Woman In Saudi Arabia Helps Police Arrest ‘Widows And Divorcees Scammer’ Via Social Media Platforms
New Age Islam News Bureau
20 April 2022
• UAE: Kalpana Chawla Award To Honour Women's
Achievements
• Bella Hadid Continues To Speak Up For Palestinians
On Instagram
• Saudi Women Join Food Empowerment Convoy To Help
Needy Families
• Alkhorayef: Over 17,000 Saudi Women Working In Industrial
Cities
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Woman In Saudi Arabia Helps Police Arrest ‘Widows’ and
divorcees Scammer’ Via Social Media Platforms
This screengrab taken from a video posted by the Kingdom’s interior ministry shows a man in police custody for scamming widows and divorcees. (Screengrab)
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19 April ,2022
Saudi Arabia’s security forces arrested a citizen for
scamming widows and divorcees via social media platforms, the Kingdom’s
Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday.
The Riyadh police detained the man, who became known
as the “widows’ scammer,” with the help of a woman who cooperated with security
forces to lure him and catch him red-handed, the ministry said in a video
posted on Snapchat.
The man reportedly posted ads on social media
platforms claiming he can help widows and divorcees finalize paperwork which
they need to submit to associations and institutions that offer them financial
help.
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He would then provide them with forged documents on
condition that they give him a share of the money they get.
In the video posted by the ministry, a woman who is in
a police car can be seen talking on the phone with the suspect, telling him she
is a widow and that she has the documents he had asked for in order to help
her.
The police arrested him after he shared his location
with her, the ministry said, adding that it has taken the necessary legal
measures against him and transferred him to the public prosecution.
Source: Al Arabiya
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UAE: Kalpana Chawla Award To Honour Women's
Achievements
The Kalpana Chawla
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by Ashwani Kumar
18 Apr 2022
Science India Forum (SIF) UAE, a volunteer
organisation, has introduced an award named after Kalpana Chawla to honour
women achievers in the country.
Chawla, the late astronaut, was the first woman of
Indian origin to go to space, and continues to be a role model and inspiration
for many. The Kalpana Chawla Women Achievers Awards 2022 will honour the
achievements of women in the fields of science and technology, academics,
entrepreneurship and industry, arts and culture.
The initiative is supported by Indian missions in Abu
Dhabi and Dubai, and community leaders, scientists and academicians.
Dr Zulekha Daud, founder and chairperson of Zulekha
Health Care Group, and the chair of the organising committee for the award,
said: “Women need to be self-motivated as they are going to continue to face
challenges in all personal and professional spaces. Any desire to change
anything in their lives must be driven by their own commitment and courage.
Find your dream and pursue it - nothing must stop you, as you are blessed with
the capabilities that no human can take away.”
Tadu Mamu, Consul (press, information, culture and
labour), Consulate General of India, Dubai, urged the community to take part in
the nomination process of the award.
“I encourage more women to come forward, nominate
themselves or other friends and peers, and be part of the awards,” she said.
Dr Eesa Mohammed Bastaki, president, University of
Dubai, underlined: “I appreciate the activities of SIF. I welcome the
initiative of Kalpana Chawla Awards 2022.”
Dr Zulekha added: “I have faced a lot of challenges personally
and professionally. I always refer to a challenge as an ‘opportunity’. The
moment of truth is when you take that important decision when you have to quit
or go on. Experiences will help you make the right decisions. Experiences make
women strong and enable the strength they need to go on.”
Self-nomination, and those from organisations,
associations, and other individuals can be made at www.sifuae.com till April
25. The final list of winners will be selected by an expert panel and announced
in Dubai on May 21.
Source: Khaleej Times
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-kalpana-chawla-award-to-honour-womens-achievements
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Bella Hadid continues to speak up for Palestinians on
Instagram
April 18, 2022
DUBAI: Palestinian-Dutch supermodel Bella Hadid took
to her Instagram account this week to highlight Israeli violence toward
Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem writing, “If you want me to stop
talking, they should stop killing.”
The 25-year-old posted a carousel of videos featuring
graphic clips of Israeli forces attacking Palestinian worshippers.
The post comes just days after the catwalk star called
out the social media platform for shadow-banning her Instagram Stories when she
posted about Palestine.
In a lengthy caption, the model, daughter of real
estate developer Mohamed Hadid, whose family fled Palestine as refugees in
1948, accused Instagram again of trying to silence her, writing: “If you really
would like to silence me, just like the journalists, or really anyone trying to
educate about Palestine, Instagram, I will continue to come forward with peace,
showing factual information about how the [Israel Defense Forces], Israeli
government and Settlers attack innocent Palestinians for no reason, except for
simply being Palestinian.”
She continued: “I am not here to make this up. Believe
me, I do not want to have to post this kind of terror. These are not actors.
These are real IDF soldiers (who are supposed to protect) and real Palestinian
people, with lives, families, jobs, history and souls. If you want me to stop
talking, they should stop killing.
“The excuse I hear most is ‘the Palestinians. they
were asking for it’ I hear, ‘they had a knife. That was the reason the soldiers
started to attack.’
“Absolutely not. As you can see here, these are
peaceful people, most of the time with their children, praying, or just…living.
Sure, there can be extremists on both sides. (As anywhere in the world) But I
will not continue to sit here and have my [people’s] name be slandered as if
they are constantly doing something wrong to deserve this kind of abuse.
