· February, 2007

Stories about Kuwait from February, 2007

Bahrain: Duct-Taped Plane

  22 February 2007

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif had to endure a flight from Kuwait to Bahrain in a “duct-taped” airplane. To understand what I am talking about look at this picture here.

Bahrain: Kuwait Blogging Show

  20 February 2007

Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif, along with a group of Kuwaiti bloggers, are being interviewed for a Kuwaiti television programme on Blogging in the Gulf, wrote Al Yousif.

A Week Goes by in Kuwait

  17 February 2007

From a new movie to a naming special day after a popular soft drink (pop for Americans) to creating Kuwait's very own supermarket brand. These were some of the conversations...

Kuwait: Valentine Blues

  16 February 2007

Isolated Serenity, from Kuwait, has an interesting array of photographs, with goodies for her family and friends, here.

Kuwait: Richard III Returns to Life

  12 February 2007

A new Arabic version of Richard III is being staged by a Kuwaiti troupe at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 8 – 17 February 2007, says Kuwait blogger Mama Fusla....

Kuwait: Men Scared of Strong Women

  12 February 2007

Kuwaiti blogger Desert Girl tells us how men are afraid of her because of her strong personality, her sense of loss at the death of Anna Nicole Smith and her...

A Week Goes by in Kuwait

  10 February 2007

Kuwait enjoyed nice weather this week. A lot of people grasped the opportunity and went out camping in the desert. Engineeroo was no different. He joined the scores of people...

Arabisc: Egyptian Women a Cut Above the Rest

  9 February 2007

Prostitution, female circumcision and lesbianism aren't vices restricted to Egyptian woman, says Egyptian blogger Tamr Heneh, in an open letter to Egyptian talk show hostess Dr Hala Sarhan. According to...

Kuweit: What's in a Video?

  9 February 2007

Tunisian blogger Sami Ben Gharbia writes (Fr): “Shams, the Kuweiti singer just released her video “Ahlan Ezzayak” [Welcome, how are you?] which has become popular in Arab countries. The video...

Lebanon: Bush's War

  7 February 2007

Lebanese blogger Leila Abu Saba links a video of a Kuwaiti singer who makes fun of Bush's war.

Bahrain: Genetically Engineered Food Alert!

  5 February 2007

Bahrain-based blogger Haitham Sabbah raises the alarm about the presence of genetically engineered food, which is not labelled, floating about in the markets of Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE and even...

A Week Goes by in Kuwait

  4 February 2007

Do you doodle ? Well Nibaq over at Savior Machine not only doodles, but he leaves his doodle machine in the bathroom and everyone in household doodles on it. This...