Every time I look at someone, I pass judgement – quickly and swiftly, and most likely unconsciously as well. I can’t help but analyze what the person is wearing, doing, and even who he/she is with. I examine their surroundings and establish a basic stereotypical judgement. However because I have been taught better, I do [...]

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In Kuwait we are used to this concept: we break the law whenever we feel like it. If we get caught we mostly try to talk our way out of it, or get in contact with certain individuals who help us get out of the trouble we got into. Breaking the law has easily become [...]

Posted in Kuwait, Politics, Rant 33 Comments »

In part 1 of this series I only opened up with a question for all to answer. The question was: Has foreign labor affected our country negatively? I do admit, I got some very positive feedback from everyone. I thank you all very much! Many of you mentioned that the topic of foreign labor is [...]

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In short I want to extend my deepest sadness and full support to the Kuwaiti community for this unjust behavior. I’d like to say that I do not condone such actions. The unjust behavior we have heard about yesterday must be looked into and we must stand together for our brothers and sisters. For more [...]

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Everyone who’s everyone has been through, or will go through a bad experience at a government department. Whether it is lost files, missing documents, wrong documents, wrong files, missing signatures, wrong departments… you get the picture. I haven’t received my government allowance (da3m el 3amala) in two months. The reason was because when I changed [...]

Posted in Politics, Rant 11 Comments »

We live in a world where we must learn to conserve energy. We learn to limit our energy usage and actually give a crap about the state of the world. Even though I understand that we must promote alternative and environmental changes for the better, why does this have to happen at the expense of [...]

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A new movement has started called “?? ???..?”, also translates to “Until When..?” Link: Student Forces Facebook Group: ?? ???..? I like that people are speaking up and trying to do something, but sadly I am a little pessemistic as to what these people can actually do. It takes a lot to make a change [...]

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