Volume 4, Issue 6 The Official Student Newspaper of the American University of Kuwait May, 2008 Students Wax Rhetorical on Changing Kuwait Reminiscences of a Friend Memories of Sheikh Sa’ad, beloved Father Amir SGA president Sami Maan congratulates Haya AlbQasar, Mahdi AlbOwn and Qutaiba AlbHumood on their performances in SGA’s public speaking competition. By Farah Al-Shamali the winner of the competition “What is freedom?” Qutaiba moral development of individb ne of the biggest fears harbb was announced. Coming into rhetorically asked the audience, uals. Diving straight into his Obored by AUK students is the final night of the proceedb “It isn’t the right to do whatever argument, Sulaiman equated that of public speaking. Fear of ings, the four finalists Qutaiba you want.” Rules and regulab the acquisition of knowledge getting tonguebtied, suffering AlbHumood, Haya AlbQassar, tions can effectively restrict to the gain of value, stating temporary brain freeze, and beb Mahdi AlbOwn, and Sulaiman immoral behavior. Qutaiba that “a person with no value ing rejected by the audience are AlbAteeqi each gave a speech clarified his point by citing the becomes obsolete in society.” common and may subsequently on the topic: With the upcomii example of Singapore, a nation Defining intellect as the capacb lead to embarrassment, seclub ing elections in Kuwait, there that is scarce in natural resourcb ity to know and understand, he sion and feelings of worthlessb appears to be a clear sentiment es yet by implementing laws logically asserted that the only By Nur Soliman ness. However, public speaking from the people that there is a has managed to rise as a worldb way it can be furthered is by touched by the beloved Sheikh does not have to be stressful. need for massive developmeni class society. Qutaiba stressed schooling. To maximize the ears shine momentarily in Sa’ad, son of the noble Sheikh Toward the end of helping tal change in Kuwait. Pick an that respect for the law equals overall potential of students, Tthe serious, lightbbrown Abdullah albSalem: students conquer this fear, Edb aspect of Kuwaiti society you respect for the country and the society must take on the reb eyes, and the white eyebrows “Oh yes, he was one of the mond Eid, Social Officer of the believe should be the central opposite is true. He used Africa sponsibility of training them knit in a spasm of sadness. noblemen of Kuwait, not just in SGA, organized the SGA’s first focus of this change, and why in the 1960s as an example of efficiently in their classes. The words are simple, yet lineage… no, but in behavior, Public Speaking Competition. you believe it is the most imi the absence of law implementab The social development comb are charged with the pain of too. He was always conscienb Over a period of three consecub portant. tion, where people resorted to ponent encompasses the skills warm memories: “Sheikh tious and everbhardworking… tive weeks, participants gave Qutaiba AlbHumood was first looting because they found no that pave the way to intellect. Sa’ad’s dead…” Though You know, word goes around three kinds of speeches: inforb to present. After a vigorous higher authority to stop them. He then gave the example of Bahy elbDin Sulaiman is not that Sheikh Sa’ad is rather slow mative, impromptu, and perb stage entrance, he began his Most importantly, they didn’t the many functioning clubs particularly inclined towards when it comes to developing suasive. Their performance was speech with a general scope and possess the moral fiber to preb and organizations at AUK that interviews, the writer of this policies and passing laws in the assessed by a panel made up of winded it down to more specific vent them from committing help hone social and leaderb article was able to listen to Cabinet… well, that was true, professors Kathryn Kleypas, matters. Given the multitude of this illegal act in the face of ship skills. Finally, Sulaiman the retired Public Prosecutor but only because he was so meb Don Prades, James McDougall problems Kuwait’s community desperation. In the case of Kub touched on moral integrity, General and lawyer when unb ticulous, so meticulous. He’d and Rawda Awwad based on suffers from, he voiced a need wait, lack of strict law enforceb defining it as the conformity hurriedly reminiscing about care for the Kuwaiti people so believability of content and use for development and superb ment results in corruption on all to rules of virtuous and righb his times with Sheikh Sa’ad, much that he’d fear that a polib of public speaking skills, such vised expansion that cannot be fronts. teous conduct, adding “Once showing him in a most kind, cy carelessly passed out would as eye contact and intonation. achieved without implemeni Next, Sulaiman AlbAteeqi you have gained intellect, your noble light. affect them negatively, and so Persuasive speeches came tation, i.e. if the law is justly chose to focus on human capital Indeed, all words that had would research and debate the last and upon their conclusion imposed on everyone equally. and the intellectual, social, and Continued on page poured out over the days of matter very thoroughly so as to mourning, from the evening present the best to the people.” of his demise up until today, “I remember he’d come out the cherished memory of the of his office, facing mine, and The Social Implications of Segregation Father Amir resounds deep in call out, in his quick manner, the hearts of young and old ‘Bahy!’ As Chief of Police alike as a beacon of all that and Chief Prosecutor, he’d be By Nuha Al-Fadli posed sixty seven percent of Kuwait Unib and shaking hands with men. Since these is brave, good, and refined of responsible for overbseeing he issue of gender segregation is not versity’s graduates and thirty two percent of codes are extremely difficult to adhere to, Kuwait. Kuwait’s papers over the beating of those who had Tsimply a subject of mass controversy the Kuwaiti workforce. However, women’s the Islamist party claimed that gender segb those days, and indeed after committed minor offences. Of but a matter of great contradiction. As a civil gradual integration into the political, social regation in universities is the ideal solution the mourning period were rich course, he’d have to make sure society, Kuwait’s organizations, institutions and economical sphere is systematically obb since it reinforces Islamic values and prob with condolences from famib that the officer would not raise and policies are intended to facilitate awareb structed and opposed by recent legislations tects the values of the future generation. lies, individuals, and compab his arm higher than his shoulb ness and produce generations of informed imposed by Islamist MPs. Kuwait University executed the provib nies, and dozens of columns der which is to make sure that citizens who make sound voting decisions. By the 1990s, the segregation controversy sions of this decree in 2001 by designating by those who had known or minimal pain was inflicted on Unfortunately, however, some political was opened for heated discussion. However, separate sections for males and females. met Sheikh Sa’ad, filling their the accused… Well, his heart groups are infringing on people’s individual this time, Islamist MPs managed to overb Unfortunately, this still did not appease the lines with worthy praise of this was too sensitive to watch these rights and imposing their views under the power the liberal party by holding a greater Islamist party for its ambitions transcended “Knight of Kuwait,” whose practices day after day, so often umbrella of religion. In an attempt to uphold number of seats in Parliament. Hence, they the public educational system. Since the conscientious work, brave he would ask that I would alterb Islamic values and past traditions, these parb succeeded in ratifying new legislation in fab demand for higher education exceeded Kub deeds, and real love for his nate with him to supervise the ties are willing to undermine the established vor of gender segregation in higher educab wait University’s capacity, private univerb nation and its people has fosb practice, and ‘make sure they foundations of the nation. By opposing cob tional facilities and private schools. In 1996, sities were established to meet the society’s tered profuse feelings of pure do it right.’” education, the Islamist party is not simply the Islamist party pushed the National Asb growing needs. While many hailed this love and affection in citizens “I remember, when the Iraqis violating the basic rights of the rising generb sembly to pass Law 24 which requires pubb privatization as a movement towards liberb and residents alike. Below came in, and Sa’ad went right ation, but is hindering its ability to function lic educational facilities to be segregated by alization, diversity, improvement of educab are snatches of Mr. Bahy elb to Dasman Palace to wake in the professional world and larger societal gender, thus annulling a government decree tional standards as well as a golden opporb Din’s words, translated from Jabir [d. 2005: the late emir of context where gender integration is part of that legalized cobeducation in 1990. It alb tunity for financial profit, others regarded his conversation in clear, oldb Kuwait, God’s mercy be upon daily life. lowed a period of five years for educational it as a pending threat to country’s Islamic fashioned Egyptian, and evokb him], lifted him from bed and During the 1960s and 1970s, Kuwaiti facilities to establish separate buildings, values. To avoid social conflict and tenb ing live memories of the great took him to the car where they feminists regarded segregation as a pending labs, libraries, services and activities to acb sion between political parties, Parliament man in his daybtobday affairs drove away, without anyone threat to the women’s suffrage movement.