Kuwait City’s skyscrapers as seen from the Arab Fund Building (all images by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — The United Arab Emirates may dominate the ...
KUWAIT, Feb 17 (KUNA) -- 1979 -- A media complex opened in downtown Kuwait city encompassing Radio and Television as well as the Information Ministry. 1981 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad ...
KUWAIT, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- 1972 -- Zaid Al-Harb, a renowned poet who was among the first to demand gender equality, passed away at 85. 1977 -- A ground satellite station in Umm Al-Aish began ...
KUWAIT, March 22 (KUNA) -- 1917 -- Britain establishes the first telegraph line from Basra to Kuwait. 1964 -- Kuwait approves the agreement establishing the Arab Organization for Social Defense ...
1960 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree-into-law regulating the State budget. 1975 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree-into-law forming the ...
1961 -- H.H. the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah issues Amiri Decree 26/61 on the Kuwaiti flag. It states that the national flag of the State of Kuwait takes a horizontal shape, its ...
1904 -- Kuwait's seventh Ruler Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah approved the establishment of a British post office in Kuwait. 1957 -- The first census showed Kuwait's population at 206,473 people, including ...