JEDDAH, 15 December 2007 — Moroccan producer Mohammed Balhaj announced that he has completed filming a documentary on the life of Syrian-American producer and director Moustapha Akkad, the Arabic daily
RIYADH, 14 December 2007 — The incident that sparked the Qatif Girl rape trial began when an 18-year-old girl reportedly met an ex-boyfriend in front of a mall in 2006 to retrieve a photograph of herself. “Months
JEDDAH, 14 December 2007 — Kate Rudd is a tall, clear-eyed blonde, easy of manner, with an effervescent personality. At 30-something she is the very model of a modern British diplomat of the new-style
When we decide to perform Haj, the four-day annual pilgrimage, we usually think of planning for air travel, place of sojourn, and journey logistics. I wonder how many of us think of preparing our bodies
PUNE, 12 December 2007 — The Indian state of Maharashtra performs poorly when it comes to battling diseases. It has the largest number of people with diabetes in the country. It is a hotbed for tuberculosis,
RIYADH, 11 December 2007 — If there is anything close to a consensus in the understanding of intelligence, it is that IQ (Intelligence Quotient) does not wholly account for an individual’s success
JEDDAH, 7 December 2007 — When hearing of a person who has been diagnosed with AIDS, one might envision an ensuing divorce and shattered family. People think that “AIDS” is a synonym for “imminent
JEDDAH, 7 December 2007 — Many workers are manipulating the sick leave system to take vacations from work. It is often easy to get a sick leave from private hospitals, even if the person is not that
