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Tuesday 8 July 2008 (04 Rajab 1429)

Let us have premarital psychology tests, too

A friend of mine who contemplates leaving her husband told me, “I no longer have any feelings toward my husband. I am left without a soul.” She believes she has reached a dead end in finding... Full Story


Restructure civil service

How can I ask my employees to do their best and be loyal if their simple rights are not being met? How can I ask them to do their best if they do not receive proper training? Ahmad and Hamed are two... Full Story


Need for women’s gyms

In my opinion, there is no other way to help women lose weight than to provide them with affordable gyms. A recently published report in Al-Madinah newspaper said that 66 percent of Saudi women are... Full Story




Open skies: We are out of the race

Work is under way to make Dubai’s airport the world’s most busiest in terms of the number of passengers who use it. By the end of 2007, more than 34.3 million passengers traveled through the airport... Full Story


Fire department and negligence

Local newspapers have recently published several stories that ended in tragedies as a result of negligence on the part of the Civil Defense. One of the stories was about Fatima Al-Saadi, an old woman... Full Story


A doctor with conscience

AN Egyptian doctor who, before his deportation, worked at a private hospital in Jeddah was pressured by his hospital to increase his workload and generate profit at the expense of patients. To... Full Story


Say goodbye to sponsorship

THE Kingdom’s sponsorship system has become a major headache for all parties involved, including the sponsor, the employee, the Labor Ministry, the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) and the... Full Story


Long-term blackmail

I pondered a great deal over the story of a poor woman who lived in fear for over 14 years. The woman had been blackmailed for the entire period and had been pressured to hand to her blackmailer over... Full Story


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