Judge blocks Venus downs Trump travel Kerber to set ban10 again up Konta42 clash Min 18º Max 29º FREE www.kuwaittimes.net NO: 17184 - Friday, MARCH 31, 2017 Maid’s 7-floor fall filmed KUWAIT: A maid fell from the 7th floor of her spon- sor’s apartment in Sabah Al-Salem after hanging from a window and begging for help. The maid’s employer filmed her holding onto the window and then falling to the corrugated roof of a laundry below. Unconfirmed reports say that the maid was attempting suicide. At least one lawyer, Fawzia Al-Sabah announced that she will file a complaint with the public prose- cutor against the maid’s employer, who was stand- ing next to the woman filming her hanging on by her fingers to the window ledge but did not grab her hand or try to prevent her fall. The maid survived the fall but suffered multiple fractures. She was rushed to Adan hospital. SEE PAGE 3 Local FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017 PHOTO OF THE DAY in my view Spiritual wellness: On sale! By Jeri Al-Jeri [email protected] e all have our insecurities in life. Our mortali- ty, forces us to wonder what is this all about? WAnd we all have our ways on how to deal with it. Traditionally, people have turned to their inherit belief system, with its preacher, guru, sheikh who promised to suffice their “spiritual” needs. And all cul- tures, have valued concepts such as “harmony”, “peacefulness”, “happiness “; etc. And as luck would have it, these “blissful feelings” are all packaged for us and on sale for a mind blowing KD 14.000! While I was pondering whether I was too aggressive on the meticulous sales men behind the self-help movement in my last article on KT, the phone rang, Girls dancing in a local operetta. Photo by Ahmed Suror. — KUNA “We would like to offer you a ticket for a trip to the Egyptian pyramids, to practice our specially designed form of yoga that we all will practice together along- Local Spotlight side doctor (......) himself! And right in the center of the Pharaoh’s tomb! “Why?” I asked. A scripted answer was sure to fol- Happiness patrol low, “Don’t we all have our anxieties about the future? Don’t we have our moments of pain and sore from the past?” after a brief moment of silence, she continued, “The pyramid’s energy will filter your subconscious and by informing and providing road users with information and wash away all the psychological wounds and scars By Muna Al-Fuzai guidance. It has a social function as well, by encouraging peo- from your soul, and it will rejuvenate your zest for life!” ple to adhere to the rules of traffic to enhance public confi- While the tape recording was on, I asked, “I have dence and respect of the police and policemen. written about the scams of the self-help movement, They created the idea of reward instead of violation through and proven that it is never based on psychological dis- courses nor legitimate managements’ theories and I [email protected] the dissemination of a culture of adherence to the rules of traf- fic and happiness of road users by rewarding them with a “hap- knew that it crossed the line to spiritualism along time piness voucher” or “yellow card”, and remove black points from ago, so allow me to ask, what are the qualifications of the driver’s record and replace them with white dots. n a recent trip to Abu Dhabi, my friend took me on a city the instructor? In Kuwait, we are also a diverse society, so what do we need tour. While we were enjoying the open, clean and She answered after suppressing a giggle, “Not psy- to do to attain this level of traffic awareness? I see people driv- organized roads, something that seemed like a police chology!” “Look I can get you a job better than this,” I O ing as if they are fighting to reach their destinations, and many patrol car grabbed my attention, but it was not a regular police told her. “You know your product is impractical, your lives are lost because of recklessness, speeding and non-com- jeep - it was the happiness patrol! This police initiative aims to speaker is not a sage from any respected religion, nor a pliant drivers who ignore traffic laws. Even the dignity of promote positive values and encourage road users to abide by doctor. And about special materials influencing the policemen is humiliated, and they don’t receive the apprecia- traffic laws. soul - that is utter nonsense. There is no such thing in tion they deserve for their hard work in the Kuwaiti weather. In 2016, UAE’s minister of state for happiness and com- physics as an “aura”! Therefore, this so-called aura that We need hundreds of initiatives to spread a culture of respect mander-in-chief of Abu Dhabi police launched the traffic happi- the advertisement group keeps showing us its pictures, and commitment, along with happiness. ness patrol, the first initiative of its kind in the UAE. Let me tell is nothing but organic radiation. There is not an ounce Such projects where happiness is an end, with the govern- you that these days, everything in the UAE is about the concept of credibility on what your people are trying to sell us, ment sector as a key partner, will surely lead to creating the of happiness and positivity. I think it is a fantastic idea to spread and by the way, it is damaging for vulnerable men and right environment for the happiness of the individual and soci- among people. ety. The achievement of human development in any society women who are placing their hearts and minds in the The happiness patrols are not for entertainment, but have requires not only money, but a lot of smart and sincere initia- hands of non-professionals claiming to heal them of several goals including the task of reducing traffic accident tives like this one for a better life. hurts and damaged caused by life’s experiences. rates. They aim to build a positive relationship with the public Well done! I am happy already. “I must think about it,” she replied, under the seduc- tion of more paychecks. I had arranged two dinners with two “coaches” who shared the impression that I was not the argumenta- tive type, and for once, since they started their careers, they felt a stranger would listen to them without the pressure of all social expectations. In his house, he opened his computer to show me all his Power Point presentations with all the same old tired, copy-pasted quotes. “Can you call it a lucrative profession?” I asked him. “Throw a coin in the air and it will fall onto the head of a so-called ‘life coach’. They are everywhere, multiply- ing in numbers and decreasing in quality, and I am jumping on board with them.” The second life coach said it with a sharper tone: “I rent a hall for KD 10 per head in any hotel and invite all my Instagram followers to take a three hour course for KD 50 each and even sell them their ‘completion cer- tificates’ with my logo on it. This leads me to conclude that it is capitalism not coaching that is the draw. Local FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017 conspiracy theories In cold blood By Badrya Darwish What? That’s all? You couldn’t put the phone down and try to catch her hands and pull her to safety? This actually reflected against the sponsor, thank God, because now she is accused that she did not help save the woman. [email protected] hat changes people and makes them so cold blood- reflected against the sponsor, thank God, because now she is was slapping the baby, why wasn’t the police called and she Wed lately? The story of this Ethiopian maid who fell accused that she did not help save the woman. arrested earlier? Why leave her hanging on the edge of a and is all over the social media today in Kuwait is By the way, some other video was quickly published in window to fall? shocking. It’s bizarre, I don’t understand. I watched the video defense of the sponsor, showing a dark skinned woman slap- Luckily the maid survived. But many questions remain. 100 times and I can’t figure it out. Her employer (called ping a baby. The posters claimed that the video showed the Maybe she was trying to commit suicide? But there was a kafeela) was standing right there and could have helped the same maid earlier in a way intended to defend the sponsor big chance for her boss to help her. Even if she didn’t save lady but instead she was busy videotaping the maid as she for not helping the maid as she fell from the window. her, she shouldn’t have ben videotaping in cold blood. hung from the window by her fingers, screaming for help. But it’s not clear that the two women are the same. I’m sure the Ministry of Interior investigators and the pub- Then her boss tells the maid in a cool voice, “you crazy, And the other point, which is more important, I have to lic prosecution will investigate fully to know the details of come back”. ask, is who videotaped the woman slapping the baby? You this horror. What? That’s all? You couldn’t put the phone down and can tell from the video that it was done with someone hold- try to catch her hands and pull her to safety? This actually ing a phone, not by hidden camera.