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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Article: France24 - 'Stateless overnight'

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  Link:   'Stateless overnight': Authoritarian crackdown strips 42,000 Kuwaitis of nationality Kuwait  has taken a distinctly more a...

Article: Foreign Affairs Observer - Kuwait Revokes Citizenship of Women En Masse

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  Link:   Kuwait Revokes Citizenships of Women En Masse in Latest Pattern of Repression | Foreign Affairs Observer by Anonymous Author Onc...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Losing Kuwaiti Nationality

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  This has been the big talk in Kuwait that no one in Kuwait is talking about in public for fear of repercussions from the powers that be. K...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Another Tragic Accident in Kuwait

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This Kuwaiti "fashionista" (I hate that term!) social media person ran a red light in her boyfriend's Bentley while under the ...
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Thursday, March 09, 2023

Ku-Waiting for News and Voice of Kuwait - Occupation Time (1990-91) Newsletters from the US

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When I moved to Kuwait in October of 1996, to start the “real adventures”, I stored most of my remaining belongings in my sister's basem...
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Thursday, December 15, 2022

Kuwait Local Tours - Fly World

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Failaka 2022

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This is a post that was on Facebook about Farah Yusuf Khan ’s experience recently at Facebook.  It is such a good account that I thought I w...
Monday, November 14, 2022

Juman

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  I watched all 30 episodes of the Kuwaiti drama series, Juman (2019), on Netflix with (not always so accurate) English subtitles.  I’ll tel...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Reflections

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Carol was one of the poorest students in a rich Southern university; getting a scholarship at the age of 17.   Her mother, my grandmother, A...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Mom - The Departure

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One of the major reasons I moved back to the US from Kuwait was to help take care of my mother in her elder years.  I had 4 great years with...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Getting Old Just Sucks for Everybody Involved

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 My mom (89) moved into assisted living (by her choice) a few months ago. It has been really hard.   After a few bad falls at her condo, she...
Thursday, April 01, 2021

Promoting local artist in Kuwait

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 Someone asked me recently about where to get a painting of Kuwait by a local artist (not necessarily a Kuwaiti artist).  Well, here ya go.....
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Touch of Hope Kuwait Animal Shelter Needs Your Help!

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 Please SHARE this everywhere: Touch of Hope is an animal shelter in Kuwait. (Instagram @ touch_of_hope_q8) run completely off donations a...
Monday, February 15, 2021

Yo, Expat! Are you staying or going?

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Mark at 2:48AM blog has a very interesting post recently (https://248am.com/mark/personal/us-vs-them/).  He is thinking of leaving Kuwait.  ...
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Monday, February 08, 2021

Free Flight to DC - IAD

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Thursday, August 20, 2020

Donate to help Stray Animals in Kuwait

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Expats are leaving Kuwait in droves.  And unfortunately, many feel that they have no other alternative (they do!) than to dump their pets.  ...
Saturday, August 08, 2020

I Banish You: Reflections on Kuwait

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 This is a very interesting article written by a Kuwaiti woman about the current situation in the country. Source:  https://blog.lareviewofb...