Debate Over Public School Uniforms for Boys
Najah Alosaimi, Arab News |
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RIYADH, 28 September 2007 — The Education Ministry said it would not lift requirements that boys wear the Saudi traditional thobe (dishdash) and shumaq (the Saudi man’s headdress). “The current uniform...
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Holistic Approach Needed to Curb Drug Abuse
Javid Hassan, Arab News |
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RIYADH, 28 September 2007 — Pointing out that some Saudi families are unable to recognize the symptoms of drug addiction among their children, a survey conducted by Saudi TV2 has stressed the need...
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Ramadan and the Problem of Beggars
Badea Abu Al-Naja, Arab News |
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MAKKAH, 28 September 2007 — There are reasons to suspect that every foreigner coming to Makkah in ihram is not a pilgrim. Several poor foreigners are lured by the prospects of the profitable trade...
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Black Magic Practitioners in Police Net
Badea Abu Al-Naja & Muhammad Al-Juaid, Arab News |
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MAKKAH, 28 September 2007 — In the past three months, a team of Makkah police, led by Col. Muhammad Al-Minshawi, arrested three men, who swindled thousands of riyals from people alleging they were...
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The Stinky NBN Deal
Rasheed Abou-Alsamh, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 28 September 2007 — IT HAS been riveting to watch the ongoing Senate hearings into the contract to build a national broadband network that the Philippines signed with the Chinese telecommunications...
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