How do Saudis complain?

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Abdel Salam El-Dakhs ◽  
Jawaher Nasser Al-Haqbani ◽  
Manal A. Althaqafi ◽  
Shorouq Al-Fouzan
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Social Dominance ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Small Influence ◽  
Saudi Arabic ◽  
Complaint Behavior

Abstract The current study adopts a dialogue-analytic approach to the examination of complaint behavior in Saudi Arabic as spoken in the Najd region, the central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To this end, role-plays with 120 Saudi nationals who are Najdi-speakers were recorded and transcribed. Statistical comparisons revealed that Najdis used a variety of complaint strategies with requests for repair, expressing annoyance and providing modified blame being the most frequent. Najdis also produced a large number of initiators and internal and external modifiers, mainly to mitigate the negative force of complaints. Although a small influence was found for gender, the variables of age, social distance and social dominance showed a strong influence on the Najdis’ complaint behavior. The results are discussed in light of relevant theoretical models and the existing literature.

scholarly journals The Islamic Utopia

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-136
Author(s):  
Amr Sabet
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Royal Family ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Religious Reform ◽  
Window Dressing ◽  
Opening Up

This book is an interesting exposition of the reform discourse and reformironies in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia ... a country ambivalent in itssense of security and insecurity, content in its presumed “orthodoxy,” uncertainabout where it fits in this world and about its future, and unsure as to whatextent it can continue to linger in its self-imposed cocoon – and yet, by thesame token, how far it can go in opening up to a perceived threatening world.All of this ambivalence, as one senses while reading the book, hinders, obstructs,and consequently undermines King Abdullah’s alleged attempts at reform.In fact, as Hammond points out, many of these reforms have beennothing but “window dressing … driven entirely by the desire to protect theextraordinary powers of the Saudi royal family,” as well as by a felt necessityto appease the Americans (p. 150).Despite the king’s efforts to project the image of himself as a reformist,one “religious reform” (ṣaḥwah) figure describes him as simply being “outof the arena” (p. 137). Reforms, particularly judicial reforms, which Hammonddescribes as Abdullah’s “central plank,” are defined by a Najdi contextas well as in Najdi terms (Najd is the central region of the Arabian Peninsula).The result has been a polity “trapped” within a pre-modern framework and ...

scholarly journals A Meta-Analysis Study: Vitamin D Deficiency in Saudi Arabia between 2009 and 2013

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Khalid A. Bakarman ◽  
Mohamad A. Bajubair
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Major Health Problem ◽  
Major Health

Objective: Our aim was to review the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in different areas done by many researches. Methods: By systematic review with meta-analysis we collected the research performed in different areas of Saudi Arabia over the period of 2009-2013. This included both published papers (peer-reviewed) and papers presented at documented scientific conferences. Results: Fourteen papers were found, thirteen of which were peer-reviewed and published and one had been presented in a conference. They covered five main areas in KSA, and pooling the numbers yielded 6478 total healthy participants. 4694 (72%) were in the least healthy range with deficiency levels < 20 ng/ml, and a total of 5355 (82.7%) were at levels below recommendations (< 30 ng/ml). The central region in Riyadh and Qassim cities represented the most investigated area including 2755 participants with 6 articles; followed by the western region, at Jeddah and Makkah cities, with 2239 participants. The eastern region (2 articles in Dammam and Al Khobar cities with 339 participants) showed the lowest frequency of vitamin D deficiency at 29.2%, followed by the central region at 74%. Conclusions: Despite adequate sunlight and adequate intake of dairy products, vitamin D deficiency appears to be a major health problem in the Saudi community. There are some geographic areas in the country that may be at high risk. Control strategies should take these differences into account.  

Insects Associated with MilkweedCalotropis procera(Ait.) Ait. in the Ibex Reserve in the Central Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2012 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Al Dhafer ◽  
Y. N. Aldryhim ◽  
A. A. Elgharbawy ◽  
H. H. Fadl
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

Pediatrics’ Total Parenteral Nutrition: Initiative and implementation of standardized formulation in Saudi Arabia

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 492-496
Author(s):  
Yousef Ahmed Alomi ◽  
Hussam Saad Almalki ◽  
Aisha Omar Fallatah ◽  
Awatif Faraj Alshammari ◽  
Nesreen Al-Shubbar
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Clinical Outcome ◽  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Drug Related Problems ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Parental Nutrition ◽  
Management Project ◽  
Improve Patient ◽  
New System

The national total parental nutrition program with an emphasis on pediatrics started before several ago at Ministry of health hospitals In Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The program covered several regions and consisted from the foundation of Intravenous Admixture and preparation of pediatric parenteral nutrition to administration and follow up of patients outcomes. In addition to the prior system, the new initiative project with the standardized formulation of pediatric’s parenteral nutrition is the complementary project of the parental nutrition for pediatrics. The project initiated to prevent drug-related problems of parental nutrition, improve patient clinical outcome and reduce the unnecessary economic burden on the healthcare system. It is the new system in the Middle East and Gulf counties in additional to Saudi Arabia. The initiatives are the systemic implementation of standardized pediatrics formulation using management project tools of starting new idea until finding in the ground.

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