الكويت

16 مايو 2012

"There's a lot of potential in the Arab world and all these shows help in bringing them in the spotlight," said Ali Jaber.
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The singing competition The Voice is coming to the Arab world, with scouts scouring the region for talent.

14 مايو 2012

The IMF forecast 4.4 per cent inflation for Kuwait in 2012
12:39 بتوقيت جرينتش

Kuwait's recent wage hikes have raised concerns about the sustainability of its public finances, its central bank governor announced.

5 مايو 2012

Pastor Terry Jones: infamous for burning Qurans in Florida. The Quran-burning spree began in 2010. He vowed to burn 200 on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, before reducing the book-toll to one. Jones's anti-Islamic flame sparked 20 deaths. Back in April 2012 with a burning vengeance that cost him a fire department fine, he might yet burn again.
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This slideshow in pictures, highlights some 11 prominent cases of Muslims and non-Muslims causing offense to Islam. In conclusion, however, maybe those of the Muslim world still feel most strongly about those 'outsiders' as Terry Jones who burn Qurans or the Danish cartoonist. In (dis) honor of Pastor Terry's recent repeat offense against Islam and Muslims, we think back to all the crimes against Islam that have caused or started a Muslim fire of outrage.

30 نيسان/إبريل 2012

Gulf word wars: Kuwait singer Shams Attacks Emirati Ahlam
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Gulf Wars - the Twitter edition - when Kuwaiti Shams lashes out with cutting tweets to her co-Gulfi Ahlam.

25 نيسان/إبريل 2012

Halima Poland has a baby girl
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Kuwaiti TV presenter Halima Poland gave birth to her first child, born premature, after just seventh months of her pregnancy.

29 اذار/مارس 2012

Iraq
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The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, said Thursday in Baghdad that his country would "overcome the suffering and injury" of the past

26 اذار/مارس 2012

Kuwaiti officials have issued an apology for the Kazakh national anthem snafu.
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Kuwait, the proud outlier nation to the Arabian peninsula, apologizes to save face. Kuwait has issued a public apology to Kazakhstan on its disgraceful anthem gaffe that gave credence to the 'Borat' Kazakh long-running entertainment slander.

20 اذار/مارس 2012

This strike resembles a result of the negligence of the government for not increasing allowances of KAC workers more than six months ago
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Kuwait Airways, the Gulf state’s national carrier, yesterday said that it cancelled flights for a third day in a row following a strike by its employees.

18 شباط/فبراير 2012

As Bashar al Assad follows in father's footsteps (the late Haafez al Assad had blood on his hands from Hama '82), keeping a deathly watch over his people as they are slaughtered, we ask what became of his Hippocratic oath. Assad Junior trained to save lives & sight as an eye doctor: medical care not military devastation was his calling.
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Firmly into 2012, how are the Arab revolutions developing? We check in with some of the Arab protest pictures to gauge to what extent they have reached revolution saturation, or on the contrary are just getting started.

25 كانون الأول/ديسمبر 2011

Dubai does it biggest and brightest! While not yet a public holiday in the UAE, you'd be forgiven for thinking you were in a festive Christmas conforming country if the malls were anything to go by. Here a tree placed to stand proud near the soaring Burj al Arab.
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Christmas is observed in some Middle Eastern countries, by local peoples as well as by expatriates. How do these some 10 million Christian 'Arabs' living in the Middle East mark Christmas, with most living in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine? Christmas visits smaller Arab Christian populations in Jordan, Iraq, and even some of the Gulf states.

14 كانون الأول/ديسمبر 2011

Sheikh Jaber
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Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Wednesday swore in the new cabinet

13 كانون الأول/ديسمبر 2011

Iran & KSA: The last century felt exacerbated tensions between the 2 countries, with distinct detente, 
alternating with rapprochement, periods. Tension comes of Sunni & Shia clerics from both camps respectively deeming the other's 
religious beliefs incorrect. Iran's hardliner Ahmadinejad, is unlikely to bridge the gulf between Persia & Arabia.
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The relationship of Arab and Persian can be summarized as one of antagonistic alternating bouts of best of friends with worst of neighbors!

28 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2011

Kuwait PM
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Kuwaiti opposition lawmakers on Monday said the government has submitted its resignation amid a growing crisis over corruption accusations.

16 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2011

Oil industry
07:20 بتوقيت جرينتش

According to Kuwaiti analyst, Mohamed Al-Shatti, oil prices will not drop below $100 per barrel in the coming period

18 تشرين الأول/أكتوبر 2011

Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah
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Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family, has stepped down, local reports said Tuesday.

13 أيلول/سبتمبر 2011

gold
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Despite the bustling gold souks, dry statistics show that the people and the governments of the Gulf have shunned gold in recent years.

