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A Kuwaiti woman votes at a Kuwait City polling station in the February 2 parliamentary elections. A total of 400,296 Kuwaiti men and women are elligible to vote to choose from among some 285 candidates, including more than 20 women candidates, for a new 50-seat National Assembly (parliament).
The Kuwait Country Workshop focuses on the major achievements and aspirations of CAIT in its endeavour to achieve its strategic vision: Towards e-Kuwait.
The workshop addresses the main strategic objectives of the Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT) in Kuwait, which is mandated with building, developing and enabling the Kuwaiti information society. CAIT is undertaking this journey through focusing on four fundamental projects.
Day 2
14 May 2013
ITU/ Claudio Montesano Casillas
Satellite image of Kuwait and adjacent bay.
Photo Credit: Jacques Descloitres, NASA | Wikimedia Commons
The Kuwait Towers are three towers of reinforced concrete in Kuwait City. The main tower is 187 metres high and serves as a restaurant and water tower. It also has a Viewing Sphere which rises to 123 meters above sea level and completes a full round turn every 30 minutes.
A member of the audience taking a picture with his mobile phone of a panel of speakers during a Jan. 22 seminar in Kuwait City entitled "Youth and Arab Political Movement" which was organized by the Ministry of Information and moderated by Yousef Abdel-Hamid Al-Jassim, a TV presenter and Chief Executive Officer of Six by Six Multimedia Services Co. The ministry is organizing several seminars that shed light on the Gulf Arab country and its democratic tradition in the run up to February 2, 2012 parliamentary elections.
أحد الحضور يلتقط بهاتفه النقال صورة المتحدثين في حلقة النقاش خلال الندوة المنعقدة في 22 يناير بمدينة الكويت تحت عنوان "الشباب والحركة السياسية العربية" التي نظمتها وزارة الإعلام وأدارها يوسف عبد حميد جاسم، مقدم برامج تلفزيونية والرئيس التنفيذي لشركة ستة من ستة لخدمات الوسائط المتعددة. 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
Kuwaiti Minister of Information Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah (right) and Justice, Education and Higher Education Minister Ahmad Al-Mulaifi (left), tour a polling station in Kuwait City during the Feb. 2 , 2012 parliamentary elections. The information minister expressed optimism that the elections would lead up to the creation of a parliament that would deliver and push forward the development plan, according to local media. The justice minister told reporters that he was confident that the voting process would run smoothly. Some 285 candidates are running in the polls to vote for a new 50-seat parliament.
Kuwaiti Minister of Information Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah (2nd from right) and Justice, Education and Higher Education Minister Ahmad Al-Mulaifi (3rd from right), tour a polling station in Kuwait City during the Feb. 2 , 2012 parliamentary elections. According to local media, the information minister expressed optimism that the elections would lead up to the creation of a parliament that would deliver and push forward the development agenda. The justice minister told reporters that he was confident that the voting process would run smoothly. Some 285 candidates are running in the polls to vote for a new 50-seat parliament.
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.
Investors sit beneath the electronic quotation boards 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.
HH the Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah waves to the crowd inside the National Assembly in Kuwait City Feb. 15, 2012, at the conclusion of the inauguration ceremony of the new parliamentary term. HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah stands beside (R of picture). Kuwaitis voted Feb. 2 for a new 50-member legislature.
Dr. Mohammed al-Rumaihi, a political analyst, writer and media figure (standing on left) addressing members of the audience, as moderator Yousef Abdel-Hamid Al-Jassim, a TV presenter and Chief Executive Officer of Six by Six Multimedia Services Co., listens on following a Jan. 24 seminar in Kuwait City organized by the Ministry of Information to highlight Kuwait's long tradition of democracy in the run up to parliamentary elections early next month. More than 400,000 Kuwaitis are scheduled to cast their ballots Feb. 2, 2012 to elect a new 50-member National Assembly (parliament). د.محمد الرميحي، المحلل السياسي والكاتب والوجه الإعلامي المعروف (واقفا إلى اليسار) مخاطباً نفر من الحضور في حين يتابع الحديث منسق المنتدي يوسف عبد الحميد الجاسم، المذيع التليفزيوني ومدير المكتب التنفيذي لشركة خدمات وسائل الإعلام المتعددة ستة في ستة وذلك في المنتدي الذي عقد يوم 24 يناير في مدينة الكويت ونظمته وزارة الإعلام لإلقاء الضوء على التقليد الديمقراطي الطويل للكويت في إدارة الإنتخابات البرلمانية أوائل الشهر القادم. وقد أدرج أكثر من 400.000 كويتي في قوائم الإنتخابات للإدلاء بأصواتهم في انتخابات 2 فبراير 2012 لإختيار 50 عضواً جديداً لمجلس الأمة
Personnel from the Santa Fe Drilling Company and the Red Adair Oil Well Firefighters battle a blaze from a burning oil well. Numerous wells were set afire by Iraqi forces prior to their retreat from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.
the kuwait towers are one of the most important scenes in kuwait which is beside aquapark that lightens up kuwait at night
From Dasman Palace
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Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 170 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 1 EV
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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.
Investors walk outside 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.
In the "Highway of Death" right at the end of Gulf War I. This was taken about a week after the ceasefire.
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.
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.
US Army infantry soldiers use selfmade equipment like a papermade glove and a ball made out of old socks to play baseball in the desert outside Kuwait City, March 16, 2003. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
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.
Kuwaiti Justice, Education and Higher Education Minister Ahmad Al-Mulaifi talks on his mobile phone as he tours a polling station in Kuwait City during the Feb. 2 , 2012 parliamentary elections. The minister told reporters that he was confident that the voting process would run smoothly. "Our democracy is an open book for all," the minister was quoted as saying by local media. A total of 400,296 Kuwaiti men and women are eligible to vote to choose from among some 285 candidates, including more than 20 women candidates, for a new 50-seat parliament.
During Kuwait Camel racing 22 Dec 2007 at Kuwaiti desert , more than 500 camels were racing with jockes and without to won the race.Camel Race is a deep-rooted traditional sport that finds its origins in the desert culture of the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, and the Middle East.