Another Maid Story - Saudi Plot

A maid story repeated all over again, but this time the victim is another Indonesian lady.

Unpaid salary for 18 months, broken teeth, toes and fingers amputated and kept tied foe a month in the bathroom.

What did she gets for all of these, a mere sum of 2,500 Saudi Riyals from a Saudi court as a compensation for all her troubles.

Be sure to have your breakfast before you read her story for you might lose your appetite.

In another efforts to bring young Saudis to the workforce is their government efforts to build and operate more technical training schools. In this Arabnews.com articles, the government is hoping to that more young Saudis would take up jobs in the Industrial sectors.

The bottom-line is that decision makers is hoping to replace the "guest workers" with nationals who are WILLING to work. But then this process would AGAIN bring more "guest workers" as to the question that would pop up is that "who will train these young saudis"? Well the answer would be "let's bring in more guest workers"...

JEDDAH, 9 May 2008 — The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) plans to establish 200 new industrial institutes in various parts of the country as part of its efforts to train young Saudis to take up various industrial jobs currently done by guest workers.

From Arabnews...

Learn more about King Faisal of Saudi Arabia

For somebody who have long enough in Saudi Arabia, most common name that you will never missed is King Faisal. Aside from being the namesake of one of the most advance health care facilities in the KSA.

King Faisal memory will be relieved in an exhibition...

The King Faisal Center for Research & Islamic Studies (KFCRIS) is also to hold an exhibition on King Faisal titled “Witness & Martyr” on the sidelines of the seminar. New information and documents about the king have been collected from several countries, including the US and Britain. On display will be the king’s possessions and speeches, and films and pictures about him.

The exhibition will continue at the National Museum of the King Abdul Aziz Historical Center for two months. It will later move to Abha, where the king spent his early days. After 45 days, the exhibition will move to Makkah where it will stay until the Haj season.

“Everybody knows that King Faisal was the deputy of King Abdul Aziz in Hejaz. He had an office and a home in Makkah for several years,” Turki said.

Arabnews Story Here!

Mozarts in KSA

Unbelievable but true. Not something that you heard of most often but come to think of it, how many times would you come across such a headline,

"A first for Saudis: Mozart performed for both genders"

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - It's probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia's first-ever performance of European classical music in a public venue before a mixed gender audience.

The concert, held at a government-run cultural center, broke many taboos in a country where public music is banned and the sexes are segregated even in lines at fast food outlets.

The Friday night performance could be yet another indication that this strict Muslim kingdom is looking to open up to the rest of the world.

A few weeks ago, King Abdullah made an unprecedented call for interfaith dialogue with Christians and Jews — the first such proposal from a nation that forbids non-Muslim religious services and symbols.

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