King's wife to kick off human rights campaign RIYADH – Princess Hassa Bint Trad Al-Shalan, wife of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, is scheduled to kick off the first awareness campaign to be launched by the Human Rights Commission in Riyadh on Monday. The campaign titled “Women are men's sisters – respected men appreciate them, villains humiliate them” has been designed to create awareness about the significant role women shoulder in running family's affairs. Dr. Wafeeka Al-Dekhail, Supervisor of Women's Branch in HRC, said the objective of the campaign is to consolidate women's right in the light of the Islamic teachings besides spreading awareness about their Islamic and legal rights and setting up protection houses for violence victims. The campaign is to last a year. – SPA HRC chief, US embassy aide hold talks RIYADH – Turki Bin Khalid Al-Sudairi, Chairman of the Human Rights Commission and Lisa Robert Carl, advisor of US embassy here discuss several issues of mutual interest. Al-Sudairi hoped for continual cooperation with all in the service of human rights issues. The two sides addressed Kingdom's relationship with international treaties and the great harmony between these treaties and the Kingdom's regulations. Robert Carl commended the preservation of human rights in Islam noting that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) came for the happiness of mankind and preservation of their rights. – SPA Professor fears cinema chaos By Ayman Baduhman JEDDAH – A professor at the Education Faculty of King Saud University, Abdullah Bin Saleh Al-Barrak, said the expression “conservative cinema” does not relate to reality.” The question is do you want a screen showing something strictly conservative? What are the measures of conservativeness? And who bans and who allows? There are things that people in the media industry claim are inseparable from media, such as women appearing with full makeup and the use of music, which we have seen on several Islamic satellite channels,” Al-Barrak said, adding, “does conservative cinema mean documentaries or children movies?” Al-Barrak wondered who would determine what is allowed to be shown in cinemas and said he feared that “if we claim that we will attract young people to a good and useful alternative away from the chaos of satellite channels without Shariah, and without systematic standards, we will only be creating more chaos.”
