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I finished college in 1981 and had my first fulltime job. I taught as an elementary school teacher in Kuwait that fall. I went with a classmate from home and new friends who were new hires too. It was the first time we'd been overseas. The world seems like a much different place.
These images are rough due to the age of the photographs. Over time, I may do a bit of editing on these.
Laborers prepare to move small generators at a construction site.
Credit : ILO/Apex Image
Date : 2011/07
Country : Kuwait
Kuwaiti Elected female lawmaker Dra. Aseel Al Awadhi and Marzooq Al ghanim (L) during the reopening of Kuwait National Assembly in Kuwait, on Sunday, May 31, 2009.Four women became the first to win seats in the May 16 election.
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Soldiers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) participated in various social and spiritual activities to celebrate the holiday season.
On Christmas Eve hundreds of service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors gathered at a hangar decked out for the holidays. Put together by 1st TSC and 143d ESC Soldiers along with the helping hands of Morale, Welfare and Recreation employees, the event included a buffet dinner, a visit from St. Nicholas and a secret Santa gift exchange in front of a Christmas tree. Several Soldiers and civilians demonstrated their singing or dancing skills on stage during a “Camp Arifjan’s Got Talent” show judged by members of the 143d ESC’s junior enlisted ranks.
Though the celebration generated much laughter and applause from the lively crowd, some Soldiers preferred to spend Christmas Eve at a more solemn venue.
Chaplains and chaplain assistants deployed to Camp Arifjan hosted a Christmas Eve vigil at the post chapel that evening. The nondenominational Christian service wove scripture readings and traditional Christmas carols before the congregation brought the service to its climax as it illuminated the chapel with hundreds of lit candles.
The celebration continued the next day with a 5k run and a Christmas feast served by the 1st TSC and 143d ESC’s senior leadership at Camp Arifjan’s Dining Facilities. The 143d ESC also hosted a barbecue lunch as well as various sporting activities such as volleyball and cornhole.
Photos by Maj. John Adams, 1st Lt. Nicole Rossman, Staff Sgt. Ian Shay and Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC
One of a short series of Kuwaiti A321 Neo flights to Heathrow from Kuwait City. KU107 on approach to runway 27R on October 2nd 2025.
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Soldiers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) participated in various social and spiritual activities to celebrate the holiday season.
On Christmas Eve hundreds of service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors gathered at a hangar decked out for the holidays. Put together by 1st TSC and 143d ESC Soldiers along with the helping hands of Morale, Welfare and Recreation employees, the event included a buffet dinner, a visit from St. Nicholas and a secret Santa gift exchange in front of a Christmas tree. Several Soldiers and civilians demonstrated their singing or dancing skills on stage during a “Camp Arifjan’s Got Talent” show judged by members of the 143d ESC’s junior enlisted ranks.
Though the celebration generated much laughter and applause from the lively crowd, some Soldiers preferred to spend Christmas Eve at a more solemn venue.
Chaplains and chaplain assistants deployed to Camp Arifjan hosted a Christmas Eve vigil at the post chapel that evening. The nondenominational Christian service wove scripture readings and traditional Christmas carols before the congregation brought the service to its climax as it illuminated the chapel with hundreds of lit candles.
The celebration continued the next day with a 5k run and a Christmas feast served by the 1st TSC and 143d ESC’s senior leadership at Camp Arifjan’s Dining Facilities. The 143d ESC also hosted a barbecue lunch as well as various sporting activities such as volleyball and cornhole.
Photos by Maj. John Adams, 1st Lt. Nicole Rossman, Staff Sgt. Ian Shay and Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC
Kuwait liberation tower
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Kuwait Flags
I love my country .... I love Kuwait
Dedication to all Kuwaitis and non-Kuwaitis who love this country Hala February Festival 2010 - by N-Studio
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I first taught elementary school students English and Science in Kuwait. I was at Al-Bayan School from 1981 to 1983. These were some photos taken during my time there.
