Saudi To The Core

Dr.Miller and His Falsification Test to the Kuran

2011-01-09T09:01:00.000-08:00

Image via WikipediaI get to be asked alot about Quran and few non muslim people who askes me seems to have an angery and dislikes openions towards Quran, which is OK as its just the way they feel also. NOW I do not claim to be expert about quran but i do my best to live by it. Anyhow my latest discussiob with a friend athiest reminded me of Dr.Miller story with the Quran. Dr.Gary Miller was not

THEY are asking me about Islam

2011-01-07T03:53:00.000-08:00

Image by smiling_da_vinci via FlickrHello to all of you, and happy new year; I was interviewed by a respected blogger Debra who publish an insightful blog called 'You, Me & Religion". It was all about how do i live with Islam being my religion. Here is the interview, tell me what do you think. http://youmereligion.blogspot.com/2011/01/ebtesam.html Thanks.

Truth and Lies: Operation Cast Lead on Gaza A well Planned Genocide #gaza2

2010-12-31T05:05:00.000-08:00

In 2008, Isreal initiated "Operation Cast Lead" two days after Christmas. It was "Planned Humanitarian Disaster"in Gaza a densly populated urban area. This vicious paln was first formulated by the Israel government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2001: "Sources in the defense establishment said Defense Minister Ehud Barak instructed the Israel Defense Forces to prepare for the operation

Residency And Scholarship-part one

2010-12-30T04:50:00.000-08:00

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Scholarly mentorship for residents not like the old days in the Saudi Arabia. It is not only extremely difficult to get one but there are very few scholarships unless you have a good financial support from your family, then you can go outside the Kingdome for a scholarship. During my residency, I honestly was rarely encouraged to write, engage in

AIDS in Saudi Arabia and World day 2010

2010-12-02T06:30:00.000-08:00

(HIV) continues to be a major health problem worldwide despite enormous efforts to control its spread.Available data point to increasing HIV infection rates in the Middle East and North Africa. The Prevelance In a surveillance for HIV has been underway in SA since 1984. A total of 6046 HIV infections were diagnosed, of which 1285 (21.3%) cases were Saudi citizens and 71% were expatriates.Over

Images of the Overwhelming Discrimination against Saudi Arabians.

2010-11-21T12:38:00.000-08:00

Discriminations against Saudi arabians is shocking and very painful, actually it is unbelievable. Saudi arabians face discrimination even inside their own land. For example, some of the Western compounds. These compounds run as colonial state . Many of the Western compounds will not rent to Saudis as these compounds are meant for expatriates. Many compounds prohibit Saudi nationals from entrée.

Third Day:Hajj mission diary 2010

2010-11-13T11:29:00.000-08:00

Today is the third day of my Hajj mission. The long shifts that comes at different time periods and the fake disasters drill started to take its toll on everybody. Pilgrims also started coming to Mina. We are sleep deprived and exhausted but we are well trained and prepared for Hajjis. Yesterday,We got 2 cases positive H1N1. They were from the security forces positioned inside Mina. Also

My Hajj Mission Diaries 2010

2010-11-11T14:20:00.000-08:00

This year I'm also fortunate to be one of the doctors in the medical hajj mission in Mina. In this year Hajj many pilgrims came. And The scare of the H1N1 flu still in the air. But we really have faith in God then in our ability and the experience we gained throughout the years. All of us are excited although we know that it will extremely exhausting.We are very prepared to the rush hours and

Saudi Women Created the Largest Pink Ribbon

2010-10-29T07:46:00.001-07:00

Saudi women Broke the Guinness world record in forming world largest pink human ribbon the global symbol against Breast Cancer. Hundreds of pink-wearing Saudis Arabian women, have gathered in Jeddah last night, Thursday (10/28/2010), in a stadium pitch to create the largest human ribbon in the world . The previous record of 3,640 people was set in Germany in 2007. This activity is

Old Saudi Board MCQS QUETIONS INTERNAL MEDICINE to download

2010-10-21T14:33:00.000-07:00

STUDY OLD EXAM QUESTIONS is very effetive and smart method in preparing for your exams.It is the most effectve way to speed up your pace in studying ,and I KNOW THIS form experiene ;) . By going through old exams MCQ,you understand the basic and detail processes of examination and you get to know what type of information and points you fcus on in your study for each topic. In any exam

We All you #Samar and We Will Never Rest Untill You DO

2010-10-14T15:27:00.000-07:00

IF YOU FOLLOW MY TWEATS yesterday you would notice that some of my tweats are hashtagged with #Samar. It was about Samar Badawi CASE, which had erupted sudddenly yesterday all over the internet. A trend started from twitter by Fouad Alfarhan who is a social activist and a blogger. The Samar story According to "The Free Samar" blog , Samar Mohamed Badawi learned to fight for her freedom

SAUDI COUNCIL LICENSE EXAM (SLE)

2010-10-14T10:28:00.000-07:00

I recieved an email about SAUDI COUNCIL LICENSE EXAM (SLE) from Dr.Naveed who is a physcian from Pakistan. He had an interview with Saudi Medical delegation in Islam and got accepted to practice medicine in Saudi Arabia. So here I TAKE THIS CHANCE TO welcome you and the many new comers as brother and collegues who we all appreciate and respect as they will put most of their efforts and time (

