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'Neveen Ma'arafi') claimed that "There is a special law about the Kuwaiti Nationality that organizes the way to gain citizenship, what happened is that it appeared to the government that there are people who gained the citizenship through illegal ways, and there are those who gained the Kuwaiti citizenship then they were chosen to gain another ...
In 2014, Kuwait was ranked 113 of 142 globally in the Global Gender Gap Report, [88] [89] the country improved its ranking due to significant increases in the overall income indicator. In 2015, Kuwait was ranked 117 of 145 globally in the Global Gender Index. [90] In 2020, Kuwait was ranked 122 of 153 globally in the Global Gender Gap Report.
Names have to be approved by the local registration office, called Standesamt, which generally consults a list of first names and foreign embassies for foreign names. The name cannot be a last name or a product, and it cannot negatively affect the child. If the name submitted is denied, it can be appealed; otherwise a new name has to be submitted.
According to the United Nations, Kuwait's legal system is a mix of English common law, French civil law, Egyptian civil law and Islamic law. [9] The court system in Kuwait is secular. [10] [11] Unlike other Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait does not have Sharia courts. [11] Sections of the civil court system administer family law. [11]
Pages in category "Surnames of Kuwaiti origin" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Al-Katib;
The kafala system is practiced in Kuwait. In 2018, Kuwait became involved in a diplomatic crisis with the Philippines , which ended in a May 2018 labor deal which prohibited common practices under the kafala against Filipino migrant workers, including the confiscation of passports and guaranteeing one-day off a week from work.
Kuwait has become the strictest of the Gulf states when it comes to film censorship, more so than Saudi Arabia. Following the banning of “Barbie” last summer, Kuwaitis actually travelled over ...
The Bedoon or Bidoon (Arabic: بدون جنسية, romanized: Bidūn jinsiya, lit. 'without nationality'), fully Bidoon jinsiya, are stateless people in several Middle Eastern countries, [1] but particularly in Kuwait, where there is a large population of stateless people who lack access to many of the country's basic services.