Kuwait City taken @ 13th Floor of our building.
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Kuwaiti MPs Rola Dashti (L) and Askar Al Enzi (R) are pictured during the opening of the new parliamentary term, in Kuwait City, 26 October 2010. Ahead of the new parliamentary term, MPs have threatened to grill the prime minister and several other ministers over an array of issues, including allegations of failure to implement laws and various violations. EPA/RAED QUTENA
Yousef Abdel-Hamid Al-Jassim, a TV presenter and Chief Executive Officer of Six by Six Multimedia Services Co., points to the audience while Dr. Shafeeq Al-Ghabra, political science professor at Kuwait University, looks on during a panel discussion and seminar on Jan. 22 in Kuwait
City entitled "Youth and Arab Political Movement". The seminar is one of many organized by the Ministry of Information to shed light on the Gulf Arab country in the run up to February 2, 2012 parliamentary polls to elect a new 50-member National Assembly (parliament).
يوسف عبد الحميد الجاسم، مقدم برامج تلفزيونية والرئيس التنفيذي لشركة ستة من ستة لخدمات الوسائط المتعددة، يشير إلى الجمهور في حين أن ينظر إليه الدكتور شفيق الغبرا، أستاذ العلوم السياسية في جامعة الكويت، أثناء حلقة نقاش في الندوة التي عقدت في 22 يناير بمدينة الكويت تحت عنوان "الشباب والحركة السياسية العربية". وتقوم الوزارة بتنظيم العديد من الندوات لتسليط الضوء على التقاليد الديمقراطية في البلد العربي الخليجي خلال الفترة التي تسبق موعد الانتخابات النيابية في 2 فبراير 2012 والتي يجري فيها انتخاب 50 عضو لمجلس الأمة
Investors sit inside the Kuwait Stock Exchange buidling in the financial district of Kuwait City February 1, 2012. The market's weighted index closed virtually unchanged at 404.51 points on the day before parliamentary elections in which more than 400,000 Kuwaiti men and women are eligible to cast ballots to vote for a new 50-seat assembly. Photo taken by Jack Dabaghian for the Ministry of Information.
مختلط في عبرتي حبر الشقى ودم الجروح
ومستوي في نظرتي غرب الوجود ومطلعه
عودي المبري بقابه من عطايا الوقت روح
وفصل خامس حاير بين الفصـول الأربعة
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Soldiers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) participated in various social and spiritual activities to celebrate the holiday season.
On Christmas Eve hundreds of service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors gathered at a hangar decked out for the holidays. Put together by 1st TSC and 143d ESC Soldiers along with the helping hands of Morale, Welfare and Recreation employees, the event included a buffet dinner, a visit from St. Nicholas and a secret Santa gift exchange in front of a Christmas tree. Several Soldiers and civilians demonstrated their singing or dancing skills on stage during a “Camp Arifjan’s Got Talent” show judged by members of the 143d ESC’s junior enlisted ranks.
Though the celebration generated much laughter and applause from the lively crowd, some Soldiers opted to spend Christmas Eve at a more solemn venue.
Chaplains and chaplain assistants deployed to Camp Arifjan hosted a Christmas Eve vigil at the post chapel that evening. The nondenominational Christian service wove scripture readings and traditional Christmas carols before the congregation brought the service to its climax as it illuminated the chapel with hundreds of lit candles.
The celebration continued the next day with a 5k run and a Christmas feast served by the 1st TSC and 143d ESC’s senior leadership at Camp Arifjan’s Dining Facilities. The 143d ESC also hosted a barbecue lunch as well as various sporting activities such as volleyball and cornhole.
Photos by 1st Lt. Nicole Rossman, Staff Sgt. Ian Shay and Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC
Kuwaiti Lawyer & Humanitarian activist محامية كويتية و ناشطة إنسانية
Her Instagram : mariam_alkharafi
I finished college in 1981 and had my first fulltime job. I taught as an elementary school teacher in Kuwait that fall. I went with a classmate from home and new friends who were new hires too. It was the first time we'd been overseas. The world seems like a much different place.
