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The Kuwait Experience

Author : Richard Moore

Publisher : Independently Published

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 42,5 MB

Release : 2023-03

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"A Journey Through the Heart of the Arabian Peninsula: The Kuwait Experience" is a comprehensive travel guide that takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the rich history and culture of Kuwait. From the bustling city streets of Kuwait City to the serene desert landscapes, this guide provides an immersive experience of this fascinating country. With expert insights and practical tips, readers can discover the best sights and hidden gems that Kuwait has to offer. "The Kuwait Experience" covers everything from traditional markets and shopping centers to historical landmarks and museums. It also delves into the delicious cuisine of Kuwait, with recommendations for the best local eateries and street food. This guide also provides a deeper understanding of Kuwait's culture and customs, from its strong Islamic heritage to the modern influences of Western culture. With tips on cultural etiquette and traditions, readers can fully immerse themselves in Kuwaiti life and connect with the friendly locals. Whether you're planning a short trip or a longer stay in Kuwait, "A Journey Through the Heart of the Arabian Peninsula: The Kuwait Experience" is the perfect travel companion. With detailed maps, suggested itineraries, and insider tips, you can experience the best of Kuwait and create memories that will last a lifetime.



Kuwait Transformed

Author : Farah Al-Nakib

Publisher : Stanford University Press

Page : 297 pages

File Size : 29,67 MB

Release : 2016-04-13

Category : History

ISBN : 0804798575

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As the first Gulf city to experience oil urbanization, Kuwait City's transformation in the mid-twentieth century inaugurated a now-familiar regional narrative: a small traditional town of mudbrick courtyard houses and plentiful foot traffic transformed into a modern city with marble-fronted buildings, vast suburbs, and wide highways. In Kuwait Transformed, Farah Al-Nakib connects the city's past and present, from its settlement in 1716 to the twenty-first century, through the bridge of oil discovery. She traces the relationships between the urban landscape, patterns and practices of everyday life, and social behaviors and relations in Kuwait. The history that emerges reveals how decades of urban planning, suburbanization, and privatization have eroded an open, tolerant society and given rise to the insularity, xenophobia, and divisiveness that characterize Kuwaiti social relations today. The book makes a call for a restoration of the city that modern planning eliminated. But this is not simply a case of nostalgia for a lost landscape, lifestyle, or community. It is a claim for a "right to the city"—the right of all inhabitants to shape and use the spaces of their city to meet their own needs and desires.





KADWV

Author : Jamʻīyah al-Kuwaytīyah lil-Difāʻ ʻan Ḍahạ̄yā al-Hạrb

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Page : 32 pages

File Size : 42,58 MB

Release : 1991

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Iridescent Kuwait

Author : Laura Hindelang

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Page : 261 pages

File Size : 47,12 MB

Release : 2021-12-21

Category : Art

ISBN : 3110714736

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Die Erdöl-Moderne ist ein lokales Phänomen der Geschichte Kuwaits, aber auch ein globales Ereignis und massgebliche Ursache des Klimawandels. Die Studie untersucht die Rolle von Erdöl in der visuellen Kultur Kuwaits im Kontext von Ideologien wie Modernisierung und politischer Repräsentation. Der Begriff des Irisierenden, eines in Regenbogenfarben schillernden Farbenspiels, dient als analytisch-ästhetisches Konzept, um den umstrittenen Beitrag von Erdöl in der Moderne zu diskutieren: sowohl Wohlstandsversprechen wie auch destruktive Kraft in soziokultureller und ökologischer Hinsicht. Das Buch versammelt eine Fülle historischen Bildmaterials, darunter Luft- und Farbfotografien, Briefmarken, Stadtpläne und Architekturdarstellungen, um unter Berücksichtigung von zeitgenössischer Kunst aus der Golfregion das visuelle Erbe der Erdöl- Moderne kritisch zu hinterfragen.



The Complete Travel Guide for Kuwait

Author : YouGuide

Publisher : Youguide International BV

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 25,18 MB

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Category : Travel

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"The Complete Travel Guide Series" offers a comprehensive exploration of diverse destinations worldwide. Each book provides detailed insights into local culture, history, attractions, and practical travel tips, ensuring travellers are well-prepared to embark on memorable journeys. With vibrant illustrations, beautiful pictures and up to date information, this series is an essential companion for any type of traveller seeking enriching experiences.



Everyday Conversions

Author : Attiya Ahmad

Publisher : Duke University Press

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 23,39 MB

Release : 2017-03-09

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 082237322X

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Why are domestic workers converting to Islam in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region? In Everyday Conversions Attiya Ahmad presents us with an original analysis of this phenomenon. Using extensive fieldwork conducted among South Asian migrant women in Kuwait, Ahmad argues domestic workers’ Muslim belonging emerges from their work in Kuwaiti households as they develop Islamic piety in relation—but not opposition—to their existing religious practices, family ties, and ethnic and national belonging. Their conversion is less a clean break from their preexisting lives than it is a refashioning in response to their everyday experiences. In examining the connections between migration, labor, gender, and Islam, Ahmad complicates conventional understandings of the dynamics of religious conversion and the feminization of transnational labor migration while proposing the concept of everyday conversion as a way to think more broadly about emergent forms of subjectivity, affinity, and belonging.



Central Tendering

Author : Jamal Al-Fares

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Page : pages

File Size : 15,79 MB

Release : 2000

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The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait

Author : Hamdi Hassan

Publisher : Pluto Press

Page : 292 pages

File Size : 26,96 MB

Release : 1999-09-20

Category : History

ISBN : 9780745314112

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To what extent has religion, identity and ‘otherness’ facilitated and accelerated armed conflict in the Middle East?



Stories of Democracy

Author : Mary Ann Tétreault

Publisher : Columbia University Press

Page : 332 pages

File Size : 14,60 MB

Release : 2000

Category : History

ISBN : 9780231114899

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A sophisticated investigation of the shifting tides of democratic governance in modern Kuwait from 1921 to the present based on interviews both with political activists and members of the political elite, Stories of Democracy sheds light on a wide array of issues concerning Middle Eastern politics and democratic institutions in general. Mary Ann Tétreault explores how various political factions have sought to advance their own notions of Kuwaiti history and politics through distinctive popular appeals: (1) pro-democracy forces focusing on Kuwait's relationship to the universal values of the democratic world around them, and (2) anti-democrats proffering Arab and Muslim religious and cultural traditions. She explores how such dramatic events as the suspension of the Kuwaiti constitution in 1986 and the invasion by Iraq in 1990 occasioned major shifts in the course of the democracy movement. The current running through virtually all of the nation's political drama is the monolithic Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), used by the government as an instrument of economic strength to safeguard sovereignty in the absence of military might.