Mubarak steps down #Egypt #Jan25

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Vice-President Suleiman: "In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, citizens, during these very difficult circumstances Egypt is going through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down from the office of president of the republic and has charged the high council of the armed forces … [Read more...]

Breakthrough in sponsorship law

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Praise the Lord... First step to cancel the Sponsorship “Slavery “Law. Kuwait approved a move to modify the sponsorship laws by allowing transfer of residency without the approval of the “ sponsor”. The one condition is the person sponsored should spend 3 years with the same sponsor. … [Read more...]

Good news about sponsorship law

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Below are details of the new law for your reference. It has introduced many good things. It still gets some criticism, and MPs are still for removing the sponsor system … … [Read more...]

Special Parliament Meeting Called

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FROM OUR ARCHIVES Remembering how and why we are praying for Kuwait More than 26 member of the Kuwaiti Parliament signed a request to hold a special meeting on the 10th of September to study the labors laws and problems. That can lead to discussion of the law of sponsorship and specifically that … [Read more...]

Guest Workers Trafficked to Kuwait

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FROM OUR ARCHIVES Remembering how and why we are praying for Kuwait Hundreds of thousands of foreign guest workers—among them 240,000 Bangladeshis—have been trafficked to Kuwait, where they are immediately stripped of their passports. But God is at work! This is the link to the interesting … [Read more...]

'Silk City' planner eyes ties with Israel

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FROM OUR ARCHIVES Remembering how and why we are praying for Kuwait Published Date: July 23, 2008 LONDON: Fuelled by soaring oil prices, Kuwait has ambitious plans to invest $132 billion building a model city in its northern desert, complete with rail links to the rest of the Middle East, … [Read more...]

Slavery Rules

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FROM OUR ARCHIVES Remembering how and why we are praying for Kuwait Dear friends, the link below is a report (in Arabic) stating that Kuwait is not advancing with re-writing the (anti-)Salavary laws. I am trying to translate it into English, but here is the PDF in Arabic: … [Read more...]

Detained and Tortured

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FROM OUR ARCHIVES Remembering how and why we are praying for Kuwait According to some blogs, Bashar al Sayegh and Jassim al Qames of the 'Al-Jareeda Newspaper' were harassed and attacked by the secret police of Kuwait. You can see the article here by Shiekha Bibi Al-Sabah :I, Bibi Nasser … [Read more...]

Judge oil minister on performance, not wrongly-worded statement: MP; ‘Give Sheikh Ali opportunity to deal with violations’

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FROM OUR ARCHIVES Remembering how and why we are praying for Kuwait Arab Times , KUWAIT CITY: With both the Popular Bloc and National Bloc increasing the heat on him and leading a tireless campaign to oust him from the Cabinet, Oil Minister Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah says he has left the … [Read more...]

Bid to defuse standoff; Amir urges MPs to work with Cabinet

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FROM OUR ARCHIVES Remembering how and why we are praying for Kuwait Aab Times - KUWAIT (RTRS): HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah urged parliament on Monday to cooperate more with the government, weighing in to defuse a standoff that is threatening to delay key legislation. … [Read more...]