Vol: 2 Issue: 5 CBS ExprESS th 29 of February 2017 Kuwait National Day Edition National Day in Kuwait is celebrated on February 25th and 26th Kuwait’s Culture Tourism in Kuwait Here, Kuwait’s culture and Kuwaiti Food traditions will be explored. Ever wondered what are You will also learn about the the biggest tourist history and traditions of the actions in Kuwait? Find way they dress and how it out in the coming pages. developed over time. Sports in Kuwait Kuwaiti Women Are you a fan of football? If yes, then, did you know Kuwait is one of the most liberal countries in the East in that Kuwait’s National regards to the rights it affords women. Women in Football team played the Kuwait have been able to make the transition from 1982 World Cup! being housewives to being parliamentarians! 2 CBS EXPRESS SPORTS IN the case, athletes in shooting event at the KUWAIT Kuwait are still sources 2000 Summer Olympics, of inspiration today, and and won another bronze By Zaid al-Omar continue to have a for the men's Olympic Grade 12 following in the country, trap shooting event at especially amongst the the 2012 Summer Athleticism in Kuwait youth. Olympics. These medals today is not as great as are the only medals ever it once used to be when won by Kuwait. compared with the 1980s. The 1980s can be described as the “Golden Age of Kuwaiti SPORTS IN Sports”. It is during this KUWAIT era when Kuwait had By Mohammed Shuail “the golden team”, which Grade 11 was the best football team in the Middle East. تم تأسيس منتخب الكويت لكرة It was in 1982 when the Another one of these القدم ﻓﻲ عام 1952 واستطاع ان -Kuwait national football athletes is Bader al ينضم الى اﻻتحاد الدولﻲ team made it to the Mutawa. Al-Mutawa's لكرة القدم ﻓﻲ عام 1962 ،وعبر World Cup, performance for both 1982 السنوات الماضيه، قدم هذا المنتخب making this their first club and national teams تاريخ مشرف من اﻹنجازات وحفر and last appearance. led to his being awarded اسم كرة القدم الكويتيه بأحرف من Their highlight of the as the 2nd best Asian نور ﻓﻲ تاريخ العالم الكروي ، tournament was a 1-1 player in 2006. This حيث استطاع هذا المنتخب ان draw versus award was huge for يحقق الفوز ويحرز البطوله Czechoslovakia, Kuwait because it بحصوله عﻠى كأس الخﻠيج عشر meaning they did not established on a global مرات ،هذا باﻻضاﻓﺔ الى حصوله leave Spain pointless. stage that Kuwaiti عﻠى بطولﺔ كاس اسيا مره واحده This football team athletes could compete ،وذلك ﻓﻲ عام 1980، كما consisted of some of with and be considered استطاع هذا المنتخب العريق ان ان Kuwait’s best athletes amongst the best in the يتأهل الى كاس العالم مره واحده like Jassem Yaqoub and world. Another example ﻓقط، وذلك ﻓﻲ عام 1982 وبذلك Faisal al-Dakheel. of a Kuwaiti having يعد المنتخب الكويتﻲ هو اول These two stars led the competed on a global المنتخبات ألعربيه التﻲ استطاعت -national team to many stage is Fehaid al ان تحقق الفوز ببطولﺔ اسيا ، كما trophies and into the Deehani, a professional يعد اول المنتخبات ألعربيه اﻻسيويه World Cup, a feat which target shooter. He won a تأهﻼ الى كاس العالم. ﻓقد لقب ذاك has not been repeated bronze medal for the الجيل ب "العصر الذهبﻲ". كما ان since. Despite this being men's double trap CBS EXPRESS 3 .KUWAIT’S or sold fish and pearls هذه البطوﻻت شرﻓت الكويت CULTURE Fishermen could work وحفزت الشباب الى بذل المزيد من for up to 7-8 months to .الجهد ﻓﻲ سبيل الوطن By Fatima al-Houli catch the appropriate Grade 12 amount of fish to sell ويعد هذا المنتخب مهما ً ﻻنه يجمع and make a profit at the الشعب الكويتﻲ تحت رايﺔ الكويت Kuwait has a rich history .market حيث يكون الشعب متماسكا ويشجع when it comes to its منتخبه، كما انها جعﻠت بعض cultures and traditions. الكويتين الذين ﻻ يشاهدون الكرة Most of Kuwait’s culture متحمسين من اجل منتخبهم. جعﻠنا and traditions are based منتخب الكويت مرﻓوعين الرأس on Islamic values. دائما لم نرى منه سوى الفوز Kuwaiti culture has والخسارة بشرف، ايضا تعﻠمنا منه evolved a lot in recent أمور كثيره منها، ان الفوز بالغش times as a result of ﻻتعتبر ﻓوزا وان الخساره بشرف influences from expats. ﻻتعتبر خسارته. يعزز هذا The old Kuwaiti culture As for women, they too المنتخب ﻓينا شعور الدﻓاع عن and traditions consisted have traditional garb. الوطن حيث نرى جميع الﻼعبين of men Most traditional clothes من اﻻﻓرقه المختﻠفﺔ بالكويت يقفون wearing dishdashas that women wore سويا ً من اجل الكويت. من ابرز which are long white consisted هذه اﻷسامﻲ جاسم يعقوب وﻓيصل cloth with pockets in it. of abayas, which is a الدخيل ﻓهم من أﻓضل الرياضيين All men wear black cloth that covers ﻓﻲ الكويت بفضل ﷲ ثم هذان dishdashas when they the body and the head. النجمان تعدى المنتخب كثير من go out. Men also Many