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Expat expelled from Saudi for ‘Lady Hunter’ tattoo
A Filipino worker in his 30s is facing deportation following his arrest by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. According to Arab News a Saudi Electricity Company employee noticed a lewd tattoo on the man’s arm, tailed him back to his residence, then informed the religious police.
The man had [...]
Red faces as Saudi train travels 10km on wrong track
The Saudi Railways Organization yesterday launched an investigation into how a Dammam-bound passenger train travelled for around 10km along the wrong track near Abqaiq. The foul up comes as the Kingdom sets up a new joint stock company to establish, develop, operate and maintain the $5bn, 1,100km Landbridge linking Jeddah with Dammam.
It will want to [...]
No end in sight to Bahrain-Saudi causeway delays
Trucks bringing goods to Bahrain are facing 24-hour delays on the Saudi side of the 25km King Fahad Causeway, with no solution in sight, an official said yesterday.
The crisis is damaging trade between Saudi and its neighbours, warned Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) board member Kareem Al Shummari, Gulf Daily News reports.
He said [...]
After the fall
The problems that have beset the Saudi stock market can be boiled down to one word: greed. That’s the opinion of Dr. Mohamed A. Ramady, a visiting Associate Professor of the Faculty of Finance and Economics at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran.
Ramady is in a position to know: he was a [...]
Saudi Minister flips burgers to sell McJobs to locals
it comes to something when the Labor Minister has don overalls and serve burgers to convince Saudis that working in a fast food joint is better than being unemployed.
Saudi Arabia’s Labor Minister, Ghazi Algosaibi, was pictured yesterday, wearing overalls and serving burgers in fast food restaurant in Jeddah. His three hour stint was aimed at [...]
The secret life of…Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud is a cousin of the Saudi Arabian king and one of the richest people in the world, with a fortune estimated near $30 billion. His Kingdom Holding Company is one of the world’s largest and most diversified investment firms. He has sizeable interests in NewsCorp, Euro Disney, [...]
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