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In 2015, Saudi Arabia introduced reforms in an attempt to fix its laws and protect foreign workers. [47] Saudi Arabia was exposed by The Sunday Telegraph for detaining African migrants in a drive to control COVID-19. The newspaper received graphic mobile phone images, showing the miserable condition of the detained migrants.
Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States (1993–2001) 4 Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah [3] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 2011–2019 Kuwait's permanent member mission to the United Nations (1983–1989) Kuwait's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1995–1998) [4] Kuwait's 9th Prime Minister (2019–2022) 5 Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad ...
Most schools in Kuwait are public schools which educate in the Arabic language. There are, however, a few schools which run under Indian Central Board of Secondary Education , British , American and French systems, or a combination of languages.
This event set Kuwait's modern boundaries. