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Top 10 Salaries In Saudi Arabia
- March 13,2013
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- SUSTG Team
The 2013 Gulf Business Salary Survey suggests it is good to be a CEO or managing director in Saudi Arabia; especially if you are a banking professional. The Survey also examines trends with regard to Arab, Western and Asian professionals and the impact of Nitaqat on small and medium sized companies.
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Saudi Youth Filmmaking on the Rise
- March 12,2013
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- SUSTG Team
Social media continues to catalyze Saudi Arabia in unpredictable ways. Fatima Al-Arjan takes a look at the rise of video blogging ‘vloggers.’ Short videos – some 36 seconds at maximum – have proliferated. While sometimes a platform for controversial posts, like many on-line communities, this one seems to be maturing. In a related item, female […]
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Saudi Prince Alwaleed Joins Twitter
- March 12,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal has joined Twitter, the microblogging social network in which the Prince holds a 3% stake. In an announcement in both Arabic and English on his official handle, @Alwaleed_Talal, Alwaleed’s office noted that the businessman will soon be active on Twitter: The Private Office of HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal […]
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Lockheed Nets $253 Million Training Contract
- March 12,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
US-based Lockheed Martin will provide Virtual Training Technologies in support of Saudi Arabia’s F-15SA Modernization Program. The news comes on the heels of a recent announcement that the company had set up a branch in Riyadh on February 8th. — According to a Press Release, Lockheed Martin, the Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace company, has received a contract […]
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Keystone: Saudi Arabia’s First Idea Translation Lab
- March 11,2013
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- SUSTG Team
Many people are familiar with the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) and it’s glittering $20 billion endowment. Founded in 2009 and sited north of Jeddah on the Red Sea, KAUST intends to be a global caliber research university as well as an educational and social bellwether that allows co-ed education. The KAUST […]
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Saudi youth, the issue of unemployment and work ethic
- March 10,2013
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- SUSTG Team
Abdulateef Al-Mulhim is a well-known Saudi commentator who is appreciated – at least here at SUSTG – for his willingness to take on sensitive topics and provide his particular perspective. In this item he addresses the work ethic of young Saudis, a subject of much debate. Not surprisingly, there are numerous facets to the discussion […]
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Instagramming Riyadh
- March 9,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a beautiful city – one that is growing and changing at an impressive speed. Yet much of the Kingdom’s capital remains as it has for years. Traditional style housing and buildings, most of which are no higher than two stories, still dominate this sprawling city, but the gargantuan and glitzy new […]
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Women Transforming the Middle East
- March 8,2013
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- SUSTG Team
In this thoughtful interview with SUSRIS, Dr. Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow, characterizes King Abdullah as a ‘committed incrementalist.’ An accurate description based on his steady push of reforms that are meaningful but are not, as some critics point out, decisive. Why doesn’t the King just declare that it is legal for […]
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US most preferred destination for Saudi students
- March 6,2013
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- SUSTG Team
According to an article in Arab News, the Ministry of Higher Education “recently issued a statement revealing that most of the students selected for the King Abdullah Foreign Scholarship Program preferred to go the United States of America to pursue their higher studies, while the least number of students chose Holland. The ministry’s statement provides figures […]
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New President for KAUST in Saudi Arabia
- February 19,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
In a press release today, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, announced a new president in Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, who will be the second to serve in that post since the university’s inception. Dr. Chameau previously served as President of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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Israel - HezbollahLebanese-Israeli border area quiet after concerns of another war erupting
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On January 27, the U.S. Central Command confirmed that the Kurds now control more than 90 percent of Kobani, though fighting continues on the outskirts. Wednesday, reporters and photographers ventured back into the recaptured city with YPG soldiers, documenting the wreckage left after months of ground battles and airstrikes.
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ISIS and AfPakIslamic State appoints leaders of ‘Khorasan province,’ issues veiled threat to Afghan Taliban
Abu Muhammad al Adnani, a spokesman for the Islamic State, announced the group's "expansion" into the lands of "Khorasan" -- modern day Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of the surrounding countries -- and declared former Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan or TTP) commander Hafez Saeed Khan as the "governor" of Khorasan province. Khan had previously served as the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan's emir for the tribal agency of Arakzai.
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Anti-ISIS CampaignUS sees Kobani as key win, but Mosul may require new tactics
The Kurdish recapture of Kobani in northern Syria appears to have provided a blueprint for defeating the Islamic State, bringing together U.S. air power with an effective ground force and protected routes for the movement of fighters and weaponry. Taking back the key Iraqi city of Mosul may be an entirely different matter. As Kurdish fighters, buoyed by their success after months of fighting near Syria's Turkish border, expanded their offensive Tuesday, American officials were able to point at long last to a victory in the battle against the Islamic State. The takeover of Kobani, which the U.S. says is now 90 percent complete, has put the extremists on the defensive.
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Kurds and DaeshKurds drive Islamic State fighters from strategic town of Kobane
The key Syrian border town of Kobane, the main focus of U.S. airstrikes in Syria for the past four months, has been retaken from the Islamic State by Kurdish forces, according to the U.S. Central Command and Kurdish activists.
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AfghanistanAfghan air force ascent slow, imperiling battle with Taliban
With new planes capable of engaging Taliban insurgents delayed by over two years, and NATO air missions backing up troops on the ground now at a minimum, the fledgling Afghan Air Force is scrambling to provide even basic support.
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Foreign LaborSaudi to lift ban on Bangladeshi labour
Saudi Arabia is to lift a seven year ban that prohibits Bangladeshi labourers from entering and working in the country.
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Af-Pak CooperationTaliban militants arrested over attack on Pakistan school that left 130 dead
Some of the Taliban militants behind last month’s massacre of more than 130 schoolboys in Pakistan have been arrested inside Afghanistan, in the latest sign of sharply improved counter-terror cooperation between the two countries.
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Bank EarningsSaudi banking giant posts sixth straight drop in quarterly profit
Saudi lenders are facing strong headwinds as net interest income comes under pressure from weakening loan growth and fierce competition, especially in the retail market. Analysts also warn that a prolonged slump in oil prices could dent confidence in the banking sector.
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ISIS and LebanonAmid Raging Violence in Syria, Lebanese Sunnis Turn Backs on Islamic State
The twin suicide bombings were overshadowed by the fallout from the Charlie Hebdo killings, but their nine victims were no less innocent than the slain citizens in Paris. While the al Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, Lebanese Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk said that initial information suggested that it was the work of the Islamic State. Whatever the case, the attack marked the worst violence in Lebanon since the army clashed with Islamist militants in Tripoli in October, and renewed fears that the Syrian conflict was spilling over into the country.
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