Posts Tagged ‘Makkah’
By Badea Abu al-Naja • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Real estate, Regional, Saudi Arabia
Landlords in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, are gearing up to kick tenants out ahead of the Haj, in order to charge pilgrims extortionate rents. They do this every year. It’s illegal.
By Mohammed Rasooldeen • Nov 3rd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Saudi Arabia, The Life, news
The kingdom has launched a major campaign to make the cities of Makkah and Madinah tobacco free during Haj this year.
By Ibtisam Sheqdar • Jul 5th, 2009 • Category: Article, Cover Story, Regional, Saudi Arabia, society
Saudi men claim women are stalking and harassing them at the workplace. Makkah’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice is looking into the complaints.
The emirate’s fashion scene may have been affected by the financial crisis, but some in the industry see a more positive trend in the future.
Though often described as a ‘Mexican oligarch’, the world’s richest man, who is worth a cool $53bn, has Lebanese ancestry. And he hasn’t forgotten it.
Around 35% of the medication sold in the Middle East is fake, compared to just 1% in the US. Kipp examines the threat posed by this $75 billion global trade, ...
The News Corp boss did not make a single reference to Dubai in his speech at Abu Dhabi’s glitzy media summit. But he still has links to the emirate’s high-profile ...
Democracy is the “most important priority” for the Arab youth, according to a recent survey. But some say this marks an urge for greater self-determination, rather than a change in ...
One was rocked by a ‘fake ads’ scandal, the other has seen a steadily declining number of entries. So which of the region’s competing advertising awards has the edge?
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