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Riyadh is building the World’s Largest Public Transit System

Posted on May 16, 2017 by J Sammy Leave a comment

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High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh to present project at UITP Global Summit at Montreal’s Palais des Congrès, May 15-17 MONTREAL, May 12, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ – The City of Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, is building the world’s largest public transit system — in just five years. It will be presenting the project at the Palais des Congrès, in Montreal, Quebec, during the global summit of the Union

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Why Women Safety in Ride-sharing Matters

Posted on March 27, 2017 by J Sammy 3 comments

Last week, Malaysians pondered a question: is a Muslim female takes a ride-sharing service with a male driver, does that constitute khalwat? Khalwat means close proximity between a male and female who are not forbidden by blood ties from marrying. Such situations are forbidden and are often the subject of enforcement raids by Malaysian religious authorities. The Federal Territories’ Mufti office took