Category Archives: Kuwait

kuwait , my great country ( at least in my eye ) it has its up and downs , but its still my country

General, Kuwait

Kuwait Book fair

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As far as i know ,, and according to the Kuwait international fair company [ KiF ]
The book fair is from 13th till 23 of November

of course i haven’t noticed any ad or even a small bit in the newspapers ( other than some general complaining about banning of books which happen every year ) way to go The National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature
the good part that the NCCAL* have a website and they set a side a section for Kuwait book fair
but its in Arabic [ link ]

* thats the short they used on their home page , i didn’t make this up , i just love the irony that it sound like the Kuwait word nagal نغل which translate into a$$hole

Kuwait, Political

Is logic banned in kuwait ?

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Time and time again i get the feeling that logic is a banned substance in Kuwait

How is asking for democracy and quota for woman logical ?

How do we want to make Kuwait a finical harbor ( as everyone from higher up claim ) when i can’t import a book / DvD / Video Game without it begin delayed at the customs for 2-3 weeks ?

How can we be a Finical harbor when the mail doesn’t get delivered ?

Why we Blame the Parliament for not building anything new in Kuwait when it was suspended from 1986-1992 and the government have the upper hand when they feel like it

How is it logical that every professional ask for a special Raise because of wage gap between them and other profession ?

How is it logical that my name spelling in English is not the same in my passport and driving license when they are printed by the same ministry

This country need a big amount of logic ,, either we need to Import it or produce it locally ( very hard it seem ,, we lack logical people i believe )

Funny, Kuwait, Political

Kuwait Suspended by FIFA

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I don’t know , should i be happy or very happy about these kind of news

Regarding other items, at the request of the Associations Committee, the Kuwait Football Association has been suspended with immediate effect from all international football activities until further notice on account of government interference in the association’s affairs and for infringing its own statutes as well as for failing to comply with a decision passed by the FIFA Executive Committee

FIFA Site[link]

of course i would have been happier if they suspended all soccer / football in Kuwait

Kuwait, Oldies

The Cruel Sea ( Bas ya Bahar )

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The movie we keep on sending to each and every film festival that accept it , won many many awards
lately its showing in Middle East international film festival [link]
Imdb [Link]

what i don’t get is this

WHY ISN’T IT ON DVD ALREADY ?

also another small tidbit
one of the director other movies The Wedding of Zein ( عرس الزين ) was submitted for the 51st Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film [wiki]

Kuwait, Rants

Bayan Fee

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Whats up with that ?

i bought a DVD as a present for someone and had it shipped with DHL , now DHL is more expensive than other carriers but that was okay i was in a bit of hurry for that present
they gave me an Estimated Arrival as October 12, 2007
so i check Amazon Tracking and its says
October 11, 2007 XX:XX:00 AM KUWAIT KUWAIT Arrival Scan

funny thing ,, today DHL came to deliver it ( October 16 , 5 days after it got to Kuwait and 4 days late from estimate ) , not only late but they demanded 5 KD extra , for what ? they claim Bayan Fee and when i asked for a paper for that Bayan fee , at first they claim its the custom , and when i check the custom paper it says ? ” معفى من الرسوم ” aka Exempt , so i demand to know what is that extra 5 KD , he call someone on his mobile who claim its an extra tariff’s i tell them I’m not paying anything extra for the hell of it , its not on an official paper , its just DHL invoice that say 5kd Bayan Fee ,, i could print one at my house and say ;
20 KD Bayan Fee
40 KD Shamiya Fee
30 KD Jarah Fee

I already paid for the shipping , i’m not paying extra to get it to me ! what kind of concept these paper run on ? charge and if you can charge more ?