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Bridging minds
The Ties Center in Kuwait recently offered a lecture on cultural similarities and differences. The lecturer was Dr. Teresa Lesher and I had the valuable opportunity to ask her comments on a theory to explain the cognitive differences between Arabic and English speakers. To summarize, the grammatical differences between us causes Arab speakers to order information and data in a more flexible order than those who speak English where there is a...
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For the love of movement - 'Royal Academy of Dance teacher helps girls in Kuwait learn to soar'
At some point in almost every little girl's life, she dons soft pink slippers and learns to soar. Ballet teacher Teni Matian danced and refused to play with toys and dolls when she was around three years old. Her supportive family helped Matian become a ballet dancer and a certified teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance in London. "My family supported me and never asked me to be a doctor or engineer, even when I got high marks in my studies. They...
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Reading a popular pastime in Kuwait - Flipping the stereotype
There is a stereotype that people in Kuwait don't read. Perhaps because people in Europe and America can often be seen reading in public in trains, coffee shops, at the bus stop, and of course in bookshops. Here, however, it is rare to find someone sitting and reading a book. You are more likely to see people in a coffee shop playing on their smart phone.There is, however, a large subgroup of devoted readers and writers here. In honor of World...
RIYADH: (From left) Mohammad bin Salman second crown prince of Saudi Arabia, King of Bahrain Hamad bin Eissa Al-Khalifa, Kuwait’s HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud Al-Said, President Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Secretary General of the GCC, Abdul Latif Bin Rashid Al-Zayani of Bahrain, participate in the Leaders Photo at the Diriyah Palace during the GCC Summit in Riyadh yesterday.— AP
US, Gulf united against IS
RIYADH: (From left) Mohammad bin Salman second crown prince of Saudi Arabia, King of Bahrain Hamad bin Eissa Al-Khalifa, Kuwait’s HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud Al-Said, President Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Secretary...
Children sit next to a tent at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni yesterday. About 50,000 people remain stranded in Greece since the closure of the migrant route through the Balkans in February. Over 10,000 of them are stuck in a slum-like camp at Idomeni on the border with Macedonia.—AFP
Migrant smugglers ‘shifting routes rapidly,’ warns NATO
Children sit next to a tent at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni yesterday. About 50,000 people remain stranded in Greece since the closure of the migrant route through the Balkans in February. Over 10,000 of them are stuck in a slum-like camp at Idomeni on the border with Macedonia.—AFPANKARA: NATO said yesterday it had no plans to wind up a mission to stop migrant...
IDLIB: A Syrian family is seen at a shelter after a convoy of buses and ambulances transporting wounded civilians and rebels from the Syrian villages of Zabadani and Madaya arrived in the area of Idlib yesterday during an operation in cooperation with the United Nations to evacuate hundreds of wounded people from besieged Syrian towns. --AFP
50 regime forces surrender to Kurds in northeast Syria - Syria Kurds train new army to protect 'federal region'
IDLIB: A Syrian family is seen at a shelter after a convoy of buses and ambulances transporting wounded civilians and rebels from the Syrian villages of Zabadani and Madaya arrived in the area of Idlib yesterday during an operation in cooperation with the United Nations to evacuate hundreds of wounded people from besieged Syrian towns. --AFPQAMISHLI, Syria: Fifty Syrian pro-government fighters surrendered yesterday to Kurdish forces in the...
LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (centre L) accompanied by her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh greet wellwishers during a ‘walkabout’on her 90th birthday in Windsor, west of London yesterday. — AFP
Britain hails 'steadfast' queen on 90th birthday - Cameron: 'A rock of strength for our nation'
LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (centre L) accompanied by her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh greet wellwishers during a ‘walkabout’on her 90th birthday in Windsor, west of London yesterday. — AFPWINDSOR: Britain celebrated the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II yesterday with tributes to a popular monarch who has steered it through the decline of empire and a wave of scandals to the Internet age.The sovereign, who has...
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Saudi executes Pakistani man for drug trafficking
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani national yesterday for smuggling drugs, taking to 86 the number of people the ultra-conservative kingdom has put to death this year. Shah Zaman Khan Sayyed had been found guilty of attempting to smuggle heroin and amphetamines into the kingdom, the interior ministry said. The sentence was carried out in the Riyadh region. Most people put to death in Saudi Arabia are beheaded with a sword. The executions...
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Pakistan army chief sacks senior officers for corruption - ‘Those who are corrupt should be worried now’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's army has fired several senior officers over corruption charges, senior military sources told AFP yesterday, in a rare display of accountability by the country's most powerful institution. "I can confirm the sacking of at least six senior officers which include a lieutenant general," said a senior officer based in military headquarters, crediting popular army chief Raheel Sharif with launching the investigation leading to the...
MUMBAI, Maharashtra: This file photograph shows Indian UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya as he poses with models during the launch of the Kingfisher 2014 calendar in Mumbai.—AFP
India investigators want Britain to deport liquor baron
MUMBAI, Maharashtra: This file photograph shows Indian UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya as he poses with models during the launch of the Kingfisher 2014 calendar in Mumbai.—AFPNEW DELHI: India's financial crimes agency said yesterday it is seeking the deportation of former airline boss Vijay Mallya from Britain, after he left the country owing more than $1 billion. The 60-year-old, a part-owner of the Force India Formula 1 team who used to run a...
INDIA: An Indian farmer tries to revive his unconscious cattle dying on an unploughed field during a water crisis innGondiya village, 45km from Allahabad, yesterday.—AFP
More than 100 feared dead in India heat wave
INDIA: An Indian farmer tries to revive his unconscious cattle dying on an unploughed field during a water crisis inGondiya village, 45km from Allahabad, yesterday.—AFPBHUBANESWAR, India/KARACHI, Pakistan: More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave which forced schools to close and halted outdoor work like construction, government officials said yesterday. Neighboring Pakistan, which suffered its hottest spell...
ILOILO, PANAY ISLAND, Philippines : This photo shows Rodrigo Duterte, front-runner presidential candidate for the May 9 elections, swearing in front of a national flag and supporters (not pictured) during a campaign sortie in Iloilo City, central Philippines. — AFP
Leading Philippine candidate says he may cut US, Australia ties
ILOILO, PANAY ISLAND, Philippines : This photo shows Rodrigo Duterte, front-runner presidential candidate for the May 9 elections, swearing in front of a national flag and supporters (not pictured) during a campaign sortie in Iloilo City, central Philippines. — AFPMANILA: Trash-talking Philippine presidential favorite Rodrigo Duterte has warned he is prepared to cut diplomatic ties with the United States and Australia after their ambassadors...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman endorses Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. - KUNA
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