Civil Servant Gets Prison Time for Unlawfully Cashing Salary for 10 Years Without Going to Work
A Kuwaiti civil servant was recently sentenced to 5 years behind bars after receiving a salary for a decade without actually doing any work.
Covid-19 Curfew Apparently Makes Life Very Difficult for Polygamists
I imagine that having to split you time and attention between two families is hard enough, but things really become complicated when you’re forbidden to go outside. Which family do you quarantine with and how do you visit your second family? Those are just two of the questions Kuwaiti polygamists, which make up about 8 […]
Woman Divorces Husband Three Minutes After Marrying Him
A newlywed couple in Kuwait recently made history for having the shortest marriage in the country’s existence. They decided to go their separate ways just three minutes after getting married. Last month, Kuwaiti media reported the bizarre case of a couple who ended their marriage before even leaving the courthouse they got married in. The […]
Fish Shop Sticks Plastic Eyes on Fish to Make Them Look Fresher
A fish shop in Kuwait was recently shut down by authorities after it was revealed that the fishmonger was sticking plastic googly eyes on the fish in an attempt to make them look fresher. The measure to shut down the unnamed shop was taken after photos of a plastic eye that had slipped off revealing […]
Female News Anchor Suspended for Calling Male Colleague ‘Handsome’ on Live TV
A Kuwaiti female news anchor was recently suspended by the Ministry of Information for jokingly calling a male correspondent ‘handsome’ during a live TV broadcast. Basima al-Shammar a news anchor for Kuwait TV, was covering Kuwait’s municipal election last weekend, when she made the mistake of jokingly complementing a male correspondent live on air. In […]