http://intlxpatr.wordpress.com/2007/05/
This is not a joke.
A friend at church got called about the phenomena and heard several serious queries about Armageddon and the signs of the end-of-time.
I suppose with the incessant talk of the possibility that Iran (and other states) might bring nuclear weapons to the Gulf is making people nervous. So, perhaps Cheney, Clinton, and cohorts should stop rattling their sabers so loudly about having a war on Iran in the neighborhood, too.
On a lighter note, elections are bringing out a lot of good reporting on Kuwait society and interesting editorials in the local press this month.
Badrya Darwish wrote an editorial making fun of one comment made by a female politician in her district, who "promised women voters that if she wins a seat in parliament, it will be a priority on her agenda to forbid Kuwaiti men from hiring beautiful housemaids."
Darwish admits that the candidate, Nawal Al-Muqaihit, was perhaps joking--but the local press hasn't been clear on the matter.
Darwish asks, "Imagine, what a joke. No good-looking maids allowed in Kuwait. Why, because we're afraid our men might flirt and marry them? And that will spoil the Kuwait race for the future. As if Kuwait is one race only. Kuwait by now is like living in the United Nations. From all walks of life, from all nationalities. Persian, Syrian, Iraqi, from the Arabian Peninsula, American-mixed, British-mixed, European-mixed, Asian-mixed, Indian-mixed, Russian-mixed and African-mixed and on and on.
Darwish concludes, "And honestly speaking, I've noticed that the mixed breed children are usually good looking, healthy and smart. So a few Kuwaiti men marrying Sri Lanka or Filipinas won't upset the balance. Sorry, Ms. Muqaithit ...Try to find a major issue that concerns us."
This is what Americans need to be telling their politicians now, too. Get to the issues!
Americans today are in fear of their country changing too-much during the next generation as the immigrated population to its shores becomes even bigger.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/1/us_citizens_lawful_residents_sue_us
Already legal immigrants are being mistreated in the USA, too. There are all kinds of threatening raids near the borders and around the U.S. this decade-- indicating that a sort of Nightmare on Elm Street reality or mentality is taking over both media and political dialogue.
WHERE IS LOVE STREET?
National elections in Kuwait are scheduled for two weeks from now. As the average age of Kuwaitis is about 20 years of age, it is appropriate at election time to seek out this youngest voting majority to find out what makes them tick this election season.
In his article "Political Landscape at KU Reflect Larger Societal Divisions", Hussain Al-Qatari writes, although the views on the campus of Kuwait University, the largest one in the country, reflect the political realities of the country, it also demonstrates how things are evolving differently in the longer term here.
