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Peter Principle at the Minbar 27 Aug 2013 | 07:09 pm
Imams in Saudi mosques are not immune to the Peter Principle, writes Abdo Khal in Okaz, the Arabic sister-paper of Saudi Gazette. While they may be good at a certain level, they get promoted to beyond...
Saudis to Crack Down on Habitual Traffic Offenders 26 Aug 2013 | 06:53 pm
Arab News reports that Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council is recommending new laws and punishments for repeat traffic offenders. In addition to fines and imprisonment, offenders’ cars face confiscation. S...
‘Holy City’ not Quite so Holy 26 Aug 2013 | 06:47 pm
Saudi Gazette reports that the religious police broke up a prostitution ring in the holy city of Mecca over the weekend. It’s not exactly in accord with the image of the city that most Muslims would c...
Saudis Issue Haj Health Regulations 26 Aug 2013 | 06:43 pm
As the MERS-CoV flu virus continues its slow spread and mortality, the government of Saudi Arabia has repeated its health warnings for pilgrims who will be undertaking the Haj in October. The elderly ...
US, Saudi Arabia Differ over Egypt 25 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm
In an Op-Ed appearing in Arab News, Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed — General Manager of Al Arabiya TV and former Editor-in-Chief of Asharq Alawsat — comments about the divergence of US and Saudi policies over...
Battles on the Twitter Front 24 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
Saudi Gazette reports that unknown persons (or at least unnamed persons) launched a Twitter attack on Saudi Arabia over the past month. In another model of incomplete reporting, the article (which ori...
Crossing Lines 24 Aug 2013 | 07:36 pm
Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reports that fighting broke out in a Riyadh mosque when a Saudi cleric called for the downfall of Egyptian General Sisi along with that of Syrian president Bashar Al Assad. E...
Bat Link for MERS-CoV Discovered 22 Aug 2013 | 06:47 pm
Since it first appeared, scientists studying the MERS-CoV flu virus have suspected a link to bats. This was because similar viruses were known to be associated with them. Now, a new, preliminary study...
“Arab Spring”… It’s a Mess 22 Aug 2013 | 06:34 pm
Arab News runs an analytical piece from Agence France Presse that takes a look at ‘Arab Spring’ and what it has accomplished. It has accomplished the feat of turning a turbulent region into a chaotic ...
Active Saudi Supreme Court 22 Aug 2013 | 06:23 pm
Saudi Gazette, relaying a story from the Arabic daily Al-Hayat reports that the Saudi Supreme Court overturned 18% of the cases presented to it last year. It repealed 161 out of 374 verdicts, most of ...
