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LUSAIL: A France supporter (right) with the France national flag and the FIFA World Cup Trophy painted on his face cheers during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail.- AFP

Qatar World Cup promotes and showcases Arab culture

By Faten OmarDOHA: Selecting Qatar to host the FIFA World Cup 2022 was a successful choice. Fans from around the world praised the presence of Arab culture and were surprised to learn that Arab stereotyping is false and prejudiced and fabricated by haters. Argentinean Juli Ledezma told Kuwait Times the atmosphere was heartwarming. She loved seeing people from different parts of the world coming together and showing admiration, respect and love to...

MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s English striker Marcus Rashford (left) shoots and scores his team second goal during the English League Cup fourth round football match between Manchester United and Burnley, at Old Trafford on December 21, 2022. – AFP

United advance into League Cup quarters; Charlton stun Brighton

LONDON: Marcus Rashford marked his return from World Cup duty with a brilliant solo goal as Manchester United advanced into the quarter-finals of the League Cup on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over Burnley while Premier League rivals Brighton were knocked out by third-tier Charlton. United's first game since the World Cup was also their first since Cristiano Ronaldo's dramatic departure from Old Trafford and an announcement by owners the Glazer...

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Tomooh Sports Club in Oman

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Tomooh Sports Club left for Oman to participate in Oman Para Athletics Meeting. The event is organized by Oman Paralympic Committee under the supervision of the International Paralympic Committee from December 21-December 26. Chairwoman of Tomooh, head of the delegation said the participation is at the invitation of Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) and is considered a quality move in the club's athletics participations.She...

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Arab Masters: Al-Salali stuns Mansouri

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The second day of the 2nd Arab Masters Tennis Masters Tournament held at Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah International Tennis Complex was full of surprises, as top seed, Tunisian Iskander Mansouri, was stunned by Egypt's Akram Mohammed Al-Salali in three sets 1/6-6/3-6/7. Moroccan Yassine Dlimi had an easy win over Bahrain's Fares Abdelkareem 6/0-6/0 in the first group.In the second group, Kuwait's Bader...

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Tadhamon Futsal Team and Fatat Club face off

KUWAIT: Tadhamon Women Futsal team will meet Fatat Club on Saturday in the seventh round of URC league. The match will be preceded by that of Kuwait and Fatayat Al-Oyoun. Fatat lead the standings with 15 points on goal difference with Tadhamon. Saturday's match may decide the sole lead. The two teams have met twice - Fatat won 5-1 in the third round, then Tadhamon avenged the loss with a 4-2 win in the fourth round.

Hamad Al-Msaibee, Corporate Relations Department Manager at Zain (second right), Advertising and Marketing Manager Taleb Kanjo (right), Amal Nasser Al-Jufaira one of the jury members (second left), Rania Al-Rashed (left) present an award to the winner Shadan Alawadhi (center) in the special needs category. -Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Students overjoyed at winning Kuwait Times art competition

By Faten OmarKuwait Times concluded the student art competition titled "Kuwait, Years from Now" by awarding the winners during the closing ceremony. More than 1,000 students from 80 schools participated under the strategic partnership with Zain. The father of Leon Prasad, who won first place in the 12-14 years category, revealed this is the third time his son won the Kuwait Times competition. "My son started drawing when he was two years old. I...

Father Maximilian Schiefermueller is seen in the library of the Benedictine Abbey in Admont, Austria.-AFP photos

Fairytale abbey library takes online stardom in its stride

Ancient monasteries in deepest provincial Austria do not normally feature on the bucket lists of the TikTok generation. Nor do libraries. But the Admont abbey library in the small Styrian town-which claims to be the largest monastic library in the world-is also the most Instagramable, with Baroque interiors so breathtaking they almost look like they have been Photoshopped."Go for Baroque in Austria and visit the Admont Abbey library," Oprah...

Balat Al-Rasheed cafe since 1924

Heritage houses transformed into commercial projects that liven up Amman

A project to restore heritage buildings, some of which date back about 100 years, has restored the momentum of the center of the Jordanian capital, Amman, which is packed with people from the city's residents and visitors. The process of converting these buildings into commercial projects, most of which are restaurants, well-known markets and tourist shops, liven up these houses built since the start of the last century and contributed to the...

KUWAIT: MPs raise their hands to approve the housing law at the National Assembly on Wednesday. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

Assembly passes law to resolve housing problem

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a law to accelerate building homes for Kuwaitis a majority of whom wait for as long as 15 years to get a home amid skyrocketing prices and monopoly. The law calls to establish companies to build new cities and residential areas with the help of strategic foreign partners who will be allowed to operate without the need for a local agent. Only one MP objected to the law saying some of its...

KABUL: Afghan female university students stop by Taleban security personnel stand next to a private university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. - AFP

Taleban ban women from universities

KABUL: Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses a day after the nation’s Taleban rulers banned them from higher education in another assault on human rights. Despite promising a softer rule when they seized power last year, the hardline Islamists have ratcheted up restrictions on all aspects of women’s lives, ignoring international outrage.A team of AFP journalists saw groups...

LUXOR: Egyptian and foreign tourists flock to the Karnak temples in Luxor to witness the phenomenon of sunrise on Wednesday.— KUNA

Egypt witnesses sunrise over the temples of Karnak

CAIRO: Egypt witnessed on Wednesday the phenomenon of sunrise on the axis of the (Karnak) temples in Luxor governorate, in the south of the country, which occurs on December 21 of each year, marking the start of the winter season.It's officially winter. The secretary-general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr Mostafa Waziri said in a statement that "the sun shone on the axis of the temples at exactly six o'clock and 31 minutes in...

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New Arab identity

By Fadia Al-Refai up as an Arab, Muslim, girl, a certain identity shaped me to be who I am today. This identity was formed by rigid ideas that the western side of the world implemented in the minds of many including myself. It is no secret that the Western world for the past two centuries has had a strong effect on the recent global mentality. Weather this happened because of globalization, or journalistic power, or because of the...

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KUWAIT: H the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs and Managing Director and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad Al-Kaabi on Aug 26, 2024.

Kuwait signs 15-year Qatar gas deal