December 2007 Archives

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It doesn't rain often in Kuwait, but when it does it always is a welcome sight; especially on such a crisp, chilly Friday - supplications during rainfall are especially encouraged in Islam.

An absolutely brilliant, passionate, and most of all, accurate speech by MP Saleh Al-Fadalah (at the Kuwait National Assembly) concerning government mismanagement and lack of vision.

Fadalah managed to verbalize what most Kuwaiti citizens (including government supporters) really think and say privately, but tend not to highlight in front of Government or Ruling Family members.

AFP Photo - Minister Nuriya Al-Sebih (seen here with U.S. First Lady Laura Bush)

The Minister of Education Nuriya Al-Sebih recently fired her Under-Secretary Jassem Al-Omar - among other reformist actions she is pursuing at her ministry.

She has more cojones than most of her male minister colleagues combined.