Archive: kuwait
14th May 2010
The UN Human Rights Council has been looking at Kuwait this month under its periodic review system. As is now customary at these sessions, the Kuwaiti minister of social affairs, Mohammad al-Afasi, gave an upbeat assessment of the country's human rights achievements and its future good intentions.… Read more
22nd April 2010
A Kuwaiti woman who killed her Asian maid has had her 15-year jail sentence reduced to seven years by an appeal court.
The woman, who has not been named, reportedly hit the maid with "iron and wooden objects", then pushed her into a bathtub and left her motionless for 10 hours until she died.
The… Read more
19th April 2010
Allegations of vote-buying are casting a cloud over the results of the great Arabic TV poetry contest which ended earlier this month.
Nasser al-Ajami, a Kuwaiti, walked away with the the top prize of $1.36m. But it has now emerged that victory came at a price: his tribe spent millions of dinars [… Read more
11th December 2009
A bill that aims to grant civil rights to almost 100,000 stateless Arabs in Kuwait was stymied yesterday because too few MPs turned up to discuss it.
The debate had been scheduled for December 10 to coincide with International Human Rights Day but only 26 MPs and five ministers were present – two… Read more
10th December 2009
Kuwait's prime minister, Sheikh Nasser Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah, is due to face a no-confidence motion in parliament next week following six hours' questioning by MPs behind closed doors.
The questioning of Sheikh Nasser – who is the emir's nephew – was an unprecedented political event in Kuwait… Read more
24th November 2009
There are signs that Kuwaiti MPs may finally get an opportunity to question their prime minister. If it happens, this would be a milestone for parliamentary government and it could bring an end to a long succession of political crises.
The questioning of ministers, which can lead to a vote of no… Read more
11th November 2009
Uncovering the past is one thing, but turning it into politicised "heritage" is something else. The National reports the arrival of 13 Polish archaeologists in Kuwait for a "rescue mission" before history is buried under a $77billion megaproject known as City of Silk:
Piotr Bielinski, the director… Read more
9th November 2009
Another ludicrous parliamentary row has broken out in Kuwait - this time over a decision to include music in the core curriculum of schools.
Mohammad Hayef al-Mutairi, a tribal-Salafist MP, is seeking to grillthe prime minister (a move that can lead to impeachment) and threatening to introduce a… Read more
29th October 2009
While the lot of Kuwaiti women seems to be improving, the same cannot be said of foreign domestic workers in the country. Ill-treatment of housemaids – and the apparent lack of public concern about it – is an issue that The Angry Arab follows regularly. It is a problem in all Arab countries where… Read more
29th October 2009
In an important ruling yesterday, Kuwait’s constitutional court decided that female members of parliament are not required to wear the hijab. Although only female two MPs and a government minister are directly affected, the case has much wider implications.
An electoral law introduced when Kuwaiti… Read more
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
