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Fifteen Things From One Palm Tree: The Kuwaiti Home Before Plastic
A diver's rope is made of pounded date stalks, and a child's toy of two fronds with a taut string.
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استقبل المنشورات في بريدك
مرة في الاسبوع، اهم ما نشرناه.
يمكنك الغاء الاشتراك في اي وقت.
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The Seesar: A Kuwaiti Kitchen Chimney, and Not in Every House
Four columns of sea rock with four openings, and a cover weighted by a stone so the rain does not fall on the fire.
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A Coffeehouse for Every Trade: The Map of Old Kuwait’s Cafes
The ruler sat in one daily to hear complaints, and the owner of another brought its water by camel from the wells of Shamiya.
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The Kuwaiti Man in the Kitchen: From a Desert Campfire to a Hotel Pass
Thirteen-hour days, a jibe that became fuel, and a dream of a culinary academy. Two chefs told their stories to the news agency in 2019.
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From the Camel to the Stamp: Two Hundred Years of Kuwaiti Post
Fourteen days to Aleppo across the desert, and an office Sheikh Mubarak asked for in 1901 that did not open for another three.
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Shinyali, Mamoosh and Mahrooq Sabaa: Names That Stayed and Recipes That Went
A heritage researcher counted fourteen dishes on the household table before oil, and about half are no longer cooked. The sources list them without explaining what they are made from.
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Behbehani: A Letter to Omega in 1935, and a Television Station the Government Bought
He travelled to New York in 1947 via Basra, Baghdad, Tel Aviv, Egypt, Italy and Britain, and came back with air conditioning and two-way radio. He offered the police a set and was refused, so he gave one to a hunter until the interior ministry asked for them.
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Sikka Sadd, Ayer and Thulaima: What Roads Were Called Before Asphalt
The first paving came in 1945, from Dasman Palace to Safat Square, with tar brought from Qaruh island and melted over a fire before it was spread on the gravel.
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The Flying Club: Eight Auster Aircraft That Started the Kuwait Air Force
Marzouq Al-Ajeel was the first to hold the licence in 1954, and Abdulaziz Al-Sayegh the first engineer five years later.
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Qallas, Khashuqa and Sufurtas: The Kuwaiti Kitchen’s Imported Vocabulary
Dr Saud Al-Osfour counted dozens of pieces in old homes for Al-Qabas and traced where their names came from: a stove named after a foreign brand, plus borrowed terms for a ladle, a jug and a jar. The port did not bring in only the vessels; it carried their names with them.
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The Qallata: A Diving Tax Worth One Diver’s Share, Abolished in 1938 and Back at Half
Jassem Boodai's ledger records who paid and who found nothing: from three rupees to six hundred and twenty-four.
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A Pineapple Tin as a Rice Measure: How the Kuwaiti Home Judged Quantities
The sackcloth ghirara kept the grain, the minhaz pounded wheat for harees, and a palm-frond mat stood in for a table. Dozens of tools counted by a local researcher in a series published by Al-Qabas.