MADINAH, 13 August 2007 — A Saudi man was shocked when he discovered that a car he had long sold off 17 years ago, was still under his ownership, the Al-Madinah newspaper reported yesterday. The man had paid a visit to the traffic department in Madinah to apply for a car plate for a new car when he discovered — thanks to a glitch in the traffic department’s computer system — that he still owned the other car. The man was asked to provide proof that he had indeed sold the car off and luckily managed to come up with the 1989 sale document. He is now waiting for the traffic department to take appropriate action and fix the problem.
Al-Khraishi Wedding Singers Show Kindness
Arab News
YANBU — Have a wedding and need to hire wedding singers? Don’t have the money to pay them? Well stop worrying because there is a band that can solve your problem. Known as the Al-Khraishi wedding band, the members, all of whom are above 50 years of age, offer their services at very cheap rates and if the groom can’t afford to pay them, they still play! This band is very popular in Yanbu and their popularity is spreading to nearby cities. The band does not have fixed rates and leave it to the discretion of the groom to pay them whatever he deems appropriate.
Saudi Man Tries to Take Crocs, Snakes on Plane
Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt — It was very nearly a real-life version of the movie “Snakes on a Plane.” A man was stopped at Cairo’s airport just moments before he boarded a Saudi Arabia-bound plane with carry-on bags filled with live snakes, as well as a few baby crocodiles and chameleons. Security officials became suspicious of the 22-year-old Saudi man’s bags when the X-ray machine at the departure gate gave odd readings. Police said they opened the bags and found a large number of reptiles, including at least one cobra, squirming to escape. The animals were confiscated and turned over to the Cairo Zoo and the man was allowed to board his flight home. Transporting live reptiles out of the country is illegal in Egypt, but the passenger said he was unaware of the ban and that the snakes, crocodiles and chameleons were needed by a Saudi university for scientific experiments, police said.
