RABI ALAWWAL 26, 1439 AH THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2017 Max 23º 32 Pages 150 Fils Established 1961 Min 06º ISSUE NO: 17406 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Health ministry reveals 363 Sudanese papers go online Weird but cute: Japan capsule Returning Bale rescues 37Kuwaitis infected with HIV for freedom from censors 30 toys play big in Internet age 16 Real from Jazira upset Islamic leaders urge recognizing Jerusalem as ‘Palestine’s capital’ Amir calls for protecting Jerusalem’s identity • Erdogan slams ‘terror state’ Israel ISTANBUL: Islamic leaders yesterday urged the world to recognize occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned the United States no longer had any role to play in the peace process. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan convened in Istanbul an emergency summit of the world’s main pan-Islamic body, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), seeking a coordinated response to the recognition by US President Donald Trump of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. With the Islamic world itself mired in division, the summit fell well short of agreeing any concrete sanc- tions against Israel or the United States. But their final statement declared “East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine” and invited “all countries to recog- nize the State of Palestine and East Jerusalem as its occupied capital”. They declared Trump’s decision “null and void legally” and “a deliberate undermining of all peace efforts” that would give impetus to “extremism and terrorism”. HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah called for efforts to protect the identity of Jerusalem and the sacredness of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Amir reminded participants of the heinous act of setting fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque some 50 years ago, which led to the formation of the organiza- tion. Decades have passed and the threat is now extended to the very identity of the holy city of Jerusalem, Sheikh Sabah said, regarding the US deci- sion to recognize the city as the capital of Israel. HH the Amir added that the recognition, which involves moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem, will directly threaten the stability of the region, which is already affected by the activities of terror organiza- ISTANBUL: Leaders and representatives of member states including HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Turkish President Recep Tayyip tions. He deemed the US decision as a step that would Erdogan pose for a group photo during an Extraordinary Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday. — AFP hinder efforts of security and add tension to the region. Continued on Page 11 world’s largest oil exporter will work to Saudi king enable the private sector to become a partner in the kingdom’s economic diver- determined sification drive away from petroleum. ‘Feminism’ is US Saudi security forces rounded up hundreds of members of the political and to fight graft business elite, including princes and dictionary’s 2017 tycoons, in early November: Riyadh said it was a crackdown on corruption but ‘Word of the Year’ RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman the move was also widely seen as help- bin Abdulaziz said yesterday his govern- ing Crown Prince Mohammed bin NEW YORK: In the year that Donald Trump’s ment was determined to confront cor- Salman tighten his grip on power. The inauguration triggered nationwide women’s ruption with “justice and decisiveness”, purge has caused concern about dam- protests and powerful men were toppled by a signaling continued support for a crack- age to the economy, especially among firestorm of sexual misconduct allegations, the down on sleaze involving mass arrests of foreign investors the kingdom is seeking leading US dictionary named “feminism” its word top Saudis including royals. In a tele- to attract. But the government has insist- RIYADH: Saudi King Salman arrives for the opening of the Shura Council’s ordinary of 2017. Merriam-Webster bestows the “Word of vised speech to the country’s consulta- ed it is respecting due process and that session yesterday. — AFP the Year” honor on the word or term with the tive Shura council, Salman also said the Continued on Page 11 sharpest spike in look-ups over the previous year. This year the dictionary announced a 70 per- cent increase in online searches for “feminism” Director Hajar Alnaim wore her national pride in the a Saudi government scholarship - one of thousands of compared to 2016, recording multiple spikes cor- Saudi filmmakers, form of a green Saudi flag pinned to her black abaya. annual grants - to study film in Los Angeles changed responding to a string of news reports and events. She