PreOrder your iPhone 4 today @STC_KSA

2010-10-12T10:50:00.000-07:00

Apparently, just an hour ago STC has launched the preordering phase of iphone 4 campaign on STC official website. I'm actually excited about this to see if STC will put compelling offers to try to win over costumers, especially that mobily telecom and its personals showed themselves as having very low knowlladge about every aspect regarding iphone, also they showed very little

The Ministry of Women affairs

2010-10-09T10:18:00.000-07:00

Recently in Saudi Arabia there is talk of establishing a Ministry of Women's Affairs in the . This new ministry is said to put the women in the position of decision-making,to give them a greater voice in solving their issues as proposed by Dr. Basmah Umayr, the executive director of Al-Sayyidah Khadijah Bint Khuwaylid Center at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce. Although this new ministry will get

Mobily opened it's showrooms today to sell iPhone 4 and soon the STC will follow

2010-09-25T03:09:00.000-07:00

Today mobily operator opened its door to many eager spectators standing outside its main branches waiting to buy the new iPhone 4 at a relatively reasonable and even cheaper prices. Not surprisingly, the iPhone 4 got sold out within 3 hours in many of the main branches branches. Many current iPhone 4 users In Saudi Arabia pre-order it from it retailer store in the US , or they bought it

To The Ministry of Lies You Are not the Law

2010-09-24T15:29:00.000-07:00

The ministry of lies you are not the law Ministry of information denied that it will censor the online publishing and made its Spokesman, Mr.Alhazza to retreat from his Thursday announcement. The new announcement gets weirder and more contradicting the more you try to understand. Mr.Alhazza instead of saying sorry and we will prevent the situation from happening, he said we miss

A license to blog in your dreams big brother

2010-09-24T05:13:00.000-07:00

Last night the ministry of information announced through their official Mr. Al-Hazza that all Saudi Arabian online publishers , including blogs and forums, will need license to be officially registered with the ministry . Also they should register their sites officially. I am appalled by this announcement soon to be a law!!!. Where do we go from here?!!!. The act of writing and expressing one

Investigations showed that The Sri Lankan maid torture allegations not true

2010-09-14T23:34:00.000-07:00

Ariyawathi, a 49-year-old Sri Lankan housemaid,caught the attention of the media worldwide after she accused her Saudi employers of torturing her by hammering 24 nails and needles into her legs, arms, hands and forehead. First of all it is really hard to believe this story, medically it is very unlikely to survive such a condition without appropriate and prompt treatment within less

Burning the Quran

2010-09-07T22:59:00.001-07:00

Burning the papers containing Koran will not affect Koran but it's provocative, unchristian and implies that Islam is guilty for 9/11.

Success has no limits

2010-08-30T21:36:00.000-07:00

Dr. Aisha Natto, CEO of the Eye-to-Eye optical company and a member of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) board. An accomplished businesswoman, Dr.Natto learned how to overcome difficulties when she undertook many challenges — like a project to plan and construct a 20-floor building on land belonging to her family in Makkah. Natto was raised in a business family in Makkah

The Ground Zero Mosques issue

2010-08-23T17:11:00.000-07:00

I struggled a lot writing this post, as the flash back of the enormous emotional wound left by the 9/11 terrorist attack is playing back..Most of us knew someone died there, may be the correct term is buried alive. Desperation of the rescue workers ,some of them lost their lives. The images of the towers exploding and people jumping from impossibly high storeis.A heartbreaking experiences ,

How to Manage Diabetes During Ramadan

2010-08-15T14:07:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaA common question i face in my clinic these days ,way before Ramadan started last August/11.Ramadan is a holy month of Islam during which fasting is an a religious duty for all healthy adult Muslims. Muslims who fast during Ramadan must abstain from eating, drinking, and smoking from predawn to after sunset; however, there are no restrictions on food or fluid intake between

The Blackberry ban- that made up silly war

2010-08-07T10:56:00.000-07:00

Image by Ninja M. via Flickr We are all aware of the news of the ban of Blackberry services in the UAE and Saudi Arabia . Its every where its even got the Obama administration talking and objecting . According to the news the blackberry services should of been stopped in Saudi Arabia this last Friday the 6th of august!. for "national security reasons", Saudi security officials fear the service

iOS4: How to Arrange your iPhone Apps in Folders

2010-07-25T13:17:00.000-07:00

Image by COG LOG LAB. via Flickr I read about the amazing features of iOS 4, so I updated my iPhone to it .Unfortunately, I didn't like this iOS4 because my iPhone started to drop calls and sometimes do not connect to the Internet.However one feature I really liked is the folders feature. With this feature you can Organize your apps into folders. and looking through folders in a more organized

Shuwaymas Valley:A Time capsule in the heart of the ARABIAN Peninsula

2010-07-24T13:19:00.001-07:00

A parade of images carved into rock left to us all by successive prehistoric nomadic and settled groups. A sophisticated, complex art that leads up to more recent written inscriptions lie on the horizon of history.The site, called Shuwaymas after the nearest village.It surrounded by black volcanic lava, not sand, in one of the dry valley systems in the south of Hail province.Among this rocky area