by Mohammed Al-Jazairy | Jun 28, 2006 | Opinion
The Gulf region will shift its attention to Kuwait on Thursday as parliamentary elections are due to take place. The historical elections will see women take part as candidates and voters after many years of being deprived of this basic right. The participation of...
by Mohammed Al-Jazairy | Jun 11, 2006 | Opinion
Last week, the Saudi Ministry of Education issued a number of official directives in a bid to restrict school trips and prohibit extremists from exploiting them, as part of the implementation of a new framework for school trips. The decision by Dr. Abdullah Obaid, the...
by Mohammed Al-Jazairy | Jun 5, 2006 | Opinion
Recently the program “Kalam Nouaem” (Sweet Talk), broadcast on MBC, focused on the daily lives of Saudi women. The episodes featured a number of prominent females from the Kingdom, representing the Saudi women in all her glory. However, the context in which some...
by Mohammed Al-Jazairy | May 29, 2006 | Opinion
In the past two weeks, internet forums have been flooded with comments on the incident of two Saudi students in American universities who were charged with trespassing after they jumped aboard a school bus instead of using public transport. A simple mistake like this...
by Mohammed Al-Jazairy | May 21, 2006 | Opinion
Two weeks ago, the Teachers College in Jeddah wonderfully completed the elections of a student council following the example of the student council in the Teachers College in Medina. The following of the elections by the press was interesting for two reasons: it had...
