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New York- Kim Kardashian, a model and television star who supports Israel and ridicules the Palestinians, is in a new controversy.
The actress’ choice of gift wrap for her Christmas gifts sparked outrage on social media. Kim Kardashian received a gift cloth in the form of a kafan pudawa in the context of the killing of Palestinians by the Israeli army.
The white cotton fabric was chosen from the reality star’s Skims brand. This angered many social media users.
The controversy intensified when users pointed out the similarity between Kardashian’s gift wrap and the Muslim shroud.
Users were quick to express their displeasure with Kardashian in light of the brutality Palestinians are facing by the Israeli military.
Kim Kardashian, who first used zombie football jerseys to mock injured Palestinian children, has now been accused by social media users of wrapping Christmas presents in white cloth to mock dead Palestinians. During Halloween, the zombie football jersey brought Kardashian into controversy.

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2023-12-25 16:26:54

Dammam – Asharqiya Municipality, Traffic Police and Dhahran Police jointly seized 117 illegal quad bikes during inspections at Half Moon Beach in Dhahran. Bikes that did not comply with the rules and regulations and violated the safety standards were seized. Dhahran Baladia Chief Engineer Faisal Alqahtani said that actions will be taken against law breakers who pose a threat to the safety of beach visitors and accidents caused by quad bikes will be prevented. Baladia chief also said that the municipality will continue strict inspections to prevent violations of the law.
1,481 illegal bikes were seized during raids conducted by the Saudi Traffic Directorate in various provinces during the week. These bikes were seized during the inspections conducted from December 17 to 23. 115 from Riyadh, 111 from Makkah, 63 from Madinah, 45 from the Eastern Province, 32 from Asir, 24 from Tabuk, 53 from Hail, 73 from Al-Qazim, 106 from Jizan, 23 from Najran, 24 from the Northern Frontier Province, and seven from Al-Jawf. The traffic police seized seven bikes from Albaha, 763 from Jeddah, 36 from Taif and five from Khuraiyat within a week.

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2023-12-25 11:19:34

JEDDAH – Abshir, an online service platform under the Ministry of Interior, provided more than 48 lakh services to locals, foreigners and visitors in November. More than 26.8 lakh services were provided through Abshir Individuals and more than 21.66 lakh services were provided through Abshir Business. Abshir provides more than 350 services from various government departments.

Sixteen new services have been added to Abshir this year. Appeal against traffic directorate report related to road accidents, abandonment of cases related to road accidents, change of ownership of firearms, issuance of driving license, authorization of others to ride bikes, bike registration, renewal of registration, change of ownership of bikes, permit for road works, criminal record report, replacement of damaged identity card The new services included in Abshir this year are issuance of new card, application for ID card for family members, delivery of Saudi ID card by post, activation of Saudi ID card, introduction of advanced technologies for photo submission for renewal of Saudi ID card and revised Bayanati service.

2,99,355 Inchema Ichmen, 2,23,582 re-entry, 99,846 Saudi passport issues 31,441 Saudi passport, 201,277 re-entry, 19,204 Final Exit visa. Cancellation, 10,789 change of sponsorship, 4,819 final exit during probation period and 1,583 authorizations to receive maids arriving in the country on new visas at airports were provided by Jawazat Directorate through Abshir last month.
1,11,956 vehicle registration renewals, 96,106 vehicle repair work permits, 86,109 authorizations for others to drive vehicles, 70,189 driving license renewals, 29,591 number plate changes, 23,485 removal of old vehicles from owner records, 17,955 vehicle sale transactions, 4 insurance renewals. Out of 734 inquiries Answers and 5,114 arms licenses were provided by Abshir from the Department of Public Safety.

In November, Abshir also provided the services of taking action on 1,73,451 applications to deliver the issued documents directly to the addresses of the owners after completing the procedures from the concerned departments, 38,709 Abshir reports and replying to 3,645 inquiries regarding fingerprint registration.
1,09,961 re-entry, 3,54,688 new Eqamo-Eqama Upgrading, 10,94,723 inquiries of transportation of transportation of other people to vehicles Inclusion as a genuine user, 44,319 change of sponsorship, 35,457 prevention of transfer of vehicle ownership, 34,937 renewal of vehicle registration, 19,565 extension of re-entry, 12,664 authorizations to drive on visit visa holders, 11,008 authorizations to carry out repair work on vehicles owned by institutions, 7, 355 reported, 6,677 final exit Cancellation, 6,604 driving license queries answered, 6,061 passport information updates, 4,445 profession change, 2,423 re-entry cancellations and 2,326 vehicle queries answered last month were also provided through Abshir Business Platform.

