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Abdulrhman Alotaibi VOICES
Expatriates can play a role in facilitating international trade
OPPORTUNITIES sometimes reveal themselves in the least expected circumstances. Entrepreneurs around the world make their breakthrough by stepping up to the business gaps they have identified. Despite the importance of business planning and resources, the business concept is the core element that can convince buyer, investor and most importantly the founder to get behind it.Some of us leave our home country to study or to work for an extended number of years. A person who travels to another country to work and to earn more than they would at home during a particular period is commonly referred to an expatriate. Saudi Arabia currently hosts 7.4 million expatriates working in various business sectors. At multiple levels, expatriates, along with Saudi citizens, contribute to the prosperity of...
September 27, 2018

Expatriates can play a role in facilitating international trade

Caring for the elders in any society
Pain and anguish were my immediate feelings when I read Helpage India’s nationwide report, “Elder Abuse in India 2018 — Changing Cultural Ethos and impact of Technology.” According to the report, 25 percent of elders experienced abuse — 52 percent from sons and 34 percent from daughters-in-law. I was shocked to learn that 56 percent of elders faced disrespect at home, 49 percent had to suffer verbal abuse and 12 percent were subjected to physical abuse. The parent-child relationship is scared, determined by nature, how this blood relationship can turn so bitter, I wondered.My earliest memory of my parents is around 1952, when I was about three years old. We lived in a rented one room, part of a large home in Pahar Gang, New Delhi. There was no kitchen. My mother cooked the meals...
August 30, 2018

Caring for the elders in any society

Imran Khan’s surreal victory
RECENTLY, the world witnessed an extraordinary event. Aug. 18 was more of a dream than reality. It was surreal! Many kept wondering if it actually happened. Others could not come to accept that it has happened. Everyone was in a state where reality seemed more like an illusion. He did it! When we almost gave up, he did not stop fighting. He won!On Saturday, Aug. 18, Imran Khan, in his shadow black sherwani and hand-made Peshawari sandal took oath as the 22nd prime minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Guests, ambassadors, army chiefs, family, friends, his supporters and people from all around the world waited for him to arrive at the President’s House.Oath was taken in pure Urdu language which even caused him to fumble. Despite his nervousness, he stood there smiling and repeating...
August 30, 2018

Imran Khan’s surreal victory

Stay calm
In this chaotic, fast moving world that we live in, we sometimes make quick, but irrational decisions that we might regret a few years later. Rash decisions can be avoided, of course, if we stay calm and take a moment to think things through. If we take the opinion from an elder family member or a close friend, we can save ourselves from later regrets that we have made the wrong move.I know it is not easy. Sometimes we are forced to make a fast decision or else we will lose an opportunity that might not come again. Yet, what I have learned in life is that nothing will ever come to you unless you are 100 percent ready to handle it and use it to help you achieve your goals. Our capabilities increase when we gain experience and when we learn from making mistakes.Carpenters say: “Measure...
August 09, 2018

Stay calm

A post on posting
The irony of social media nowadays is that instead of bringing us together, it seems to be doing quite the opposite. Moreover, the way in which the younger generation, especially, is using it breeds plenty of problems on both the behavioral and psychological levels. At the end of the day, social media is a tool, and tools are neither good nor bad in and of themselves. On the contrary, it is the way that we use these tools which determines whether they result in beneficial or harmful consequences. Unfortunately, in the case of young people’s use of social media, the negative outcomes tend to outweigh the positive.One of the intriguing effects of the use of social media is the new twist on existentialism that this generation seems to have developed. The famous existential question of the...
August 02, 2018

A post on posting

Abdulrahman Saleh Alotaibi
Supporting Saudi businesses to go global
Going global is a strategic goal for businesses to achieve growth and sustainability. It helps in diversifying markets which lowers business risks and provides advantages to economies. Thus, governments worldwide are encouraging businesses to trade internationally. In the case of Saudi Arabia, Vision 2030 clearly puts forth the goal of increasing the share of the Kingdom’s non-oil exports. Saudi Arabian non-oil exports increased in value by 8 percent in 2017 in comparison with 2016. Non-oil exports reached 193 billion riyals in 2017 which represents 23 percent of total exports.Today, national and international regulators as well as business support organizations provide a number initiatives and reforms to enable businesses to fulfill global demand and to create economic surplus. From...
July 19, 2018

Supporting Saudi businesses to go global

Change is inevitable
Thinking back. Pondering life. How it was. How it is. How much you have been through. Who you were. And who you are now. How everything and anything could change in a split second. One thought, one notion, one piece of advice, one motive, and one decision can change a lot. One day you’re this and the other you’re that. One day you’re on top of the world and the other you’re at rock bottom. How much can we take and how much are we actually able to adjust to? How much is a human being really designed to handle? How much capacity do we actually have before we crack, before we go insane and mad? When can we let ourselves just “be” without controlling our emotions and keeping them in? When is it crucial to do so?They say: “To really Live you have to learn to Ignore”, i.e. to...
June 30, 2018

Change is inevitable

Academia and business toward one vision
Scientific research has always been one of the primary and most valuable contributors to the development of science, economics and human life in general. In Saudi Arabia, scientific research plays an important role with regard to the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, which seeks to shape the future of the country and transform it into a knowledge-based economy.In the Kingdom, scientific research relies primarily on government support. Meanwhile, there is an unexploited opportunity and gap between industry and academia. This is not the same as the gap between what a student learns as part of academic study and what work constitutes in reality; instead, this is the gap existing between the needs of academic research and those of industry research.This article aims to draw attention to the challenges...
June 29, 2018

Academia and business toward one vision

A defense of the humanities
The arts are one measure of a nation’s progress and are an indicator of a flourishing cultural scene. Ironically, the study of liberal arts, especially the humanities, is still misrepresented and underrepresented in Saudi Arabia, with the majority echoing a belief that has been ingrained is us for far too long: that the humanities are not practical.Indeed, the field has long been described to me as a path with no future, or else, as a path for the “less talented” people, aka losers. To this day, many people complain about how unfortunate it is to lose brilliant minds to the humanities; little do they know that the humanities actually nurture minds rather than bury them.Despite being the epitome of a society’s (and an individual’s) development, it may still not be clear how fields...
June 29, 2018

A defense of the humanities

Safi H. Jannaty
Indian education system: A sigh of relief
At last the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) of India realized the burden of studies on students and cut the syllabus by half from academic year 2019. The HRD Minister, Prakash Javadekar rightly admitted that the syllabus of some subjects was equivalent to what should be taught in graduate level classes. He said: “At the stage of development of cognitive skills, students need to be given full freedom.” There will be some other changes in the examination system and students will be given one more chance to pass exams before being forced to repeat the year.I always wondered what was making my daughter who is in the ninth grade keep her head in books and notes of social studies subjects for days and days on end. When she showed me the syllabus that was set for final exams, I...
June 22, 2018

Indian education system: A sigh of relief

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