Absolutely UNPROVOKED abuse. In their home, and on their land, that they have
lived in for hundreds of years. Especially now, during the holy month of
Ramadan.”
Not one to back down, the model posted a second set of
videos, similar to the first, that included footage of IDF soldiers arresting
and detaining Palestinians. She wrote in the caption that she will not “allow
us all to be named terrorists.”
“This occupation is not only killing…many women,
children and men on a regular basis, but it is tainting the name of other
people in the process. It is saddening and sickening,” she wrote.
Hadid has always been vocal about her viewpoints on
Arabs and Muslims and often shows her solidarity with Palestinians.
Last year, she joined demonstrations in New York City
to protest the Israeli airstrike attacks on Palestinians living in Gaza.
Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2065521/lifestyle
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Saudi
Women Join Food Empowerment Convoy To Help Needy Families
Hebshi
Alshammari
April
19, 2022
RIYADH:
The Future Women Society on Sunday launched a charity project to distribute 800
food baskets to 4,000 beneficiaries from the neediest families in the Riyadh
region.
About
200 volunteers are taking part in the Food Empowerment Convoy 2022 campaign,
which will provide food baskets containing basic items, highlight the role of
volunteer work in community service, and consolidate the relationship between
the FWS and those taking part in the project.
It
also aims to activate the role of community partnership and meet the food
demands of families in need during Ramadan.
Project
director Thikra Al-Abdul Latif said the campaign was about building a
relationship with families who had no breadwinners and were most in need of
empowerment.
The
project has several phases: Assessing the needs of the target group, searching
for supporters, determining the required quantity of the food basket contents,
developing a distribution plan, and choosing the best prices for the baskets'
contents.
“The
last two phases are based on preparing baskets containing foodstuffs for daily
consumption that are sufficient for families throughout Ramadan and
distributing the baskets to the locations previously identified in the
distribution plan.”
FWS
chairperson Dr. Gareebah Al-Twaiher said that a follow-up study would be carried
out on the beneficiary families to see the social impact of the convoy project.
She
added that the society was proud of its partnerships with the Ehsan platform,
Al-Rajhi Endowment, Obeikan Endowment, and the Feena Khair (There is Good in
Us) initiative.
Abdullah
Al-Ghanim, the follow-up supervisor at Feena Khair, said all sections of the
nonprofit sector needed to provide services to beneficiaries across all
categories.
“I
expect, in this case, that the results of these partnerships are satisfactory
due to the presence of diverse and sufficient expertise to accomplish fast,
proficient, and distinguished work.”
Al-Ghanim
added that the FWS was like any other association. "The goal is the same,
which is to serve religion, the nation, and society.”
He
said he regarded the Food Empowerment Convoy project with admiration and pride
for the interest it had attracted, the love of voluntary charitable work among
women, and their keenness to develop families in the community and educate them
to be active elements in the community.
Abdul
Wahab Mohammed Al-Faiz, secretary-general of the Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Subaie and
Sons Charitable Foundation (Ghoroos), inaugurated the food distribution convoy
project in the presence of interested parties, specialists, and several women
who came to receive their baskets.
Ghoroos
has been involved in nonprofit projects for several years and is preparing to
launch new initiatives and partnerships in the nonprofit sector by the end of
2022.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2066586/saudi-arabia
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Alkhorayef:
Over 17,000 Saudi women working in industrial cities
April
19, 2022
RIYADH
— Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef said that more
than 17,000 Saudi women are working in the industrial cities. “The oases of
MODON provide an attractive environment and incubator for women’s investments,
as well as for entrepreneurs and small projects,” he said.
The
minister made the remarks while attending Al-Mishraq Initiative, organized by
the Businesswomen’s Committee at the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry on
Monday.
Alkhorayef
said that the ministry’s industrial strategy aims to adopt advanced industrial
techniques and reduce dependence on low-skilled labor. “The future jobs will be
based on creative thought derived from the culture of society,” he said.
The
minister noted that the system of industry and mineral wealth seeks to develop
the national industry and achieve the optimal investment of mineral resources,
which contributes to increasing the penetration of Saudi exports and their
access to global markets, in addition to meeting the requirements of local
markets.
He
stressed that investment in the industrial sector has become one of the easiest
investments due to the clarity of procedures and the existence of legislation
and possible incentives.
Speaking
on the occasion, Ajlan Al-Ajlan, chairman of the board of directors of the
chamber, said that the Saudi businesswomen were able to keep pace with
developments in the economy and the investment environment and they have
achieved great successes at all levels.
“All
fields are open to them and there are equal opportunities for investors,
whether they are women or businessmen. The Kingdom’s economy witnessed strength
and sustainability so that it can achieve the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision
2030 through diversifying sources of income and creating attractive invest
opportunities,” he said.
Al-Ajlan
noted that the industrial sector is at the top of the list of sectors that are
witnessing great development at the level of legislation, investments and
capital attraction.
For
her part, Abeer Al-Houkal, head of the Businesswomen’s Committee, said that the
meeting shed light on the challenges facing the business sector, and finding
appropriate solutions through consultations in a friendly atmosphere that
brings together stakeholders and government officials.
“This
is aimed to contribute to promoting women’s investments and encouraging them to
enter new areas. This is in a way that enhances communications and integrations
between the public and private sectors to achieve the objectives of the
Kingdom’s Vision 2030,” she added.
Source:
Saudi Gazette
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