Kuwaiti women المحن وبفضﻠهم ﻓازت الكويت wear mkasasr which is a wear abayas when they بالعديد من البطوﻻت. هذان white blouse and white go out. Women also اﻷبطال بعد اعتزالهما أصبحا داﻓع pants. Men wear this wear dara’as which is a لﻠشباب القادم وقدوه لهم ﻓﻲ الحياة mainly at home. Men long cloth made out of الرياضيﺔ. يعد بدر المطوع احد even have special many colors. Most ابرز الﻼعبين ﻓﻲ تاريخ المنتخب clothes for when they go women الكويتﻲ، ﻓقد حصل هذا اﻻعب fishing! While fishing, wear daraa’s at home or عﻠى حائزة ثانﻲ أﻓضل ﻻعب ﻓﻲ men wear wzar which is underneath آسيا، ﻓهذه الجائزة يمينه بالنسبﺔ something like a long their abaya’s. Women’s لﻠكويتيين ﻓهﻲ اثبت ان الكويت skirt which they wear it traditional clothing is تستطيع مجارات العالم ﻓﻲ العديد over their waist and it also the bukhnag which من اﻷشياء وهذا اﻻعب قد اثبت لنا tends to be blue. Most is a black cloth that is .عن طريق حصوله لﻠجائزة Kuwaitis in the old times worn up the daraa’s at made a living working as weddings. fishermen. As part of this, they either caught 4 CBS EXPRESS the eighteenth century than anything else. when the Anaiza tribe Kuwait’s success with migrated to Saudi trading pearls was the Arabia. There were main reason the country many clans that joined was called the Pearl of forces and called the Gulf. themselves Bani Utub. When the clans arrived Later, after all the tribes in Kuwait, they saw a joined Kuwait, they Traditional clothing has “Kout”, which was an decided to move away changed and evolved a averagely sized boat. It from the Ottoman rule. lot in Kuwait as Kuwait was built earlier So Kuwait established modernized and was inhabitants of the close relations with influenced by incoming country, the tribe of Bani Britain, which resulted in expats. Men still Khalid. The name Kuwait becoming a wear dishdashas, but “Kuwait” was originally British colony in 1899. not at all times. from the “Kout”. Kuwait became better in Nowadays most men pearl trading, but when wear jeans, trousers, t- Bani Khalid was a small other countries started shirts, and tribe that controlled the selling pearls for a lower pants. Dishdashas are country and kept the price, Kuwait’s economy worn most often for peace and avoided any horribly collapsed, which special occasions such danger, but that tribe made the economy the as weddings. As for were mainly desert worst in that region. women in Kuwait, older people. Bani Khalid Kuwait’s small size and women still wear made a mistake – they weakness motivated abayas, but the new didn’t use the large sea close countries on generation tend to wear that Kuwait had to their claiming parts of the jeans, skirts and tight advantage. After that, borders. Yet, Kuwait tops. Kuwaiti culture is Bani Utub took that was lucky, and Britain ever evolving, and it advantage and took colonizing the country, continues to change control of the water, the British introduced even now. which resulted in them the Uqair Protocal in starting trading with 1922, which defined KUWAIT’s close by countries. The borders between the HISTORY tribes back then started neighboring countries. trading things like By Abdulrahman al- horses, wood, dates and During 1961, Kuwait Melhem Grade 11 other stuff. Kuwait was was the first Persian actually more successful Gulf Arab countries to Kuwait was founded in with the trading of pearls gain its independence. CBS EXPRESS 5 With Kuwait finally which are a group of order of the Iraqi getting its three slender towers. president Saddam independence, a lot of These towers are now a Hussain. things changed in the world renowned cultural Several battles occurred country. and touristic landmark. between the Kuwaiti and the Iraqi army, until Tourism in Kuwait The towers were orders were given to the By Abdullah Tahan officially inaugurated as Kuwaiti army to pull Grade 11 a tourist back and go to Dasman attraction Palace, to escort the The Liberation Tower is in Kuwait Amir out of Kuwait. the second tallest tower and as When the orders were in Kuwait. They used to an icon given to pull back, the of call this tower the Ministry of Defence, modern Kuwait Tele- Ministry of Interior Kuwait in Affairs, and the Ministry communications Tower. 1979. of Foreign Affairs fell Its construction began The which led to the collapse before the Iraqi invasion Kuwait of Kuwait. This would and then had to be Towers later be known as the stopped. Luckily, the consist of Gulf War. a mixture structure suffered no of damage during the Kuwait and the UAE various increased the production conflict and was colors of oil leading to the eventually completed.