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Kuwait

            The country of Kuwait is located in the Middle East, between the countries of Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and is bordered by the Persian Gulf. It is roughly the size of New Jersey. The population of Kuwait is a little over two point one million people. Eighty-five percent of Kuwait's population is Muslim, and the remaining fifteen percent are a mixture of Christian, Hindu, and Parsi. Kuwait's primary language is Arabic, but English is also widely spoken. Kuwait is the world's tenth largest oil exporter and oil composes seventy-five percent of the government's annual income. .
             One thing that has really caught my interest about Kuwait is the fact that women have many of the same rights as men. Women make up about half of the population and around one third of the Kuwaiti work force (the largest percentage of any country in the Gulf Region) and hold job positions that are not normally available to women in the Middle East. Some of these include positions in the government, oil industry, and even the running of independent businesses. Women also enjoy a central role in their families. They are able to go out and travel on their own, drive cars, get an education (forty to seventy percent of all Kuwaiti University graduates are female, depending on the year), and are allowed to dress any way they want to. It isn't uncommon to see Kuwaiti women dressed in western style clothing walking through the streets of Kuwait's cities. This is an amazing fact to me. Most Arab nations treat their women as property, force them to completely cover themselves in traditional Arab garments, and formal education is all but nonexistent for them. This has really given me a better .
             perspective of the fact that Kuwaiti women have it very easy compared to other Arab women around the world. .
             The only remaining right that Kuwaiti women haven't gained is the right to vote. In May of 1999 the Amir of Kuwait issued a decree that gave women the right to vote, but it was rejected by the National Assembly in November of that same year.


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1. Health Care in Kuwait

... 2013, 19). Big economic power has enabled the government to provide many public services, including good quality health care, which is the reason why it is considered that people in Kuwait enjoy a high standard of health. „Adequate hospitals, health centres and clinics staffed by skilled health workers provide safe and effective health care to people. The health indicators and the burden ... is routine inspection of health facilities for quality assurance. Interesting information is that the Ministry of Health has approved applications of 35 private companies to open new private hospi...

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2. Kuwait and the Al-Sabah Family

... non-citizens (the expatriates and al-Bidun) are not part of the rentier franchise and thus receive neither economic material nor political opinion. As Kuwait is largely tribalistic and hierarchical, only the top tiers receive the full benefits of the state (unless you are a citizen that is). Furthermore ... to the Residence Law in 1975, created the legal obligation of kafala (guarantorship). This meant that anyone intending to engage in economic activity in Kuwait had to find a citizen al-kafil (guarantor). In the kafala system, 51 percent of business share had to be assigned to the kafil...

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3. Kuwait Healthcare Vs. Britain Healthcare

... devices and uses modern technology in diagnosis and medical treatment. Similarly, the healthcare of Britain possesses similar tools and devices and, in some cases, manufactures them. Furthermore, the healthcare of Kuwait provides the elders with special care in one of its institutions and the healthcare of Britain does, too. Moreover, both systems of healthcare provision face several problems concerning the infectious ... the fact that "the illnesses which individuals present can be seen in the context of their lives and their health behaviour." (Allsop, 1995) In contrast, the healthcar...

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4. Kuwait

... is growing at an alarming rate. To be frank, I am in high favor that we are well aware of the traffic problem In Kuwait: In Kuwait there are many car accident ,accident causation and injuries that can be considered serious or fatal, so that corrective measures can be taken to decrease ... injury and cost reporting-investigation system of construction accidents in government agencies and private firms. This research confirms that construction is the most hazardous industry in Kuwait, with accidents accounting for 48%, 38% and 34% of all disabling injuries and 62%, 38% and 42% of all fatal...

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5. The Causes Of The Persian Gulf War

... by the United Nations and led by the United States defeated the large, well-equipped Iraqi army and forced it to withdraw from occupied Kuwait. The allied offense, whose military code name was Operation Desert Storm, involved ground troops from 19 countries joining together from virtually every region ... interest in potential Iraqi oil resources. Financial groups from several major nations engaged in protracted negotiations with the Ottoman Empire (present-day Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and Turkey) in order to obtain concessions to explore for oil in Mosul and in Kirkuk, two locations in what...

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6. War in the Gulf (Gulf War)

... The soldiers were supported by thousands of tanks, armored transports, armored vehicles, and artillery pieces. It was still dark when the soldiers reached Kuwait city. Small groups of police and civilians armed with rifles fired at the Iraqi troops, but their weapons were no matches for the armored ... will make the Gulf a graveyard for those who think about committing aggression, starting with these cowardly, American navies!" (Nardo 31) When Saddam took over Kuwait he did not expect such a huge international crisis. His invasion made him look bad, especially to countries that supporte...

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7. The Gulf War

... Online Encyclopedia article titled "The Persian Gulf War", the United States sent 400,000 troops and 200,000 troops arrived from several other countries including Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, France, Kuwait, Egypt, Syria, Senegal, Niger, Morocco, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates. Other countries contributed ships, air forces, and medical units including Canada, Italy, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, ... 20,000-35,000 Coalition Deaths 240 American Deaths 148 Coalition Injuries 776 Americans Injured 458 Fig. 2. Casualty comparison (Brown) The Aftermath Af...

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8. Gulf War

... the level of rhetoric against his neighbours, Saddam also began to deploy large numbers of troops to the Kuwaiti border, attempting to intimidate Kuwait into helping him financially. This build up was regarded by many as simple sabre rattling and the thought of one Arab attacking another ... both state that Saddam felt American experience in Vietnam meant they would be unwilling to engage in adventures abroad. Prior to the invasion of Kuwait, the United States had attempted to work more closely with Iraq and wanted her to become a stabilising force in the region, one with ... 1990, senio...

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9. 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s

... on the border between the two countries and relations were sometimes very tense. Relations between the two countries bettered during the Iran-Iraq war. Kuwait helped Iraq with diplomatic backing and loans. After the war had ended in 1988, the Iraqi government began an extremely expensive program to reconstruct ... showing no signs of giving up or retreating, the UN Security council passed a resolution to "use any necessary means- to force Iraq from Kuwait, if Iraq occupied Kuwait after January 15, 1991. Iraq rejected the ultimatum. On January 12,1991, U.S. Congress passed a resolution al...

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