The Geographic Zone Codes (Area / Phone Codes) In KSA Changed

One more digit, the number (1), will be added to the six geographic zone codes in the Kingdom.
All land line numbers in the Kingdom will be modified by adding the digit (1) after the zero in the current zone codes. The zone codes 01, 02, 03, 04, 06 and 07 will become 011, 012, 013, 014, 016 and 017; for example, Riyadh 011 425 xxx5, Jeddah 012 278 xxx5, etc.

This change will be carried out in phases rather than all at once. On Monday, May 13, 2013, the Riyadh geographic area will be the first stage of the conversion. On Sunday, Aug 18, 2013, the change will be applied to all other geographic areas of the Kingdom.

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The change experienced by subscribers will be limited to adding one digit to the six geographic zone codes. Adding this digit will change only the method of dialing to land line numbers outside the local calling area.
It is important to note that this change will not include the method of dialing among fixed lines within the same city, which will remain as it is now. However, when dialing from mobiles to fixed lines, the new digit will have to be added. Also, the digit will have to be added when calling from outside Saudi Arabia into the Kingdom.

Among the most important reasons for this change is the need to increase the range of numbers available for public mobile communications services, as well as for fixed services, and to contribute to the ability to introduce new services and to adopt new technologies and applications. In addition, this change will enhance the ability of the National Numbering Plan to accommodate new developments in services and growth in the number of subscriptions and users.

Jarir Bookstore - Back To School Flyer [08 2013]

Jarir Bookstore - Back To School Flyer [August 2013]

Jarir Bookstore - Shopping Guide [07+08 2013]

Jarir Shopping Guide July - August 2013 [184 Pages]

Jarir Kids Skill Guide 2013

Jarir Kids Skill Guide 2013 [180 Pages]

Jeddah Magazine 52nd Edition

Jeddah Magazine 52nd Edition

Jarir Bookstore - Office Supplies Catalog

Jarir Office Supplies Catalog [212 Pages]

Jeddah Magazine 51st Edition

Jeddah Magazine 51st Edition

King Abdullah extends amnesty period till November 4, 2013

JEDDAH: King Abdullah, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has extended by four months the amnesty period for undocumented expatriates in the Kingdom to correct their status.

A royal order cited by a Ministry of Interior statement and carried by the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday said the original three-month grace period, which ends on July 4, will be extended to the end of the current Hijra year 1434, equivalent to November 4, 2013.

Once the new deadline expires, inspections by appropriate agencies such as the Ministries of Labor and Interior, will resume inspections in various regions of the Kingdom and all penalties will apply on violators, the statement said.

With this new deadline, the Ministries of Interior and Labor urged all undocumented expatriates who have yet to register to come forward and have their status corrected.

Legal Workers Who Were Never Handed Iqamas

With hardly a week left for the three-month grace period to end, the fate of thousands of expatriates who are not in possession of their iqamas or even know the number, hangs in balance. Worse still is the situation of those expatriates who not only do not have a clue about their iqamas but do not have their passports with them either.

Cases of missing Iqamas

It is mandatory for illegal workers to at least give their iqama number if not produce it before the Saudi passport authorities to facilitate exit from the Kingdom or rectify their job status.

It’s common practice for sponsors in remote villages not to hand over iqamas to their employees like drivers, farm workers and shepherds, mainly to prevent them from running away. In several cases, the sponsors do not even apply for iqamas for their employees once they land in Saudi Arabia. Such expats do not have any documents, and at times like this, they are the worst hit.

Saudi Arabia weekend now Friday-Saturday: Royal Order

JEDDAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has today issued a royal order that Friday and Saturday should be the new weekend holidays. The original weekend in the Kingdom was Thursday-Friday.

Accordingly, the order will be enforced Saturday, June 29, for all ministries, government departments, financial institutions as well as the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, the Capital Market Authority, and the Saudi Stock Exchange.

Jarir Publication Catalog 2013

Jarir Publication Catalog 2013 [138 Pages]

Jarir Bookstore - Shopping Guide [05+06 2013]

Jarir Shopping Guide May - June 2013 [196 Pages]

Jeddah Memories

Jeddah Sea-port

Jeddah came under the sway of the Al-Saud dynasty in December 1925. In 1926, Ibn Saud added the title King of Hejaz to his position of Sultan of Nejd.

