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Fashion mogul accuses designers of ‘enslaving women’ with Islamic styles

Pierre BergeFormer fashion mogul Pierre Berge lashed out yesterday at designers creating Islamic clothing and headscarves, accusing them of taking part in the “enslavement of women”.The French businessman, partner of the late fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent, took aim at the wave of big fashion chains that have followed the Italian designers Dolce & Gabbana in catering specifically to the Muslim market. “I am scandalized,” he told...

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Confidence is attractive

Gaining confidence has been a rather sensitive and essential issue that almost every girl deals with and some suffer from it. We live in a world now where everything is available, and the understanding of beauty has changed. In some aspects, it has changed to the better and in other aspects it has changed to the worse. Confidence is how you see yourself, whether it was physically, mentally or emotionally, and it’s also how you carry yourself in...

This file photo shows an official from the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) holding a diamondstudded piece of jewelry seized by the Philippine government from former first lady Imelda Marcos, at the Central Bank headquarters in Manila. — AFP

Philippines puts Marcos jewel images online to teach about graft

This file photo shows an official from the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) holding a diamondstudded piece of jewelry seized by the Philippine government from former first lady Imelda Marcos, at the Central Bank headquarters in Manila. — AFPPhilippine authorities are staging an online exhibition of jewelry owned by late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his family to try to educate a new generation about the corruption of that...

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Kuwait, Saudi to resume production at Khafji field - Maintenance contracts signed for the disputed oilfield

KUWAIT: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have reached a deal to resume production at the disputed Khafji offshore oilfield, Kuwait’s acting oil minister said yesterday. “An agreement has been reached with the Saudi side at Aramco to resume production at Khafji field in small quantities,” Anas Al-Saleh told parliament during a debate. Saleh, who is also the Finance Minister, said the quantities will increase “gradually” after resolving...

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Clinics vs Hospitals

Talal Al-Ghannam Good morning my honorable readers, and I wish you all a blessed day. In this article, I would like to shed light on some incidents that happened to me personally and to some of my friends at different clinics and hospitals in Kuwait. Clinics and hospitals must be the safe haven for sick people who want to hear soothing and assuring words, rather than feeling scared or unwelcomed. Let me start with some incidents that happened...

T: MP Adnan Abdulsamad speaks during a parliament session yesterday, as Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah (center) and Justice Minister Yaqoub Al-Sane look on. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Lawmakers call for revoking Dashti citizenship, membership - Domestic help bill amendment approved

T: MP Adnan Abdulsamad speaks during a parliament session yesterday, as Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah (center) and Justice Minister Yaqoub Al-Sane look on. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The case of controversial MP Abdulhameed Dashti completely dominated the National Assembly's session yesterday amid sectarian tensions and calls to revoke his citizenship and parliament membership.The assembly overwhelmingly voted to...

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World Bank monitors municipality to improve functions, services

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Municipality yesterday launched a partnership initiative with the World Bank authorizing the latter monitor the municipality's executive body activities from now on. Following a meeting with the World Bank delegation headed by Kuwait's office manager Dr Feras Ra'ad, Kuwait Municipality Director Ahmad Al-Manfouhi stressed that the Municipality was on the verge of launching a 'revolutionary' reform and development process.The aim...

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Statement from Indian Community School Kuwait’s Board of Trustees on recent crisis

KUWAIT: The Board of Trustees of the Indian Community School Kuwait held a meeting at the Senior School (ICSK) premises on Monday, March 28,2016. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, S K Wadhawan informed the members that the sponsor had returned the keys of the boardroom and the adjoining office on Sunday,.All the members present in the country including the Vice Chairman Bobby Mathew, Secretary Vijay Karayil, Treasurer Sunil Kumar and Joint...

Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah

Govt eyes tourism as new source of income: minister

Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-SabahKUWAIT: The government is keen to promote Kuwait's tourism sector and developing it as a way to diversify sources of income and create more opportunities for young people, a senior official said yesterday.During a speech at the opening ceremony, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah made those statements at the...

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Kuwaiti women spend KD 989 million annually on cosmetics

KUWAIT: A recent study found that 50 to 60 percent of Kuwaiti women aged between 15 and 55 spend considerable amounts of money every year on beauty, cosmetics and fitness products.The study, conducted by Al- Qabas daily, showed that between 205,000 and 230,000 Kuwaiti women spend KD 350 to 400 per month on beauty which adds up their total spending to KD 980 million a year.The study also stressed that, in view of their affluence, Kuwaiti women are...

KUWAIT: A photo showing sewage pollution found at the Shaab beach. — Photo courtesy of Al-Qabas

Shaab coast flooded by sewage water

KUWAIT: A photo showing sewage pollution found at the Shaab beach. — Photo courtesy of Al-QabasKUWAIT: It seems that the new environment protection law managed to stop a large number of environmental violations but failed so far to stop seawater pollution created by sewage water pumped by Ministry of Public Works (MPW) rain drainage manholes into Kuwait Bay and on various coasts, said unnamed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sources...

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Municipality refers bank guarantee forgery cases to prosecution

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality Director Ahmad Al- Manfouhi announced that he has referred 15 bank guarantee forgery cases to the public prosecution. Responding to an inquiry filed by Municipal Council member Fahad Al-Sane about fake bank guarantees, Manfouhi explained that the standard procedures followed in such cases is to submit a report made by a specialized team to the municipality’s director, who refers it to the legal affairs department for...

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Overstayers, sponsors to be deported

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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA

Kuwait weather to remain unstable

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Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation

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MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP

Mideast seethes amid carnage

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KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP

The impact of oil discoveries