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2023-12-22 15:49:52

Jeddah – The Ministry of Education has said that principals have the power to close schools in Saudi Arabia during nine weather phenomena. The guide issued by the Ministry of Education in this regard stated that the heads of provincial education departments have the power to cancel regular classes in schools and shift classes to online mode. Heavy rainfall of 10 to 50 mm and more, dust storms with visibility of one kilometer and less, dust particles in the atmosphere with visibility of one kilometer and less, heavy fog with visibility of one kilometer and less, strong winds of 60 kilometers per hour and more, three A wave height of more than a meter,
Education Minister Yusuf said that in the event of extreme cold where the temperature drops to 7 degrees and below, extreme heat when the temperature rises to 51 degrees and above, and strong snowstorms where snow forms at a height of five centimeters per hour, in coordination with the relevant departments, the heads of the education department have the authority to suspend regular classes in schools and switch classes to the online mode. The circular issued by Al Bunayan clarified.
Weather phenomena affecting the safety of students, poor condition of school buildings after rains, problems affecting student health such as communicable diseases, international events hosted by Saudi Arabia due to road closures, official visits, temporary closure of school buildings for development works, and emergency maintenance of ancillary facilities such as toilets. The Heads of the Education Department have the authority to shift classes to online mode instead of regular classes in case of temporary situations like power failure, non-availability of water in schools for one day, situations that threaten the safety of students like fire-partial collapse of school building, evacuation of school building for one day for clean-up work due to leakage of hazardous substances. It was stated in the circular issued by the Minister of Education Yusuf Al Bunayan.

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2023-12-21 17:21:04

Riyadh – The Ministry of Commerce announced that 102 candidates have submitted nomination papers to run for the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors elections. Fourteen of them are women. A Gulf businessman has also filed nomination papers. The Election Supervisory Committee will scrutinize the nomination papers and ensure that the conditions are complete and the final list of candidates will be announced within a few days. After this the election date will be announced.
There is a condition that the candidates for the election of the Chamber Board of Directors should have not less than ten years of experience in the business sector. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with not less than five years of experience. There are conditions that the Chamber subscription must be duly paid, commercial registration must have been in force for at least three years prior to submission of nomination papers, must not be a member of the Board of Directors of another Chamber of Commerce, and must not be a relative among the candidates.

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2023-12-21 13:55:47

Jeddah – The Ministry of Tourism figures show that most foreign tourists arrive in Saudi Arabia from the Gulf countries. In the first half of this year, 44.8 lakh tourists from Gulf countries visited Saudi Arabia. 41.3 lakhs from Asia, 30.3 lakhs from the Middle East, 13.8 lakhs from Europe, 13.5 lakhs from Africa, 2.1 lakhs from America and about ten thousand people from other countries visited Saudi Arabia during the six months from January to the end of June. 1.46 crore foreign tourists came to the country in six months.
During this period, 31 percent of the foreign tourists who came to the country were from the Gulf, 28 percent from Asian countries, 21 percent from the Middle East, nine percent from Europe, nine percent from Africa, more than one percent from America and more than 0.1 percent from other countries. Spending by tourists rose to 4,610 crore Rials in June. This is an all-time record. Prior to this, the record was set in August 2019 in tourism sector expenditure. In August 2019, tourists spent 4,290 crore riyals in Saudi Arabia. This record was broken in June.
Foreign tourists contributed 2,713 crore riyals and domestic tourists contributed 1,900 crore riyals in the expenditure of tourists in June. Foreign tourists accounted for 58.8 percent and domestic tourists accounted for 41.2 percent of June tourism spending. Compared to June 2022, there was a 630 percent growth in foreign tourist spending and 217 percent growth in domestic tourist spending in June last year.
Tourists spent 15,000 crore riyals in the first quarter of this year. Of this, 8,690 crore Riyals are contributed by foreign tourists and 6,310 crores by domestic tourists. A 63 percent growth was recorded in the expenditure of tourists. In the second quarter, the expenditure of tourists increased to 8,420 crore Rials. This is an all-time record.
In the first half of this year, 2.9 million foreign tourists visited Saudi Arabia for entertainment purposes. In the first half of last year, 6,56,000 foreigners came to Saudi Arabia for entertainment purposes. Compared to this, the number of foreign tourists who came for entertainment purposes increased by 350 percent during the first six months of this year. In the first half of this year, 20 percent of the foreign tourists who visited Saudi Arabia were for entertainment purposes. 45 percent came to the country with religious motives. 65.9 lakh foreigners came to Saudi Arabia for religious reasons in six months. The rest visited Saudi Arabia for business, family visits, shopping and sports.

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2023-12-21 11:06:12