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Pages: 136
Authors: B. Slot
Categories: History
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Since the discovery of the worlds third largest oil reserves within its borders, Kuwait has achieved international political prominence far exceeding its physic
The Art of Dhow-building in Kuwait
Language: en
Pages: 184
Authors: Yaʻqūb Yūsuf Ḥijjī
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Arabian Publishing Limited

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Ever since Kuwait emerged in the 18th century as a young maritime state with an extreme dependence on the sea, it has been renowned for the consummate skills of
The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Hamdi Hassan
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-09-20 - Publisher: Pluto Press

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To what extent has religion, identity and ‘otherness’ facilitated and accelerated armed conflict in the Middle East?
Kuwait and Al-Sabah
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Categories: Political Science
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The Emirate of Kuwait hardly resembles the city-State it was at the start of the 20th century. The discovery of oil in 1938 rapidly transformed the tiny tribal
Kuwait's Politics Before Independence
Language: en
Pages: 300
Authors: Abdulrahman Alebrahim
Categories: Constitutional history
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This book re-examines the historiography of constitutional development in Kuwait. It argues that existing scholarship on the subject has several shortcomings du