The State of Kuwait
(This page is currently being updated...)
Please feel free to send me information that you feel deserves
inclusion on this page at
anwar@cs.cmu.edu.
Important Notice: Two Americans, David Daliberti and Bill Barloon, were recently taken hostage by Iraq and
sentenced to eight years in an Iraqi prison. We Kuwaitis sympathise greatly with their families, especially since 625 Kuwaitis have been
held hostage in Iraq since the war.
Please help the Dalibertis and the Barloons
in their plight by checking out
this site.
"Kuwait. Kuwait, Kuwait! That was all I heard. Kuwait, Kuwait! At last this paradise
on earth was just below the horizon's rim and on the morrow would arise. Kuwait, Kuwait,
where every ship was a sturdy clipper and every girl was beautiful, where the houses of the
Sheikh and the merchants were mansions full of the wealth of the Indies, where the water
was sweet and the fruit glorious and the melons lying upon the earth were flavored
with Myrrh and honey. What a place this Kuwait must be - more fruitful than Zanzibar,
more blessed than Beirut, more healthy than the Indian hills." - Alan Villiers, arriving
at Kuwait on a Boom with a crew of (exuberant) Kuwaitis, 1938.
Topics
Basic Information
Facts and figures
Maps
Miscellaneous
Cultural
See the American Heritage dictionary entry above, as well.
Kuwaiti Web Resources
Academic and Research Oriented
Commercial
Informational
Web Resources for Neighboring Gulf States
Writings, Features, etc.
(Some of the articles here have controversial content and reflect the views of only of those who have submitted articles. They do not reflect the views of the government of Kuwait or even necessarily Kuwaitis in general. They are merely interesting pieces on the political atmosphere and events surrounding Kuwait.)
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