gushed as she recounted how she received the big her world. Searches rose following the Women’s March on news Monday. “I posted a picture of me on the red car- “I wasn’t accepting. I wasn’t even able to convince Washington and other US cities on Jan 21, the day businessmen eye pet on Facebook and someone told me, ‘What a coinci- my family to go to Bahrain and let me watch a movie after Trump was sworn in as president, the dic- dence! This is a great picture on a great day’ ... I was before I went to the United States to study film. My tionary said Tuesday. There was another spike return of cinemas like, ‘what?’” Alnaim took to Twitter to find out the buzz perspective has changed... my family’s perspective has when White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, the and was “shocked” to see her government had changed,” she said. Alnaim says her short-film first woman to run a successful US presidential DUBAI: Saudi filmmakers and major cinema chains announced the immediate licensing of cinemas, with the “Detained” - about a Syrian asylum seeker under inter- campaign, said in February that she did not con- alike are basking in the news the kingdom will lift its first expected to open in March 2018. rogation by US Homeland Security over the actions of sider herself a feminist. decades-old ban on movie theatres, opening a market The move is part of a modernization drive by her father - offers a window into the Muslim perspec- Interest was also driven by “The Handmaid’s of more than 30 million people. At the Dubai Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is seeking tive, and that of the West. Tale,” the Hulu series about a dystopian future in International Film Festival on Tuesday, short-film direc- to balance unpopular subsidy cuts in an era of low oil One decade ago, Saudi filmmaker Abdullah Al-Eyaf which a woman lives as a concubine during a time tors talked shop on a seaside veranda, the city’s iconic prices with more entertainment options - despite captured the longing of his countrymen for the silver of dictatorship, and Hollywood blockbuster sailboat-shaped hotel in the background. And Saudi opposition from religious hardliners. Alnaim admits screen in a documentary. “Wonder Woman” starring Israel’s Gal Gadot. Arabia was on everyone’s mind. that she was once susceptible to those hardliners, but Continued on Page 11 Merriam-Webster said more look-ups followed the outpouring of sexual harassment allegations that have unseated well-known figures in political earthquake in the most con- Hollywood, politics, business, and triggered the Blow to Trump tentious US election of 2017 and in one of #MeToo social media campaign by women all the reddest of Deep South US states, is a over the world. stinging blow to the president, who gave The dictionary’s current definitions of feminism as Democrat his full endorsement to Republican Roy are “the theory of the political, economic, and Moore after initial hesitations, despite the social equality of the sexes” and “organized activ- wins Alabama serious allegations against him. ity on behalf of women’s rights and interests”. With 100 percent of Alabama Another top trending word for 2017 was “com- precincts reporting, Jones won 49.9 per- plicit”, connected to Trump’s sacking of FBI direc- Senate seat cent of the vote compared to Moore’s tor James Comey, Russian interference in the 2016 48.4 percent, a margin of nearly 21,000 election, and Ivanka Trump’s comment that she did MONTGOMERY, Alabama: Democrat votes out of 1.3 million cast, according to not know what the word meant - which was then Doug Jones scored a stunning upset vic- figures posted by US media. Jones, 63, is parodied in a skit for television show “Saturday tory Tuesday in an intense US Senate a former federal prosecutor who shot to Night Live”. Among the other spikes recorded was race in conservative Alabama, dealing a local prominence when he convicted one for the word “dotard”, which North Korean humiliating blow to President Donald members of the Ku Klux Klan who leader Kim Jong-Un used in a statement about Trump whose chosen candidate failed to bombed a black church in the 1960s, BIRMINGHAM, Alabama: Democratic US Senator-elect Doug Jones speaks to support- Trump in September. — AFP overcome damaging accusations of sexu- killing four girls. ers during his election night gathering at the Sheraton Hotel late Tuesday. — AFP al misconduct. The Democratic win, a Continued on Page 11 2 Established 1961 Local Thursday, December 14, 2017 Crown Prince patronizes Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences 2017 Awards Held under the auspices of His Highness the Amir KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and top state officials attend the KFAS Director General Dr Adnan Shahab Al-Deen (left) welcomes His Highness KFAS 2017 Awards ceremony.