18 آب/أغسطس 2011

Kuwaiti Emir
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The Kuwaiti Emir emphasized that economic security is the backbone of any country.

19 تموز/يوليو 2011

Kuwait's benchmark SE Price Index declined 1.6 percent to 5,973.1, the lowest since September 2004, at the 12:30 p.m. close in Kuwait City
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Kuwaiti shares tumbled, sending the benchmark index to the lowest level since 2004.

5 تموز/يوليو 2011

Today, thousands of new university graduates are preparing to join the workforce in Kuwait (Photo credit: injaz-kuwait.org)
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As a new batch of university graduates prepares to join the job market, the option for Kuwaitis of choosing between government vs. private sector jobs seems to be resurfacing with a new vigor.

30 حزيران/يونيو 2011

Juhayman Al Otaibi was a tribal Wahhabi--a form of Salafism in Arabia--who led the siege of the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, in 1979. He was part of a small group who took Salafism's frugal interpretation of Islam to heart and wanted to overthrow his own government to bring this to life.
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Salafi Islam is a disparate, ill-defined notion which describes many millions of puritanical Muslims, most of whom are not violent.

Kuwait is suffering from “imported inflation” (In this photo: Kuwait City's famous towers. Credit: TrekEarth.com)
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The Central Bank Governor, Sheikh Salem Abdul Aziz Al-Sabah, recently announced that the increase in inflation ratings in Kuwait is mostly due to external sources, or “imported inflation”.

29 حزيران/يونيو 2011

Kuwait towers from below, Kuwait City
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Kuwait may seek private investors to help build its largest oil refinery after a government council revived the $14.5 billion project, which stalled two years ago amid political opposition.

27 حزيران/يونيو 2011

Iranian First Vice President, Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, and Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah, during al-Sabah's visit to Tehran in 2009
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The Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Kuwait has conveyed that Iranians are contributing to the capital of 1,378 companies in Kuwait.

9 حزيران/يونيو 2011

Kuwaitis protest in front of the parliament in Kuwait City to demand the oil-rich Gulf state's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah resignation
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Observers in Kuwait are expecting additional regression in Kuwait Stock Exchange on the background of the PM's interrogation and the ongoing political tensions.

29 مايو 2011

Oprah in her Show Finale ended on her usual spiritual note, "find your calling" she urged, as this 'show' had been hers. Since her show is aired in the Middle East as well, a lot of people felt her mind should have been more opened up to our culture and reality.
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Many of us can admit to having aunts, mothers, and sisters, who occasionally indulged in some Oprah time, and spent evenings with her Oprah Winfrey Show. However she leaves some with mixed feelings and the distinct impression that regarding the "Women around the World Series" said to have aired for our benefit, on an otherwise customised show for American audiences, the show was poorly researched.

Man in headdress overseeing oil retention pond
10:15 بتوقيت جرينتش

Sources in Kuwait have warned that there are signs of the beginning of a local crisis in the availability of diesel used by large trucks, factories and ships.

18 مايو 2011

The Jordan bid is easy to understand, with its shared borders and historic ties to Saudi Arabia. Tribal divisions between the two were imposed only by colonialism. In terms of geography, Jordan is a natural choice for GCC membership. It even has its own ‘Gulf’ of Aqaba.
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Word on the Arab street, when not debating the latest on the Arab revolutions, and the state of catastrophe in Yemen or Libya or Syria, has turned to the new bid to expand the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Scrutiny lies with the two potential new candidates for entry into this Gulf state league, namely Jordan and Morocco. The twitter-sphere is buzzing (or tweeting) with humorous remarks, as well as more grave concerns around the implications of such a shift, for both sides of the equation: the new members and the former block.

5 مايو 2011

Ayman Al-Zawahiri: 'Doctor', Deputy to OBL, Commander of the Core, and much touted heir to the AQ throne- though he is known to already have headed up the operations and effectively ran the show under the 'figurehead' OBL. Grandson of Al Azhar Iman adds gravitas; Mastermind of 9/11, $25 m pricetag.
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Vacancy for Qaeda Chief; candidate line-up for successors. 3 or 4 names have been repeatedly emerging amidst rumor-mongering on who is likely to step up to the plate for OBL's role. Al Bawaba brings you a greater line-up of potential AQ leaders, and a flavor of their CVs.

31 اذار/مارس 2011

Kuwaiti PM
12:46 بتوقيت جرينتش

Kuwait's cabinet submitted its resignation on Thursday in order to avoid parliament questioning, parliamentary sources said.

29 اذار/مارس 2011

Kuwait
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Two Iranians and a Kuwaiti citizen, all serving in Kuwait's army, were condemned to death on Tuesday for being part of an Iranian spy cell.