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  • U.S. Department of Commerce and Saudi Ministry of Commerce Announce Plan to Deepen Commercial Cooperation

    The Work Plan aims to guide our cooperation in four areas, which were selected based on the U.S. and Saudi Arabia’s shared goals of open, prosperous markets and inclusive growth. These areas are: the green economy, strengthening the role of women and small medium enterprises (SMEs), promoting innovation, and increasing two-way investment.

  • U.S. Department of Commerce and Saudi Ministry of Commerce Announce Plan to Deepen Commercial Cooperation

    The Work Plan aims to guide our cooperation in four areas, which were selected based on the U.S. and Saudi Arabia’s shared goals of open, prosperous markets and inclusive growth. These areas are: the green economy, strengthening the role of women and small medium enterprises (SMEs), promoting innovation, and increasing two-way investment.

  • Tales of the Bedouin – Part XIX: Journey to Meet The Son of Bathan

    In this piece, Mark Lowey, known as “Abu Jack” (father of Jack) to his Saudi friends, is escorted deep into the Rub Al Khali (Empty Quarter) to meet, for the first time, the son of an old acquaintance. In Part 1, Abu Jack and his Saudi traveling companion, Quriyan Al Hajri (Abu Mohammed), are guided to a remote desert encampment. They pause two kilometers short of their goal to refresh themselves after a long day of travel. Finally, they start the car and proceed slowly towards the encampment. In the moonless early evening, a single, distant light draws nearer. Part 1

  • UN says Yemen’s warring parties agree to renew truce

    The United Nations said Thursday that Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew a nationwide truce for another two months. The development offered a glimmer of hope for the country, plagued by eight years of civil war — though significant obstacles remain to lasting peace. The cease-fire between Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels initially came into effect on April 2. And though each side at times accused the other of violating the cease-fire, it was the first nationwide truce in the past six years of the conflict in the Arab World’s most impoverished nation.

  • Heart And Soul – Vignettes from Ali Al-Baluchi’s Memoir: Part VI

    While attending the 1998 reunion in Scottsdale, Arizona, I was approached privately by a number of annuitants, led by Doug Rines, who asked me, “Ali, how soon before a retiree reunion can be held in Saudi Arabia?” Pleased at their interest in returning to the Kingdom, I thought quickly, made an executive decision, and came back with a favorable response. Later that weekend, I made an announcement to the larger group of reunion attendees that the first expatriate reunion, or “KSA Reunion,” in Saudi Arabia would be held in March 2000, and immediately everybody stood and applauded most enthusiastically.

  • Germany, Qatar sign energy partnership agreement

    The partnership deal foresees regular meetings between authorities from both countries and creates a working group focused on developing trade relations in LNG and hydrogen, as well as one devoted to renewable energy.

  • Saudi Arabia starts selectively applying annual levy on domestic workers

    The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has started applying the first phase of the decision of the Council of Ministers to selectively impose a levy on domestic workers from Sunday, May 22. Saudi employers will have to pay an annual fee of SR9,600 for each house worker if their number exceeds four while expatriate employers will pay the same amount for each worker in excess of two. The ministry noted that only a limited segment of Saudi and expatriate employers will be affected by the decision, taken by the Cabinet on March 8, 2022.

  • Heart And Soul – Vignettes from Ali Al-Baluchi’s Memoir: Part V – Community Services

    By the late 1970s, Ali Al-Baluchi had risen through Aramco’s Community Services to become Manager of the Food Distribution Department, where he was proud to employ one of the company’s first Saudi female employees. The following extract from Heart and Soul details how this opened a door to further training in the United States.

  • Why positive change in Middle East starts with bringing women into the work force

    “Many companies today are saying the right things, but there is no psychological safety, as such, for women to feel they can benefit from the flexible working hours or from the conditions that are being put in place that will allow them to find their balance as women,” she added.

  • Why positive change in Middle East starts with bringing women into the work force

    McKinsey emphasized four indicators that correlated with women’s participation in professional and technical jobs: Education, financial inclusion, digital inclusion, and legal protection.