By Rob L. Wagner Muslim World League Magazine July 2021, Vol 49, Issue 7
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Dr. Alyenbaawi: Preventive treatment for dementia is the goal
By Rob L. Wagner Muslim World League Magazine June 2021, Vol 49, Issue 6
The True and Tragic Adventures of Dr. Laura E. Forster
By Rob Leicester Wagner Sabretache (military journal) Volume 58 Issue 4 (Dec 2017) Sydney, Australia As Dr Laura Elizabeth Forster stood on the platform at London’s Victoria Station, she must have pondered with some amusement the fuss from bystanders over the departure of her medical unit’s doctors and nurses for the war front. It wasContinue reading “The True and Tragic Adventures of Dr. Laura E. Forster”
GCC Countries Embrace Social, Economic Change for Survival
By Rob L. Wagner The Arab Weekly 25 December 2016 Jeddah – When General Motors chief Charles Wilson was misquoted as saying, “What’s good for General Motors is good for the country” in 1953, there was outrage that he put GM’s interests first and the country’s economic welfare second. Yet many observers attending his confirmationContinue reading “GCC Countries Embrace Social, Economic Change for Survival”
Saudi Women Enter Pharmaceutical Retail Industry
By Rob L. Wagner The Arab Weekly 18 December 2016 Jeddah – In a significant move that promises to level the playing field for women in the pharmaceutical industry, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health has agreed to issue licences for women to work in pharmacies and herbal medicine facilities. The decision is a boon forContinue reading “Saudi Women Enter Pharmaceutical Retail Industry”
Marriage Rate Among Saudis Dropping
By Rob L. Wagner The Arab Weekly 27 November 2016 Jeddah – One-quarter of Saudis of marriage age are single, the General Authority for Statistics for 2016 said. The trend in the increase in the number of unmarried men and women over the age of 15 has prompted the Saudi government to implement policies toContinue reading “Marriage Rate Among Saudis Dropping”
Saudi Women’s Rights Advocate No Stranger to Adversity
By Rob L. Wagner Gulf News 19 November 2016 Jeddah: Earlier this month, Qatar University administrators forced Dr Hatoon Al Fassi, a leading Saudi scholar instrumental in helping women gain the vote in Saudi Arabia, to postpone a Debate Club discussion on women in Islam at the university where she teaches. University students launched anContinue reading “Saudi Women’s Rights Advocate No Stranger to Adversity”
Saudi Government Employees Face Austerity
By Rob L. Wagner The Arab Weekly 6 November 2016 Jeddah – Saudi government employees have received their first pay cheques since the announcement that salaries would be slashed as part of a fiscal austerity programme. The new salaries, deposited in bank accounts at the end of October, provided Saudis — including all ministers andContinue reading “Saudi Government Employees Face Austerity”
A Conversation with Saudi Women’s Rights Advocate Aziza al-Yousef
By Rob L. Wagner The Arab Weekly 6 November 2016 Jeddah – When Aziza al-Yousef registered as a student at King Saud University in the Saudi capital Riyadh in the 1980s, she did not need her father’s permission. When her daughter enrolled in the same university in 2001, she was required to have her father’sContinue reading “A Conversation with Saudi Women’s Rights Advocate Aziza al-Yousef”
Saudi Arabia Looks to Build on Medical Tourism as Austerity Bites
By Rob L. Wagner Gulf News 4 November 2016 Jeddah: When Faisal Banjar founded Arabian Gulf Medical Tourism Agency he secured what he thought was an important contract with the 600-bed Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital to bring foreign patients for treatment and capitalise on the $40 billion-a-year (Dh147 billion) medical tourism industry. Eighteen months laterContinue reading “Saudi Arabia Looks to Build on Medical Tourism as Austerity Bites”
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