Jeddah in 1938

Jeddah's New Corniche - Gigantic And Modern Achievement

The new North Corniche in Jeddah Governorate is considered as a modern model comparable to the finest waterfronts in the world in terms of the magnitude of the accomplishment of the project, which is worth SR 180 million and spread over a lengthy area of 3.8 kilometers.

Beautiful View of Jeddah Corniche

The Mayor of Jeddah, Dr. Hani Abu Ras said that the North Corniche project comes within the framework of the strong support provided by the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the Crown Prince, as well as the efforts of Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, the Governor of Makkah region to make Jeddah as a global model city.

Jarir Bookstore - Shopping Guide [10+11 2012]

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Jarir Bookstore - Shopping Guide [9+10 2012] Back To School 2nd Edition

Jarir Shopping Guide September-October 2012 - Back to School 2nd Edition [148 Pages]

Jarir Bookstore - Shopping Guide [8+9 2012] Back To School

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Abdullah’s Islamic unity vision lauded

JEDDAH — The Islamic unity vision of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and his initiative to convene the Islamic solidarity summit in Makkah this week has come for all-round praise from Arab and Muslim leaders and officials.

King Abdullah

King Abdullah II of Jordan said King Abdullah’s summit initiative comes in response to the complicated regional challenges and circumstances faced by several regional and Islamic countries. These challenges, he said, required coordination and integration of efforts so as to boost Islamic solidarity and find solutions to the issues facing the Ummah.

Samboosa Recipe

Definition

Samboosa (also known as Samosa) is little delicious savory patties served as an appetizer or snack, and can be filled with ground beef, lamb, chicken, cheese, lentils or vegetables. It’s famous in the Middle East and served a lot in Ramadan. To make samboosa healthier, it’s recommended to:

Samboosa - a delicious dish in Ramadan

• Use whole wheat flour.
• Use lean beef or lamb or skinless chicken, or low fat cheese, while lentils or mixed vegetable Samboosas are rich in fiber, antioxidants and more heart-friendly than meat Samboosas.
• Bake it rather than fry it.
• Use healthy oil in making the dough and use it in moderation.
• Limit the amount of salt added.

Nature's Best—Dressed

Sea slugs may be nature’s “best-dressed” marine animals, as the Red Sea creatures on article attest. Unlike their gardenpest cousins, they come in a dazzling array of shapes, sizes, colors and patterns, and they are definitely not slimy. In addition, they may offer scientists maps to new drugs through the chemical compounds they produce. Sea slugs, scientifically known as opisthobranchs (“rear gills” in Latin), are highly evolved relatives of marine snails. Primitive sea slugs retain a thin external or internal shell, but advanced ones, like the nudibranchs, or “naked gills,” pictured in this gallery, have none. Living without this protection means they have had to develop other methods of defense, expressed in a wide display of adaptations seen in sub-orders such as dorids (which have gills near the tail and two sensory horns near the head), dendronotids (thosewith tree-like gills in pairs along their backs) and aeolids (those covered with fingerlike projections). Their bright colors and bold patterns warn predators of their noxious taste.

The chromodorids are probably the most colorful and easiest sea slugs to recognize. Doris was a Greek goddess, the daughter of Oceanus, and chromo means color, so they are the colorful goddesses of the sea. Their colors and patterns are limitless, although their basic body plan remains the same. Chromodoris geminus Rudman, 1987 is found in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean and is truly beautiful underwater—its ocellated spots are almost luminescent. Like many spotted species, it flaps the edges of its mantle in a kind of rhythm, and the spots above and below glow.

Of the 4000-plus species of nudibranchs worldwide, more than 175 are found in the Red Sea and nearly one quarter of these live only there. This almost self-contained waterway—running some 2100 kilometers (1300 mi) from the Gulf of Suez in the north to the narrow Bab al-Mandab in the south—is a very special place, hosting endemic fish, sea urchins, worms, slugs and snails, and myriad other animals. It has been isolated for approximately five million years, and its fauna has suffered partial extinctions with several glaciations, the most recent 20,000 to 15,000 years ago, which substantially lowered sea levels. The Red Sea’s southern gateway opened around five million years ago—at the time land uplifts closed off its shallow link to the Mediterranean—and has never shut, so its fauna is Indo-Pacific.