Category Archives: Kuwait

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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A Frenzy State of Emergency

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Muller

U.S. State Department’s 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report 2013 [pdf] points to the shameful situation of forced labor, including nonpayment of wages, long working hours without rest, deprivation of food, and threats; as well as physical and, in particular, sexual … Continue reading →

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The Oldest And Most Powerful Legislature

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Muller

Once again, Kuwait’s Constitutional Court has dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called for new elections. The same took place on June 20, 2012, when the top court annulled an opposition-dominated Parliament. The Amir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, subsequently amended the … Continue reading →

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Kuwait Deports its Workforce

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Muller

I had generally been hesitant to report on ludicrous news from the tiny, oil-rich feudal autocracy in the corner of the Persian Gulf. This is owing to plenty of nice memories when having lived and worked in Kuwait just a … Continue reading →

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