Category Archives: Kuwait

An Amazing Memoir

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Muller

Some time ago, I came across the memoir of my dear colleague at Kuwait University, Professor Enosakhare Samuel (Sam) Akpata, originally from Lagos University in Nigeria. He joined a few days after me. It was just after 9/11 and I … Continue reading →

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Where is Mitribah?

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Muller

Temperatures the last couple of days in Kuwait and southern Iraq broke long-standing records for Asia with reaching 54 centigrades (129 F) in Mitribah and Basrah (on July 21 and 22, respectively), see here. Weather historian Christopher C. Burt even … Continue reading →

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Kuwaiti Tabloid Conceals “Jihadi John’s” Job in Kuwait

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Muller

Update 3 March 2015. While the Guardian newspaper reports today that his former boss in an unnamed Kuwaiti IT company has praised Mohammed Emwazi’s skills and manners (“He was the best employee we ever had, … He was very good with people. Calm … Continue reading →

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Trouble All Over the World

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Muller

Presently, Barack Obama faces trouble everywhere. Having denied (one of these “plausible denials”) having had known that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone (and that of other European leaders) had been tapped (actually for more than ten years) by NSA … Continue reading →

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Homophobia in Kuwait

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Muller

When Holocaust-denier former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Columbia University in September 2007, he raised another laugh when pretending, “In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country, in Iran we do not have this phenomenon, I don’t know … Continue reading →

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