Kuwait

equitable portrayals of female and male characters.” The goal of the Social Behavior & Personality study was to determine the effects of [child] programs in terms of gender and race representations and stereotypes” from two television channels, “the Kuwait national channel and the Egyptian satellite…

On 2 August 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait. The next day the UN Security Council adopted resolution 660. This resolution condemned Iraq’s attack and demanded Iraq’s withdrawal from Kuwait. Thereafter, the Security Council adopted resolution 678, which gave Iraq time till 15 January 1991 to withdraw from Kuwait. Iraq failed to comply with this deadline. As a result the USA commenced Operation Desert Storm the next day and Iraq was ultimately forced to withdraw from Kuwait. On 3 April 1991 the…

OPEC and the U.S. Economy OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) was founded in Baghdad in 1960. It originally had five members; Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Venezuela. In 1965 the headquarters for OPEC moved to Vienna where it remains today. OPEC is currently made up of thirteen countries and they are responsible for over 40% of the world’s oil production as well as over 70% of the world’s proven oil reserves. OPEC’s mission statement, according to its official…

The population in the Middle East is of approximate 400 million of people and since women are something relegated to domestic functions in some of these countries the labor force is reduce significantly. Some of this countries like Qatar, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates are forced to import labor force form India or Pakistan to fulfill the growing demand of labor especially in important construction and infrastructure projects like the Soccer World Cup Qatar 2022. Many organization like…

(Burling 33) After returning for some time SEAL Team 3 in February 2002 got word that they were being deployed to Kuwait (Burling 38). Kyle and his fiancee decided to get married before he left so on March 16, 2002 they did in the Nevada mountains (Burling 40) Four days later, Chris Kyle with the rest of SEAL Team 3 was deployed to Kuwait (Burling 40). After spending 1 year in Kuwait…

may think that American culture is forcing itself on their cultures or local cultures. The truth is, these cultures are allowing Americanization to take place in their countries because they want to, and they are accepting this idea. For example, in Kuwait people started to wear jeans since the seventies and in every year there is a new jeans style. My mother once told me that when she and her friends started to wear jeans they had the “Flare” style and it was the fashion at that time. In every…

On July 19th 1979 Saddam Hussein began his dictatorship in Iraq and from that day on history was changed. Iraq was in the middle of a religious war between the Sunni’s and the Shi’ites. Sunni’s and Shi’ites continue to have the disagreement about something that happened 1400 years ago after the death of prophet Muhammad. Shi’ites believe that in order to rule you have to be a descendent of Muhammad. Mean while the Sunnis believe otherwise. When Saddam took control of the country their economy…

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is a terrorist organization consisting of more than 30,000 people. ISIS has been an ongoing problem for over 10 years. ISIS began in 2004 as al Qaeda in Iraq, before rebranding as ISIS two years later. This organization is headed by Iraq-born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badry, who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. ISIS has conquered Mosul, which is located in northern Iraq. ISIS makes a portion of…

historic and political events occurred, it effect technology in many different ways. One major event 1990 to 1991 one of the main events that occurred was the Gulf War. What this war was that Iraq invaded a small bordering country named Kuwait.(“90’s news and events”) Kuwait is a small country that is the economy is primarily based on oil. This operation happened after a few days it was called “The 100 Hour War” for how it was because of the technology gap between the Iraqis and Americans. It…

driving vehicles that most people would not be driving in the states. After a year and a half of being in Germany, my unit was going to be deployed to the hostile country of Iraq. Not without first making a stop in Kuwait, then driving up north to our final destination Tikrit, Iraq. In Kuwait, I was nervous about our convoy up north into Iraq. I did not know if terrorists would attack us, using improvised explosive devices (IED’s), fired upon with small arms, or both. One thing I did know was…