By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Construction Products Holding Company (CPC) has sponsored the participation of three girl students from Dar Al-Hekma College in Jeddah in the five-day Global Leadership Conference 2011 held recently in Singapore. The conference was in preparation for the Earth Summit to be held in Rio de Janeiro, […]
By AGENCIES, ARAB NEWS LONDON: A UK court has ordered the newspaper The Independent on Wednesday to pay Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior of Saudi Arabia, Prince Naif, libel damages over an article which accused him of ordering police chiefs to shoot and kill unarmed demonstrators during this […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has decided to continue shouldering the cost of customs duty on imports of Palestinian products for another year. The decision was made at a meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah at Al-Salam Palace in […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A comprehensive study has been prepared for the expansion of the mataf (the circumambulation area around the Holy Kaaba) to reduce congestion. Col. Yahya Al-Zahrani, commander of the security force at the Grand Mosque in Makkah told Al-Watan Arabic daily that the mataf expansion would be […]
By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Tarahum, the national organization for the welfare of prisoners, ex-convicts and their families, is organizing Umrah trips for 1,000 of its registered members in Qunfudha this month. “A number of ex-convicts and relatives of prisoners are being sent for Umrah in Ramadan in […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: New workers have been recruited to hand out Ramadan meals at the courtyards of the Grand Mosque in Makkah. “Close to 500 new officials including supervisors are appointed to ensure the smooth free meal supply at the Grand Mosque in Ramadan,” Director […]
MAKKAH: The Makkah Royal Clock Tower, the second tallest tower in the world, will start emitting 16 light beams to a height of 10 kilometers Sunday evening to announce the beginning of Ramadan. The loud speakers installed at the top of the tower will carry the sound of adhan (call to […]
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Many workingwomen do not perform regular daily prayers at their workplaces because of their unwillingness to remove makeup to do ablution. A number of women interviewed by Arab News said it was important to keep their good looks and makeup during their hours […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: Imams in mosques throughout the Kingdom on Friday welcomed the holy month of Ramadan with an immense sense of piety and reminded their respective congregations to strictly follow the teachings of the Holy Qur’an during the fasting period. In his sermon at […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Speakers at a literary evening organized by Majlise Ilmo-Adab, Jeddah, provided an insight into Jahiliyyah Arabic literature and poetry on a day when a book on Arab literature before the advent of Islam was released. Two top literary figures from Lucknow — Rabab Rasheedi, a noted […]
By ARAB NEWS QATIF: The Department of Endowments and Heritage in the eastern city of Qatif has decided to ban divorces during the holy month of Ramadan, local Arabic daily Al-Riyadh reported Thursday. The department reportedly held a meeting attended by all marriage officials in the region and told them […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: To mark the launching of multilanguage Islamic religious programs on Iqraa Global Channel from the first day of Ramadan, the channel will air a special program at 10 p.m. Makkah time Friday. The channel’s Islamic programs will eventually be transmitted in seven world languages. Initially they […]
Arab News The whole system of hiring maids in Saudi Arabia needs govt attention and changes in the law This newspaper regularly publishes stories about maids in the Kingdom — maids attacked, murdered, abused, raped, unpaid, held as prisoners, treated as slaves — and sometimes even maids executed. There is […]
A friend in need is a friend in deed. And that has been proven time and time again by Saudi Arabia, which is more than a friend to Jordan, with the brotherly ties binding the two countries rising to levels that can be exemplary to other Arab states. At a […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: The Mashair Railway will transport more than 500,000 pilgrims during the coming Haj season, according to Haj Minister Fouad Abdul Salam Al-Farsy. The minister made the announcement on Tuesday after a tour of a number of Tawafa establishments to assess arrangements being […]
source. times magazine on line. It’s 10 minutes to midnight on a Thursday in Riyadh, the start of the Saudi weekend, and even though it’s the middle of finals, Tahlia Street swarms with kids in Porsches and Ferraris looking for a good time. Throbbing bass beats back the syncopated rhythm […]
source:asiatimes on line Saudi Arabia has reacted sharply to a “new era” in economic and political ties taking shape between its Sunni-dominated ally Pakistan and its Shi’ite rival Iran. Reports that Islamabad sought closer links in the religious sphere by sending devout Sunni scholars to Tehran on a secret mission […]
source.asiatimes on line. A Saudi beacon for Iraq’s Sunni militias Iraqi Shi’ite militias have stepped up attacks on United States troops while al-Qaeda and Sunni forces have exercised restraint, targeting only Shi’ites and refraining from firefights. It seems al-Qaeda has reached an understanding with a foreign power reluctant to be […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: Technologically advanced and highly hygienic dispensers and filling machines will be used to distribute Zamzam water to worshippers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah during Ramadan, an official said on Monday. According to the Umm Al-Qura […]