to smoke electronic cigarettes. This negative practice can have a negative impact on medical college students.Truth is we should not imitate the personal behavior of doctors when they are not practicing at the clinic because as I said there’s an increasing number of doctors who have taken up the habit of smoking in public.The question that poses itself: Why do some doctors warn the public against the dangers of smoking while they themselves smoke?Half the doctors, regardless of their different backgrounds and cultures, smoke cigarettes. The...
April 22, 2018

They say what they do not do

Bank loans and living within one’s means
Al-Madinah dailyMany people take out loans without rationalizing their expenses. Such careless loans do not provide them with any added value; on the contrary, such loans increase their spending which leads to an artificial increase in demand for commodities. Many have racked up debts and after factoring in fees and penalties, have ended up repaying significantly more money than they borrowed. Over the past two years, consumer loans hit SR340 billion. The growth of consumer financing at the expense of investment financing helps banks and finance institutions make significant profits.The methods used to guarantee the repayment of personal loans have become more secure as banks mortgage the salaries of employees and receive monthly installments in return. This is a negative indicator showing...
April 21, 2018

Bank loans and living within one’s means

Hold the SEC accountable for power outages
OkazDay after day and week after week, power outages continue and sometimes for long periods of time. These power outages damage our electrical equipment, such as AC units, refrigerators, washing machines, etc. This is in addition to the personal pain and suffering of those who have medical equipment and are reliant on electricity.I have to be honest and say that I get angry with the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), especially after we call them to inquire about the reasons for power outages and to ask when our electricity will be restored. After all, power outages are annoying, especially when they occur at night. Officials at the SEC always have this answer: “It is an emergency and it will take a few minutes before the power is restored.” This does not always happen as sometimes we...
April 21, 2018

Hold the SEC accountable for power outages

Women are women’s worst enemies
Al-MadinahMany people believe that men are not the worst enemies of women, and that the biggest enemy of a woman is other women. This can be seen from the way women interact with each other when one of them becomes a manager or has a position of authority in a business or government department.I will not elaborate further but will instead share a letter I received from a woman who is a teacher.“To my fellow countryman Dr. Ahmad Al-Arfaj,I write this letter to you hoping that it will reach you and that you will publish it in your newspaper column so that everyone can read it. I want you to read what I am going to say.“I had always hoped that the education sector would be like one big family and support one another. However, sadly, I see that jealousy among women is affecting the...
April 21, 2018

Women are women’s worst enemies

You can’t go back to the good old days
Al-Jazirah newspaperThe elderly often say that their youth was when times were good. Does this mean that the current period, our times, are bad times or half good or half bad times or heartless times?The “good times” of the old days were definitely different from the life that we now lead. It is not because people were kinder or nobler than we are today but rather it is because we have evolved, technology has developed and the number of educated and learned people is on the rise. So, simple life and rural areas are vanishing as people move into cities that are full of life, sound and color. Families have become busier with their own personal matters and have stopped looking after one another.The world is now faced with a multitude of technological revolutions, and if they had occurred...
April 20, 2018

You can’t go back to the good old days

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