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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.
The wonderful Kuwait my home town
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On 24-26 October Kuwait Finance House, a World Diabetes Day Official Partner, organised a health expo in collaboration with the country's Ministry of Health to raise awareness of diabetes and place focus on how, in many cases, the disease can be prevented.
The picture shows some of the diabetes and World Diabetes Day awareness messages that were displayed at the entrance of the exhibition.
Taking off from Kuwait City back to Germany. They say that this city is going to be a huge tourist attraction spot. It looks like a pretty cool city from up here. But not in the dead of summer when temperatures get up to 140 degrees.
Kuwaiti women during a sit in Kuwait city infront the Kuwaiti parliament today 8 March 2012 to demand more of public and private freedoms on the occasion of International Women's Day.
Yousef Abdel-Hamid Al-Jassim, a TV presenter and Chief Executive Officer of Six by Six Multimedia Services Co., talks to Dr. Shafeeq Al-Ghabra, political science professor at Kuwait University, during a Jan. 22 panel discussion in Kuwait City entitled "Youth and Arab Political Movement" organized by the Ministry of Information. 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 polls to elect a new 50-member National Assembly (parliament).
يوسف عبد الحميد الجاسم، مقدم برامج تلفزيونية والرئيس التنفيذي لشركة ستة في ستة لخدمات الوسائط المتعددة، متحدثًا إلى الدكتور شفيق الغبرا، أستاذ العلوم السياسية في جامعة الكويت، خلال 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
Veteran former Kuwait lawmaker Dr. Ahmad Al-Khatib addresses a crowd of men and women during the inaugural election rally for candidate Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi in Surra in Kuwait on 17 Jan. 2012. Al-Awadhi, a former MP, is among 24 women running in the Feb. 2 polls to elect a new 50-seat National Assembly (parliament).
: النائب الكويتي المخضرم د. أحمد الخطيب يخطب في حشد من الرجال والنساء أثناء الحفل الإنتخابي للمرشحة د. أسيل العوضي في الانتخابات في منطقة السرة بالدائرة الثالثة يوم 17/1/2012، والعوضي هي نائب سابق وواحدة من بين 24 امرأة مرشحة يتنافسن على 50 مقعد في انتخابات مجلس الأمة (البرلمان) يوم 2/2/2012.
KUWAIT (November 4, 2014) Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, conduct Raise, Tow, Beach training with the Kuwait Naval Force during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX). IMCMEX includes navies from 44 countries whose focus is to promote security through mine countermeasure operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and throughout the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonah Stepanik/Released)
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.
A propaganda New Year's Card of the Kuwaiti Society. This card did the rounds of British (and presumably other Coalition members') forces in the run up to the liberation of Kuwait. For inside of card, click link below:
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Kuwaiti women during a sit in Kuwait city infront the Kuwaiti parliament today 8 March 2012 to demand more of public and private freedoms on the occasion of International Women's Day.
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.
Kuwaiti women during a sit in Kuwait city infront the Kuwaiti parliament today 8 March 2012 to demand more of public and private freedoms on the occasion of International Women's Day.
I was trying my camera's zoom (May her soul rest in peace LOL), It's not dead yet but I am still waiting for it to be fixed; it's taking forever.
Those are the huge spheres of Kuwait Towers; they are Kuwait's land marks.
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.
Photo taken yesterday 23 Nov.Mahtab Jamali ,British designer with Iranian roots " bose with Arabian hourse for EPA photographer in Kuwait yesterday 23 Nov 2011 at the seaside in south Kuwait .Mahtab Jamali the designer of Katayoon" Katayoon"International Luxury brand for ladies" is a young aspirational woman who started the brand and named it after her mother meaning "the queen of the world".
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.
.Hundreds of Kuwaiti firemen on Tuesday fought to contain a massive fire in a dump for used tyres, with some members of parliament calling the blaze an environmental catastrophe.Firemen from the national guard, the army and the oil sector joined efforts to extinguish the fire that was still raging 10 hours after it broke out in the dump of more than five million tyres.
M1A1 Abrams tank crews practice firing rounds at a target range early Sunday morning somewhere in the Kuwait desert near the Iraqi border. Photo by: David Leeson/The Dallas Morning News
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 to a reporter after touring 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.
Dr. Mohammed al-Rumaihi, a political analyst ,writer and media figure (sitting on left) addressing the audience, as moderator Yousef Abdel-Hamid Al-Jassim, a TV presenter and Chief Executive Officer of Six by Six Multimedia Services Co., (sitting on right) listens on during 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 الإعلامى المعروف (جالساً إلى اليسار) مخاطباً الحضور، في حين يصغى منسق المناقشة يوسف عبد الحميد الجاسم، المذيع التليفزيوني ومدير المكتب التنفيذي لشركة خدمات وسائل الإعلام المتعددة ستة في ستة (جالساً إلى اليسار) أثناء منتدى عقد في الرابع والعشرين من يناير في مدينة الكويت نظمته وزارة الإعلام لإلقاء الضوء على التقليد الديمقراطي الطويل للكويت في إدارة الانتخابات البرلمانية التي ستجري أوائل الشهر القادم. وقد أدرج أكثر من 400.000 كويتي في قوائم الإنتخابات للإدلاء بأصواتهم في 2 فبراير 2012 لإختيار 50 عضواً جديداً لمجلس الأمة
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.
Korean and Kuwaiti male Break Dancers with traditional Korean music merging together on one stage in harmony at Dasma Theater in Kuwait yesterday night 20 Oct 2009 . Korea and Kuwait organizing Cultural week to marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the State of Kuwait and the Republic of Korea. The administration will hold cultural events and trade and investment fairs in seven Arab countries from ( in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, Oman and Lebanon.)Oct. 14 to 27 in an effort to foster friendship and mutual understanding.
Stitched panoramic photo show the massive fire in Kuwait today 17 April 2012.Hundreds of Kuwaiti firemen on Tuesday fought to contain a massive fire in a dump for used tyres, with some members of parliament calling the blaze an environmental catastrophe.Firemen from the national guard, the army and the oil sector joined efforts to extinguish the fire that was still raging 10 hours after it broke out in the dump of more than five million tyres.