التوجه نحو إصدار «الغرين كارد» للمقيمين في السعودية على خطى كرت الإقامة للأجانب في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، الذي كشف عنه ولي ولي العهد وزير الدفاع الأمير محمد بن سلمان في لقائه الشامل مع محطة تلفزيون بلومبيرج الأمريكية، ونشرته الصحف السعودية على نطاق واسع، قد أثلج صدور المقيمين الذين رحبوا به كإجراء سيريحهم من كثير من…
THE “green card” plan disclosed by Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, in an interview with Bloomberg, has been welcomed by many expatriates. The plan will help expatriates ease away from the tight hold of sponsors, many of whom have been exploiting both white and blue-collar workers. Though…
Are civility, good behavior and manners relics of the past? I read occasionally in some London papers and even American ones of the distributing decline in social graces and correctness.
Well, I got a local example in Jeddah last Friday at a sandwich shop when a customer came in and hurled abuses at the counter…
The advent of social media in the region has had several positive effects. No longer can the guardians of media suppress information, incidents or narratives that previously could not see the light of day. As a result several incidents concerning the public have come to the fore and errant officials have been taken to task…