The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture aims to increase the volume of Saudi Arabia’s date exports, reaching 200,000 tons by the end of this year. (SPA)The proposed superfruit is set to provide financial and economic gain for millions of rural businessesJEDDAH: In a bid to promote the economic benefits of dates and their production, the UN Food and Agriculture …
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Expats to be allowed to practice own trade
RIYADH — The government is currently considering to allow expatriates to invest in free trade against an annual income tax of about 20 percent, business daily Al-Eqtisadiah reported on Sunday. A number of transactions were limited to the Saudis, which gave rise to the phenomenon of tasattur (doing business in the name of Saudis against certain fees) that has caused …
Read More »A Saudi Morals Enforcer Called for a More Liberal Islam. Then the Death Threats Began.
By BEN HUBBARD JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — For most of his adult life, Ahmed Qassim al-Ghamdi worked among the bearded enforcers of Saudi Arabia. He was a dedicated employee of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice — known abroad as the religious police — serving with the front-line troops protecting the Islamic kingdom from …
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