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It all started over yoga. When an instructor in Kuwait this month advertised a desert wellness yoga retreat, conservatives declared it an assault on Islam. Lawmakers and clerics thundered about the “danger” and depravity of women doing the lotus position and downward dog in public, ultimately persuading authorities to ban the trip. The yoga ruckus…

String of religiously motivated decisions touched off sustained outrage among Kuwaiti women

KUWAIT CITY (AP) — For Kuwaitis, it's an unsettling trend in a country that once prided itself on its progressivism compared to its Gulf Arab neighbors.

Biden-Putin meeting discussed as Ukraine war fears loom

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 21: According to official data received by the daily, more than 242,000 citizens and residents will travel through Kuwait International Airport during the ten-day national holidays. The list of destinations preferred by travelers includes Istanbul, Cairo, Dubai and Jeddah, reports A

Committee formed to undergo paternity DNA tests on citizenship claimants

Conservative politicians are pushing back against a feminist movement and what they see as an unraveling of Kuwaits traditional values amid chronic government dysfunction.

It all started over yoga. When an instructor in Kuwait this month advertised a desert wellness yoga retreat, conservatives declared it an assault on Isla

Kuwait's recent string of religiously motivated moves infringing on women's rights has touched off sustained outrage in a country that was once seen as progressive versus its neighbors.

242,000 passengers to use Kuwait airport during 10-day holiday