By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Vice President of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s industrial committee Ulfat Gabbani has urged more women to enter the industrial sector, which she said was the second-highest contributor to national income after petrol. In a working paper titled “Women’s Industrial Investment … a Promising […]
By NADIA AL-FAWAZ | ARAB NEWS Published: Oct 9, 2011 23:48 Updated: Oct 10, 2011 00:10 ABHA: A debate is going on whether Saudi women who spend most of their time in malls and markets during the weekends are simply trying to alleviate their boredom or they are seriously addicted […]
What are America’s brave soldiers serving abroad afraid of if their hands are clean? America’s audacity is breathtaking. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demanded that Iraq provide total immunity to the US troops staying on beyond the scheduled pullout later this year. First, the US must invent a pretext […]
When asked to explain why he does what he does, Zaim Saidi points to a song, “Kisah 8 Dirham” (“The Story of 8 Dirhams”) by Gita Gutawa. The tune tells of the Prophet Muhammad going to the market with eight dirhams, or silver coins. Along the way, he gives away […]
Riyadh: A Saudi woman broke down as she told members of the Shura Council how she had unsuccessfully searched for a job for the past 15 years. read more
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Plans are under way to establish 12 cable car systems, linking the parking areas in Kudai, Rusaifa and Taneem with the Grand Mosque in Makkah as part of the government’s efforts to facilitate transportation of pilgrims and reduce traffic congestion. Adnan Gutub, director of the Center […]
By MUHAMMAD AL-SULAMI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is honorary president of the Charitable Society for Memorization of the Holy Qur’an, has called for making use of modern technology to learn and disseminate the teachings of the holy book. The governor made this comment on […]
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Saturday reiterated Jordan’s support for the Libyan people in achieving their aspirations in the reconstruction of a new Libya. The Monarch also voiced his support for the National Transitional Council (NTC) in its efforts to rebuild Libya and maintain its sovereignty, independence […]
SIDON, Lebanon: A senior Hamas official dismissed Friday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to seek U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state as “a political jump in the air” designed to scupper an inter-Palestinian reconciliation. Mahmoud Zahar, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, spoke to journalists after touring the Palestinian refugee […]
By ARAB NEWS To start with, it is strange to have such a name, Amah, which means ‘slave woman’. Why would anyone call his daughter that? Yet the Arabs at the time used very strange names. Perhaps because of this she was better known by her nickname, ‘Umm Khalid.’ Her […]
By MAAYAN LUBELL | REUTERS ARABNEWS JERUSALEM: In its troubled peace talks with the Palestinians, Israel has demanded that it should be recognized as a Jewish state, but there is deep domestic division on what that means. Yoram Kaniuk, a rambunctious 81-year-old author, was hailed by Israeli secularists this week […]
By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is also chairman of the Central Haj Committee, will launch this season’s national media campaign to enlighten domestic pilgrims on Haj regulations on Oct. 15. The logo of the campaign, which was first launched in the Haj […]
By BRADLEY KLAPPER BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic The Obama administration warned the U.N. cultural agency to stay out of the question of Palestinian statehood or face the consequences, as American lawmakers were threatening to withhold tens of millions of dollars in U.S. funding if the organization agrees […]
By AGENCIES ARABNEWS RAMALLAH, West Bank: A senior Palestinian official called Wednesday for the replacement of international Middle East envoy Tony Blair, saying the former British leader is biased in favor of Israel and is “of no use at all.” Mohammed Ishtayeh, a member of the Central Committee of the dominant […]
By GALAL FAKKAR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Most charitable societies in the Kingdom have shifted from traditional to electronic donation collection systems after finding out that donors prefer such methods to give money. Khaled Al-Serhttp://www.themuslimtimes.org/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=postaihy, director general of the International Research and Studies Center, said his organization had played a […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Mashair Railway will transport more than 500,000 pilgrims this Haj season when it operates at full capacity for the first time, a senior government official said. The service links the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah. “The railway will charge […]
GENEVA/DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (AFP) – More than 2,900 people have been killed in Syria since the start of a crackdown on anti-regime protests, the UN said on Thursday a day before its human rights body was to discuss the situation. “According to the detailed list of names of individuals we’ve been keeping, […]
IDF patrol vehicle near Shilo trapped by roadblocks; settlers and soldiers clash in what a senior officer calls ‘crossing a red line.’ By Anshel Pfeffer haaretz online. Dozens of Jewish settlers surrounded an IDF patrol vehicle on Wednesday evening near the Shilo settlement, setting up roadblocks and physically assaulting IDF […]
By ARAB NEWS MADINAH: Saudi female poet Mastoura Al-Ahmadi died on Monday at the age of 35 at King Fahd Hospital in Madinah after she suffered from a heart problem. Al-Ahmadi was a famous poet who participated in the popular reality TV show “Poet Of The Million,” aired from United […]
By MARIAM NIHAL, MARIAM.NIHAL@ARABNEWS.COM For centuries calligraphy has joined the dots between contemplation, opinions, perception of art and poetry with Islam. A beautiful depiction of the words of Allah is granted a blank canvas where artists with their dreams, intellect and born genius paint them to life. Arabic script has […]