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10 Killed, 12 Injured in Kuwait Deadly Fire 10 Killed, 12 Min 31º Max 49º FREE www.kuwaittimes.net NO: 16921- Friday, July 1, 2016 Sales of Ice-cool Evans The punisher’, Ramadan TImings secondhand sworn in as sets up another Emsak: 03:07 items booming British date Philippines’ Fajer: 03:17 Shrooq: 04:52 in Kuwait for Federer President Dohr: 11:52 Asr: 15:26 Maghreb: 18:52 4 46 18 Eshaa: 20:23 1010 killed,killed, 1212 injuredinjured inin KuwaitKuwait deadlydeadly firefire See Page 9 KUWAIT: Paramedics assist an injured man after a deadly fire killed 10 Asian residents in Farwaniya yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayaat Local FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016 Local Spotlight Photo of the day Ramadan diary most places, but the truth is that by 1 pm, By Muna Al-Fuzai many don’t want to work. Productivity is not associated with fasting. It is a chance to prove that fasting is part of faith, strength and stability at work, as we all [email protected] say work is worship, and fasting is worship too. But the way many people behave during this month affects their daytime activities. am against the idea of taking a holiday dur- Clearly, many people are focused on food, so ing the month of Ramadan, as I consider that it has become part of the customs and I traditions of Arab and Muslim countries. work as worship, but I have a different opinion this year. Many people see it as a I am also surprised with the overcrowding month of eating and sleeping, with no consid- at restaurants to the point that it’s difficult to eration for the sacredness and meaning of this go to any place without prior reservation. So month. If you have work to complete during the image set here is that Ramadan is only Ramadan in the daytime, you will get bored associated with food. These ideas should not and frustrated by the frequent disruptions, be the only projection Muslims send to the and only if you are lucky you finish all your world. Unfortunately, the truth is that we not work as expected. only need to consider the problem of wastage Why do people not work as usual during of food, but also need to increase awareness Ramadan? It is a very confusing question on this subject. It requires a lot of effort from because everyone is eager to eat instead of everyone. working. I had to visit some government The Civil Service Commission has offices and I noticed that the working hours announced that Eid Al-Fitr holidays will be for during Ramadan are only two hours. The actu- five days starting from July 5. Sunday, July 10 KUWAIT: Photo shows the Liwan (front hall) of a traditional Arab house. — KUNA al working hours are from 10 am to 2 pm in will be the day to resume work. Happy Eid! in my view Hellfire awaits: Facing Kuwait’s remorseless summer midday sun gives only slender slivers of shade. By Aakash Bakaya Having Ramadan in the midst of the summer has done little to help both the fasting and non-fasting alike. [email protected] Passing through Kuwait City anytime dur- ing 1-3 pm becomes a slow moving crawl as every major office has decided to make their check-out timing of their employees the exact ven after 20 years growing up in this same. No matter where you end up getting Ecountry, you still never get use to it. It stuck in traffic, try to remember that there are hits you the second you step out of your buses packed over acceptable limits with peo- door. It lies in wait, savoring the moment you ple clamoring not only for space to stand but leave the safe confines of your air-condi- A/C vents as well. My 30 minutes on average tioned abode. When you’re out in the open, work commute has turned to an hour and 15 there is no escaping it, nothing you can do minutes and I’m confident that it is the same but embrace the searing pain as your skin for many others either going or coming back quite literally begins to ignite and your scalp from work. begs you for reprieve. No matter how long The commute is akin to a kind of torture to you stay in this country, there is little anyone many of us on the bus. The sweat, stress and can do to escape Kuwait’s 50-plus-degree ever increasing discomforts are pains that are Celsius summers. mentally and physically felt among everyone Today, as I was walking towards the bus forced to endure the hellish afternoon sun. It is stop, I passed a group of men removing their possible to compare these shared seasonal beat-up looking box A/C from their shabby feelings to the experience of monsoon in the looking residence towards a pick-up truck with sub-continent, where all of us, regardless of several other similar AC’s on its back. There income, are forced to deal with the unrelent- were two men at the doorway fanning them- ing rains in their own personal way. The only selves with looks on their faces that can only difference however is that there are many who be described as ‘hopeless dread’. You didn’t welcome the rain and the change of weather it have to be a mind-reader to know that these brings. In Kuwait though, no sane person is two men, along with the rest of the bachelors eager for the summer season to begin. living in their small room were concerned how Tomorrow, much like every other day, I will they would get by without an A/C in their dread stepping out of the house to face the house. heat. It is like hopelessly facing your greatest For many reading this, you might have the demons. But it helps me to remember those luxury of your own personal vehicles. But for bachelors taking out their mal-functioning A/C several others in this country, including myself, from their house. I think ‘at least I have an A/C we are required to embark to work using pub- house to go out from and an office with A/C to lic transport. At bus-stops and in buses them- reach.’ So like every demon you face in life, all selves, the heat is something everyone suffers it takes to beat the heat is a little self-aware- universally. Some unlucky few have to wait for ness to overcome it. Also a nice pair of shades their bus for more than 30 minutes and the always helps. FRIDAY 01 JULY 2016 Local Sales of secondhand items booming in Kuwait By Ben Garcia ales of secondhand or lightly used items are booming in many parts of Kuwait. One would wonder why such a Sdemand exists in a rich country like Kuwait, but there are many compelling reasons for this. The expat population is transient, while wealthy locals frequently replace old items for new ones. Home goods such as furniture and decorative items, books, carpets, clothes and shoes are easily accumulat- ed as time goes by. These items usually end up at online mar- kets, garage or car boot sales as well as the Friday Market or Souq Al-Jumaa, Kuwait City’s Souq Al-Mukhaseen in Mubarakiya or in some lanes near mosques. Secondhand items are a big help for low income laborers in the country, but they are also useful for business-minded people. In fact, some are already making a profit out of it. They buy and resell goods here and outside the country. Garry, from the Philippines, buys secondhand clothes and anything useful like shoes and carpets from the Friday Market, then sends them to the Philippines by forwarding services. “I am here to select the best clothes that can be sold in the Philippines,” said Garry, selecting from the assorted clothes in one of the many stalls at the Friday Market. “I buy them and send them by cargo,” said Garry, a restaurant worker and entrepreneur. “My family receives the clothes and they sell it for a very low price in the market. We are earning a bit from this smalltime business. Maybe after three years, I will be able to start a new clothes shop back home due to this venture,” he said. 26. How old was Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) when he got married to Khadijah (Radi allahu Anha)? 25 years FRIDAY 01 JULY 2016 Local Photos show some of the secondhand or lightly used items usually sold at the online markets, garage or car boot, Friday Market or Souq Al-Jumaa. The Friday Market sells almost everything under the sun - used and new clothing, electronic appliances, home decor and furniture. The market is also home to sellers of old and new Iranian carpets, office tables and chairs, paintings, cabi- nets, bicycles even fishing rods, books and stationery. Sports shoes sell like hot cakes. “I buy used original Adidas and Nike shoes from Kuwaiti houses and I sell them here,” said Juman, a Bangladeshi stall owner said. “Filipinos love these shoes,” he added. “The prices of secondhand ‘branded’ shoes range from KD 6 to 16, far lower than the original price of KD 45 to KD 100,” said Juman. The Friday Market opens for business from Wednesday to Saturday evening. All unsold items displayed at the venue have to be removed by Saturday evening or they get dumped in the garbage after the market closes. Adjacent to the Friday Market is a permanent shopping complex known as Rai Center, which also sells old and lightly used goods.
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