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Victims of energy therapists
Al-Watan newspaperA PERSON will face different emotional and psychological conditions, depending upon the various circumstances and situations in his life. He may be encountered by failures, disappointments and frustrations and will be wrestling with them continuously, causing tension.Such people are likely to fall victims of sadness and they lose balance and confidence. If they were strong and patient, they would have come out triumphant over such negative feelings and received mental peace and satisfaction.If that person is weak and negative-minded, he would be stuck between his defeats and shadow of his strange personality for a long time. During the course of that struggle, the evil-minded and immoral would try to trap such people in their moments of weakness in order to exploit...
January 10, 2018

Victims of energy therapists

Do not let companies deceive you with VAT!
Al-Madina newspaperSINCE the past week, I have been conducting a verbal survey related to the Value Added Tax (VAT) which became effective from Jan. 1, 2018. My simple goal is to test the people’s knowledge in taxes as it is happening for the very first time in the Kingdom.A majority of people did not know anything about VAT except that there will be a 5% increase in the prices of commodities. How? Why? None of them had enough knowledge. Only a minority were, to an extent, aware of this new VAT. The disaster, however, is that their information was somehow mixed and unauthentic. Not only that but also from unknown sources.For the Kingdom, applying VAT is totally new to the people since we never had taxes before. Therefore, I believe that there should have been an awareness campaign...
January 09, 2018

Do not let companies deceive you with VAT!

Involve traders in the VAT
Al-Madina newspaperTHE Value Added Tax (VAT) is quite known in a lot of countries around the world.However, in those other countries, even the lower-class citizens accept and believe in the taxes. That is because they do indeed see its positive effects on their lives. For instance, good services in education, medical insurance, infrastructure projects, and other services which truly make a difference in their lives. That is what our government right now, is trying to achieve.Although, we may know that such changes and effects would take time to happen. Consequently, I would suggest involving traders, importers, and company owners in paying taxes rather than letting only buyers handle the VAT.I honestly believe that such involvement is fair and important. Especially that private companies...
January 09, 2018

Involve traders in the VAT

Saudi aid and its global image
Al-Watan newspaperIF we assume that you provide humanitarian and relief assistance to people afflicted by natural calamities and civil wars around the world, inspired by your religious teachings and humanitarian principles, you will be surprised to see that only a few people in your own surroundings are aware of it, despite the magnitude of this noble humanitarian work.Moreover, you face strident smear campaigns in the media, raising suspicion about your humanitarian assistance and prompting international organizations to issue negative reports against you.This indicates that there is something wrong in your public relations campaign. If we distance ourselves from the conspiracy theory and try to diagnose the problem sincerely, we can easily understand that your media campaign to highlight...
January 08, 2018

Saudi aid and its global image

Friday sermon and non-Arabs
Makkah newspaperTHE purpose of the Friday sermon is to teach Muslim faithful good morals and advise them to adhere to the teachings of the Shariah including what it has enjoined and what is has forbidden.In Arab countries, especially in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, there are a substantial number of non-Arabic speaking expatriates. These foreigners find it very difficult to understand the teachings of Islam by listening to the Friday sermon because of the language barrier.Any communication between the prayer leader and his audience is not taking place here because the sermon is made in Arabic. As a result the purpose of the sermon is not realized with regard of non-Arab expats who are thus unable to understand the God-given rules and regulations, which have been clearly explained in...
January 07, 2018

Friday sermon and non-Arabs

85% of expats have only a secondary school education
Al-Riyadh newspaperSome 85 percent of expatriate workers in the Kingdom are not educated beyond the secondary school level. This is not new information and has been reported in the press several times over the past few years.The labor minister, however, highlighted this information recently when he said that 85 percent of non-Saudi workers in the private sectors are not educated beyond the secondary school level. This is a large number and something that can have a major impact on the private sector and the Kingdom’s Saudization programs and policies.This information is also important when we discuss the demands of the labor market and how the majority of college graduates have qualifications that do not meet labor market requirements. It is, therefore, important to discuss this...
January 06, 2018

85% of expats have only a secondary school education

We had cinemas before 1979
Al-Madinah newspaperWhoever lived in Saudi Arabia before 1979 truly understands how we were and what we have become today. They understand the radical changes we have undergone in the last 38 years. In light of all the positive decisions that have recently been made, such as allowing women to drive and reopening public cinemas, we consider 2017 to be an enlightened year.For those who do not know, there were cinemas in the Kingdom before 1979. In fact, families could rent special machines for playing movies. People in that period were able to gather together to enjoy films. As a matter of fact, some movies were played at weddings and other gatherings. We used to call the machines “cinema machines”. I still remember what good times we had then.I am not 100 percent sure, but I think that...
January 06, 2018

We had cinemas before 1979

Don’t criticize the Citizen’s Account program
Al-Madinah newspaperThe Saudi Citizen’s Account program announced a special budget for Saudis who are in need; this amounts to around SR300 depending on the number of people in a family, their ages and income.We all know that the Saudi Citizen’s Account program launched its electronic portal and that half of the Kingdom’s Saudi population signed up as users. The program is run online, which means that users might face some technical issues, just like any other online program. The Citizen Account program also allows a system for raising objections and making suggestions.However, some people criticized the portal on the first day of its launch saying that it was useless. Some people even asked for it to be shut down. These people have no justification in making such demands.Since the...
January 06, 2018

Don’t criticize the Citizen’s Account program

Electronic piracy is killing the publishing industry
Okaz newspaperLet’s admit it: Most, if not all of us, do not think twice about downloading electronic books. Instead of paying for them, we simply go to a website that offers pirated copies for free and download a book with the click of a button.But we must recognize that by doing so, not only are we violating intellectual property rights, but we are also partners with those involved in the crime of piracy.Piracy hurts the publishing industry immensely. Publishers bear all costs associated with publishing a book and authors rely on legitimate sales for income, but piracy means that both will find themselves with hard copies stored in their offices and warehouses, waiting to be sold to cover the cost of publishing.It is easy to understand, considering the climate of rampant piracy, why...
January 05, 2018

Electronic piracy is killing the publishing industry

Empower citizens to solve their own problems
Madinah newspaperA reader contacted me say that he took a proposal I recently made, added his own ideas and presented it to his local municipality as a solution to a chronic problem his city suffers from. The reader said that unlike his previous proposals, the municipality responded to his suggestion and even implemented it, but took all the credit!Without going into the details of the reader’s problem, I believe that it is important for citizens to be involved in solving administrative issues that affect them personally. This is because our local communities have become more mature and have developed a culture of responsibility that enables them to make serious contributions to development.This type of interaction between members of the community and municipal administrators is not new...
January 05, 2018

Empower citizens to solve their own problems

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