In December, 2015, Saudi Arabia reported a US$98 billion budget deficit (about 15% of gross domestic product [GDP]) in 2015 with no improvement projected for 2016. Saudi Arabia has been resilient during oil price fluctuations in the past, so the new government budget came as a surprise. The new spending plan reflects several measures to curb subsidies, raise revenue, and improve healthy lifesty...

With the support of the internet, many institutes in various countries have adopted the idea of introducing a web-based education system. In many countries, the government implements initiatives pushing eLearning solutions forward, such as in Europe (e.g, the UK, Malaysia and Singapore, but also in the Arab world (e.g., in Saudi Arabia and Kuwaiti). However, as a late comer to eLearning, Saudi ...

Many studies in the past have revealed the use of the indigenous medicinal plant for the treatment of various diseases in Saudi Arabia. However, the details of these indigenous essential medicinal herbs and their therapeutic implication against various human and animals diseases are not well documented and organised in a local platform. In this regard, a thorough mining of scholarly article for...

Iran and Saudi Arabia have long been engaged in heated rivalry and conflict in the Middle East. These two regional powers are both major oil-exporting countries; in major foreign policy issues, therefore, oil is used as an important tool to pursue goals. Iran and Saudi Arabia have a long history of differences on oil policies, but one of the most severe differences emerged in 2011-2016, along w...

The construction industry in Saudi Arabia is experiencing dramatic developments and expansion due to recent changes in the Kingdom’s socio-economic development policies. The selection of construction contractors is an essential component in the success of projects yet there is both a lack of skilled manpower and a lack of experience in terms of managing major projects within Saudi Arabia. Thus,...

novel for purposes of length is the longest kind of story.it has many of persons whichever has traction and particular rection. navel is one of the kind of prose literature. at first,story for purposes of method was so poor but by passing the time sake relation of the arabs with out of saudi arabia peninsula by talk and translatior was advanced. navel settle life problems and human station on i...

this paper discusses e-government, in particular the challenges that face adoption of e-government in Saudi Arabia. In this research we define e-government as a matrix of stakeholders: governments to governments, governments to business and governments to citizens, using information and communications technology to deliver and consume services. egovernment services still face many challenges in...

OBJECTIVE To determine the age, sex and relative frequencies of various gastrointestinal malignancies in patients registered with the National Cancer Registry from the Western Region of Saudi Arabia from January 1994 till December 1997, and compare this data with previous hospital based studies about the pattern of these malignancies in Saudi Arabia. METHODS A National Cancer Registry was est...

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has shown great commitment and support in past 10 years towards the higher education and transformation of manual governmental services to online through web. As a result number of university and egovernment websites increased but without following the proper accessibility guidelines. Due to this many disable peoples may not be fully benefited the contents available on u...

1 Faculty of Computer Science and IS, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai Johor, Malaysia. 2 Department of Software Engineering, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. 3 Center of Excellence in Information Assurance, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. 4 Department of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud ...