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Introduces the geography, history, religious beliefs, government, and people of Kuwait, a small country on the Persian Gulf. ... Read more

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An essential reference
Rush's painstaking research and intimate knowledge of Kuwait and its ruling family have combined to create a classic reference.

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I am trying to find this book, I am very interested in reading it.Please let me know when more copies are made.thanks ... Read more

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Kuwait Traditions is a collection of essays and articles which describe different aspects of Kuwait's traditional past and significant features of its material culture.This book helps to provide a colorful introduction to the culture and folk traditions of Kuwait, to the creative expression and talent of its men and women. ... Read more

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excellent introduction to Kuwaiti Culture
This is a classic book to me as a Kuwaiti. it's rich, informative, and the print is incredibly attractive.

i have purchased this book three times from amazon to my over seas friends, and i've bought two from local shops to friends near by. there is no better way to introduce the culture of Kuwait.
if you are still stuck with a steroetype image of Kuwaitis, this is your chance to lose it! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Countries and Their Cultures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 765 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Covers the broad range of popular religious culture of the United States at the close of the twentieth century. Beliefs, practices, symbols, traditions, movements, organizations, and leaders from the many traditions in the pluralistic American community are represented. Also includes cults and phenomena that drew followers, such as Heaven's Gale and UFOs. ... Read more

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Chapters: Dewaniya, Kuwaiti Architecture, Culture of Kuwait, Ardha, Samri, National Library of Kuwait. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Dewaniya, mistakenly ... Read more

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Kuwait has recently come to the attention to global strategic planners.This report puts these executives on the fast track.Ten chapters provide: an overview of how to strategically access this important market, a discussion on economic fundamentals, marketing & distribution options, export and direct investment options, and full risk assessments (political, cultural, legal, human resources).Ample statistical benchmarks and comparative graphs are given. ... Read more

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A cultural and geographical lookat Kuwait . A detailed look atlife in Bedouin society. ... Read more

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This book examines the relationship between religion, democracy, and women's organizations in Kuwait. More specifically, it looks at whether these organizations are working toward achieving formal political rights for women. Helen Rizzo examines how interpretations of religion affected the goals and activities of the organizations in terms of women's empowerment and if the organizations were pushing the democratization process. Much of the recent literature on the relationship between Islam, democracy, and women's rights has been negative and pessimistic. Instead, this book examines the complicated relationship between these three things, arguing that some women in Kuwait are using Islam in their discourse to justify women's right to equality and public participation, thus countering the arguments that see Islam, democracy, and women's rights as inherently and culturally incompatible. ... Read more

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progress in women's rights
Rizzo documents the many advances made by Kuwaiti women since the end of the first Gulf War. Seen over the entire time frame, and compared to neighbouring countries, the changes have been massive. There is now a far greater democratisation of Kuwait. Reflected in part by rising educational rates for women, declining birth rates and more women being in the work force.

She was able to interview several women's organisations. Some of these acted as informal citizens' groups that helped enable participation in the political process. And to challenge the dominant patriarchal structure. The book also summarises a good statistical analysis of the interviews and other data.

The trends are very promising for the Middle East. With all the currently unremitting bad news from the region, it's nice to read this book. ... Read more

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At a time when the turmoil and conflict in the Middle East dominates world news, students need to develop an understanding of the people and culture of this region. This five-volume set, part of the Discovering World Cultures series, examines geographical, historical, economic, and cultural issues in 16 Middle Eastern countries. For each nation, information about people groups, natural resources and geography, economy, and religion is included. A section on everyday life considers education, leisure activities, dress, holidays, the arts, and food, including sample recipes. Tables, charts, illustrations, timelines, and fact sheets provide visual references to support the written material.

Volume 1: Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt

Volume 2: Iran, Iraq, Israel

Volume 3: Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman

Volume 4: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria

Volume 5: Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Grades 6-8

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This is an interdisciplinary collection of essays which studies the complex relationship between the historical Gulf war of 1990-1991, and those myths, narratives and images commonly drawn on to explain it. A linking theme through the volume is the shadow of Vietnam, how the Gulf war was perhaps the culminating event in what has come to be known as "the Vietnam syndrome". As well as focusing upon the central role of mass media the contributors address issues and events that are not usually treated in the same political and historical context, for example, popular music, comic books, was memorials, anti-war expression, literature, and the effects of war upon language. The essays should be of interest to students of history, politics, war studies, American studies, cultural studies, oriental and Middle East studies, the social sciences, media studies, literature and art history. ... Read more

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I refused to read this dung based on the title alone.
The concept that the Gulf War never occured is preposterous.I was an Attlerry Scout with F/2/2 USMC and can personally vouch for the following facts: A) the conflict happened and was contested. B)There were instagatorsimported from less Arabic countries to punish the local citizens.Myservice in SouthWestAsia was one of the most fulfilling experiences in mylife. ... Read more

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The New Republic airbrushed a Hitler mustache on Saddam Hussein. CNN reporters described the bombing of Baghdad as "fireworks on the Fourth of July." The Pentagon fed prepackaged programs to the TV networks. Veiled Arab women became icons of an exotic culture. These are some of the ways the media brought home the war in the Persian Gulf as a national spectacle. Looking to old and new technologies for mass communication--from CNN to comic books, from international new agencies to tabloids, from bomb sights to the Super Bowl--the essays in this collection show the ways in which public information is shaped, packaged, and disseminated.The contributors include Venise T. Berry, Victor J. Caldarola, Dana L. Cloud, Tom Engelhardt, Cynthia Enloe, H. Bruce Franklin, Daniel C. Hallin, Kim E. Karloff, Michelle Kendrick, Margot Norris, Lauren Rabinovitz, Leonard Rifas, Therese Saliba, Ella Shohat, Holly Cowan Shulman, Mimi White, and Robyn Wiegmen.Susan Jeffords is the director of Women's Studies and a professor of English at the University of Washington. She is the author of Hard Bodies: Hollywood Masculinity in the Reagan Era. Lauren Rabinovitz is an associate professor of American Studies and Film Studies at the University of Iowa and the author of Points of Resistance: Women, Power, and Politics in the New York Avant-Garde Cinema. ... Read more