7 November: What Happened On This Day

In Kuwait

1965 — “The Storm”, Kuwait’s First Feature Film

The Ministry of Information produced Al-Asifa (The Storm), regarded as Kuwait’s first feature film. It was written by Abdulameer Al-Turki and directed by Mohammed Al-Sanousi, with Abdulhussain Abdulredha, Khalid Al-Nafisi and Jawhar Salem in the cast alongside the Ibn Hussain troupe of sea songs.

1988 — Settling Property in the Divided Zone

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on their citizens’ property in the Divided Zone. Kuwait paid KD 8 million to compensate Saudi citizens for property in the northern part, and compensated its own citizens for their farms in the southern part, which passed to the Saudi government.

1992 — The Biggest Cargo of Oil-Lake Crude

Kuwait exported its largest single shipment of oil recovered from the oil lakes. More than 300 of them had formed after over 700 wells were wrecked during the Iraqi invasion.

1994 — A Reservoir-Rock Laboratory at KISR

A regional centre for analysing oil reservoir rocks and fluids opened at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. At the time it was the only one of its kind in the Middle East.

2000 — The First State Appreciation Awards

The Ministry of Information named writer Khalid Al-Zaid, historian Saif Al-Shamlan and poet Ahmad Al-Saqqaf as the first winners of the State Appreciation Awards, for their part in Kuwait’s cultural life.

2016 — Barak Al-Jasmi, Motocross World Champion

Kuwaiti rider Barak Al-Jasmi won a motocross world championship title in California.

2022 — One Patent for Fresh Water and Cool Air

KISR’s Water Research Center was granted a US patent for a technology that desalinates water while cooling and conditioning air at the same time.

Source: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), On This Day in Kuwait, 7 November.