FREE Established 1961 Friday ISSUE NO: 17985 RABIA ALAWWAL 18, 1441 AH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019 Coding as a professional Ceasefire takes hold after Hamilton racing the record 4 skill grows in popularity 12 deadly Israel-Gaza violence 42 book for motivation after title Govt resigns amid ‘infighting’ rumors, disputes with MPs SEE PAGE 9 2 Friday Friday, November 15, 2019 Local Parking disputes PHOTO OF THE DAY Local Spotlight By Muna Al-Fuzai [email protected] arking disputes are becoming life-threatening. In the last five years, we have been reading stories Pabout fights over parking that led to deaths. Recently, an incident occurred in Kuwait where a lion was used as a weapon. A Kuwaiti decided to end a quarrel with his neighbor over a parking lot in a very dangerous way by bringing the wild animal to have the final word. The neighbor had objected that his parking space was occupied by his neighbor’s guests in front of his house on a daily basis, and after a heated verbal argument, one of the men brought his lion to scare his neighbor! The neigh- bor was forced to hide in his car in fear of his life until some people managed to calm the owner of the lion and took him away. This incident may be seem funny to some, but it reflects the fact that there are people who may commit criminal acts over parking. Raising predators in homes is a strange phenomenon and no less dangerous than having weapons and ammuni- tion at home. Another incident occurred in 2013, when a It is necessary to stop those who keep predators as pets citizen found a lion roaming in the street after escaping KUWAIT: A beach in Fintas is seen at twilight. — KUNA from its owner’s house. The man called the police and a veterinarian was brought to deal with the situation. It was said that its owner was about to sell the lion to another person, but they had an argument and the beast got a chance to escape. The presence of predators in the possession of some Fill-and-run incidents accelerate people who cannot tame them may be a symbol of wealth and dominance, but I think this is dangerous because it By Nawara Fattahova highest bills was of a woman in a jeep who filled up with may attack them or get out on the street at any time and petrol worth over KD 20 and drove away,” a worker at a kill innocent people. It is necessary to stop those who orkers at gas stations in various areas are com- fuel station in Shuwaikh said. keep predators as pets. plaining about the increasing number of Workers at a gas station in Salwa have also faced similar In 2014, a Filipina helper was killed in Kuwait by a lion Wmotorists who fill their tank and simply drive experiences. “Almost every week during my shift, there is a in the house of her sponsor, who told security authorities away without paying. vehicle driving away without paying. I noticed that most of she was bitten by a dog. But her injuries said something Despite the cameras installed at all petrol pumps around these incidents happen in the night shift. Sometimes drivers else and showed that the death was due to a lion’s bite. Kuwait, some drivers dare to leave without paying. find they don’t have cash to pay, and the station doesn’t Officials must stop those who acquire predators and pun- According to a worker at a gas station in Daiya, this is hap- accept credit cards, so they leave their civil ID to bring ish anyone who owns them with imprisonment and a fine. pening on a daily basis. “We work shifts, so my working money. These people always return and pay,” he said. People’s lives are not cheap and not games to play with. hours change, but I have faced thieves who drive away Lawyer Aziz Al-Sayed noted such thieves may be sen- It is really odd to see some people taking these animals without paying in all shifts. This scenario repeats daily, if not tenced to up to three years in prison. “Driving away with- with them in their cars to show off in front of people, with me, then with other workers,” he told Kuwait Times. out paying is considered a misdemeanor, as this theft was which can cause uncontrollable disasters, especially since The station manager explained that the company committed without breaking in, so the thief will be sen- predators are difficult to control if attacked by pedestri- deducts any financial shortfalls from the worker’s salary, tenced to imprisonment or a fine. The company of the fuel ans on the street. I believe the state must monitor these which is later reimbursed if the thief is caught. “When station will receive the stolen amount, in addition to com- people and impound the animals. someone drives away without payment, we get their plate pensation for the harm caused by this illegal act,” he This article was not meant to list the crimes or sad inci- number from the cameras and report it to the police. When explained. dents that have occurred due to disputes over parking, they are caught and pay up, it will be transferred to the Lawyer Khaled Al-Juwaisri added that this act may even but the lesson is that some people do not hesitate to use a account of the worker. This procedure may take two be classified as a crime with a harsher sentence if the sta- weapon to harm others, whether it is a predator or a gun. months or more,” he pointed out. tion from which the thief drove away without paying is a Eventually, one will go to prison and the other will get “I have been working in this station for about three public station or the government has shares in it. “This injured, if not killed. years, and many of such incidents have happened with me. would be considered as stealing public funds no matter the It happens about two or three times a month. One of the amount. It’s the same as stealing a revenue stamp.” 4 Friday Local Friday, November 15, 2019 Students practicing coding and program- ming at CODED. — All photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Faten Omar oding is an enormously flexible tool that you can use to do amazing things that are otherwise manual and laborious or Cjust impossible. If you’re using a smart phone or a computer, then you must know that all these devices are using some kind of programming. Kuwait Times explored Coded, the first academy “After four years of establishing Coded, we ex- ing program. We select specific people, where we in the Middle East that offers coding bootcamps panded into other GCC countries. We held two take up to 20 students for the graduate students’ that teach web and mobile development using the bootcamps in Saudi Arabia - a 14-week bootcamp program, who will be learning for up to eight hours latest programming languages and frameworks. The in cooperation with the Saudi Federation for Cyber a day,” he explained. academy aims to create a generation of world-class Security, and another two 3-week bootcamps Abdel Moneim affirmed that people use apps Arab coders. With 24 completed bootcamps and later,” he said. daily for many purposes, recommending people to more than 250 graduated coders, it is trying to take Abdel Moneim noted that the bootcamps are learn how to code and program to evolve their busi- Kuwait into a new world of digits and codes. ideal for anyone serious about learning coding in nesses. Coded’s educational methodology focuses Hamza Abdel Moneim, a senior instructor at the order to build or work in a startup or tech team. on having students learn by developing projects and academy, told Kuwait Times the academy was “We offer intensive courses that teach the latest completing practical tasks using the tools they ac- Coded instructor Hamza founded in 2015 by Ahmad Marafi and Hashim Be- programming languages and frameworks currently quire in class. It teaches people to code through Abdel Moneim during the hbehani, who established it out of a need for coders used by leading tech companies. The student will bootcamps and recently launched an online platform in Kuwait and the Middle East, where according to undergo logic and technical tests and a personality Barmej that features different courses in Arabic for interview. him, there is a lack of this type of talent. interview to prove their commitment to the teach- people who have difficulty programming in English. Friday 5 Local Friday, November 15, 2019 The academy has a Full-Stack intensive web Hassan said that four years ago when he was systems in various countries to strengthen the ed- and mobile development bootcamp for complete studying in the US, he heard about coding from ucation sector and raise quality standards and beginners, even those from different major back- his friend. “My friend explained to me about cod- outputs under the umbrella of programs like the grounds. Fresh Grad is an intensive web and mo- ing. Every time I came to Kuwait, they had talks Smart Learning initiative. bile development bootcamp for recent university in Al-Hamra, so I made sure to attend those talks. As for Qatar, the Ministry of Transport and graduates. It is a 12-week course teaching the After I graduated, I joined them.” Communications (MCIT) organized the second fundamentals of web and app development to He noted that students are developing websites edition of the Digital Youth Festival (Your Ambi- fresh graduates.