Tariq A. Al-Maeena

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Better to play it safe than be sorry

Have you ever been so mad at somebody that you were overcome with an overwhelming urge to strike back, and strike hard?

Holocaust envelops Palestinians

It has been more than 50 years since the unlawful Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. These are Palestinian lands the Israelis control through repression, institutionalized discrimination, murder and systematic abuse of the Palestinian population’s rights.

A missing sense of ethics

There are some who agree that our ethics have taken a collective turn for the worse over the past three decades or so. Be it work, business or social ethics, our general behavior seems to be on a subtle but ...

A citizen without citizenship

A few days ago, I read of a real-time tragedy when a family was wrenched apart without much feeling for the consequences. A Michigan man of Mexican descent was deported last week from Detroit in the US to Mexico, a ...

Honesty is the best policy

In the past few weeks one topic has dominated the conversation at many social gatherings and that is the arrest and detention of princes, businessmen and government officials who have been rounded up and sequestered, facing charges of corruption, money ...

Friday sermons for the faithful

As I make my way to the mosque for Friday prayers, I often find myself wondering what the sermon of the day will be.

Storm in a teacup

The Kingdom recently organized the King Salman World Blitz and Rapid Chess Championships in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia hosted the world chess tournament for the first time.

The dependents fee may have a negative economic impact

A study by some Saudi economists indicates that the expat dependents fee is a vital means to solve the issue of unemployment in the country.

Put an end to the vilification of Islam

As the year 2017 slides into 2018, one thing that is obvious to me is the decline in outrageous fatwas (religious edicts) that used to spring up constantly in times gone by. Going back in history, callous individuals used religion ...

‘A day that will live in infamy’

On December 8, 1941, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of the US Congress, a day after the attack by Japanese warplanes on the US naval fleet at Pearl Harbor. He described the actions of the previous ...