These images are rough due to the age of the photographs. Over time, I may do a bit of editing on these.
Much of the 'desert' in Kuwait is scrub, as seen in this photo. [NB - in the far distance the country of Iraq lies over the 'skyline'.]
Kuwaiti Parliament members Aseel al awadi (R) ,Rola dashti (C) and marzoq al ghanim (L) during asession today 11 may 2010 to discuss the privatization draft law that the parliamentary financial and economic committee had already finished. Kuwait Labor Unions Federation rejected the privatization draft bill, contending “there is no need to beautify the ugly face of privatization.
Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah, Acting Chief of Staff of the Technical and Advisory Office at HH the Prime Minister's Diwan, performing the "Al-Ardah" traditional sword dance during a Jan. 29 flag raising ceremony at the Mubarak Kishk historic site in Kuwait City attended by top officials as well as international media covering the upcoming the parliamentary elections in the country. More than 400,000 Kuwaitis are eligible to cast ballots in the February 2 vote for a 50-member National Assembly (parliament).
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Soldiers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) participated in various social and spiritual activities to celebrate the holiday season.
On Christmas Eve hundreds of service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors gathered at a hangar decked out for the holidays. Put together by 1st TSC and 143d ESC Soldiers along with the helping hands of Morale, Welfare and Recreation employees, the event included a buffet dinner, a visit from St. Nicholas and a secret Santa gift exchange in front of a Christmas tree. Several Soldiers and civilians demonstrated their singing or dancing skills on stage during a “Camp Arifjan’s Got Talent” show judged by members of the 143d ESC’s junior enlisted ranks.
Though the celebration generated much laughter and applause from the lively crowd, some Soldiers opted to spend Christmas Eve at a more solemn venue.
Chaplains and chaplain assistants deployed to Camp Arifjan hosted a Christmas Eve vigil at the post chapel that evening. The nondenominational Christian service wove scripture readings and traditional Christmas carols before the congregation brought the service to its climax as it illuminated the chapel with hundreds of lit candles.
The celebration continued the next day with a 5k run and a Christmas feast served by the 1st TSC and 143d ESC’s senior leadership at Camp Arifjan’s Dining Facilities. The 143d ESC also hosted a barbecue lunch as well as various sporting activities such as volleyball and cornhole.
Photos by 1st Lt. Nicole Rossman, Staff Sgt. Ian Shay and Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Soldiers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) participated in various social and spiritual activities to celebrate the holiday season.
On Christmas Eve hundreds of service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors gathered at a hangar decked out for the holidays. Put together by 1st TSC and 143d ESC Soldiers along with the helping hands of Morale, Welfare and Recreation employees, the event included a buffet dinner, a visit from St. Nicholas and a secret Santa gift exchange in front of a Christmas tree. Several Soldiers and civilians demonstrated their singing or dancing skills on stage during a “Camp Arifjan’s Got Talent” show judged by members of the 143d ESC’s junior enlisted ranks.
Though the celebration generated much laughter and applause from the lively crowd, some Soldiers preferred to spend Christmas Eve at a more solemn venue.
Chaplains and chaplain assistants deployed to Camp Arifjan hosted a Christmas Eve vigil at the post chapel that evening. The nondenominational Christian service wove scripture readings and traditional Christmas carols before the congregation brought the service to its climax as it illuminated the chapel with hundreds of lit candles.
The celebration continued the next day with a 5k run and a Christmas feast served by the 1st TSC and 143d ESC’s senior leadership at Camp Arifjan’s Dining Facilities. The 143d ESC also hosted a barbecue lunch as well as various sporting activities such as volleyball and cornhole.
Photos by Maj. John Adams, 1st Lt. Nicole Rossman, Staff Sgt. Ian Shay and Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC