Hijab, auto authentication
the united arab emirates uae has enforced the online vehicle selling machinery without the need for the seller and buyer to come in person to the office. all needed for both parties is to dial a specific telephone number and follow the instructions to complete the transaction after verifying the identity of both of them before the relevant official through whatsapp.
soon, the authenticator will be a robot. the entire transaction is accomplished through the computer screen, the price will be transferred from the buyer to the seller and the vehicle’s book will be issued while both parties are in their own offices or homes.
as for the system of verifying identity, whether the fingerprint or the eye, dubai has implemented it for decades, and we wrote about it, and there was, during its implementation, no waiting in queues, but “because we are backward we do not master such methods, and this is a foregone conclusion!
in 1990, when i was in dubai, i received a shipment of special blades for cutting meat, coming by air from america. the entire process, until the package was put in the back of the trunk of the car took no more than one hour; but today in kuwait after 33 years similar shipments take more than two to three days to clear!
a friend of mine went to dubai representing a major company to accomplish the real estate sale transaction. the chairman of the company was supposed to arrive a few days later to sign the contract.
my friend was shocked when the transaction was accomplished so early and the emirati worker told him that the chairman can come later to sign the document.
my friend apologized pointing out that the chairman was in kuwait and he would come on the following day. the official smiled and said there was no need for the chairman to come. all that was needed is to go to the justice automation office where a video call was made to verify the identity of the chairman and issue authorization to my friend to sign on his behalf.
the price was paid and transmitted while both parties are in their homelands and they did not need to move to dubai. it may seem that such a procedure is against the touristic and economic purposes of dubai as it would be more beneficial to host the parties who will spend time in the hotels and spend money there.
nevertheless, the uae sacrificed some financial benefits for upholding its reputation and adopting the most advanced procedures.
in kuwait, an elementary school organized a festival to honor the girls who accepted to wear the hijab. the festival was recorded and published on social media. the rest of the students who did not wear the hijab looked embarrassed and suffered stress for unjustified reasons. the event passed without objections or even inquiries about its target or the institution backing it. such queries are part of freedom of speech concerning the opinion of parents in making their very young girls wear hijabs.
the silence of the official institutions towards such an annoying event led the school and others to organize similar festivals to honor the students who passed the prayer course in school.
some people may not consider such actions strange. however, the question is why they are widely circulated globally in the media while we suffer a big deal of moral, administrative, and scientific backwardness. perhaps this backwardness is part of the reason.
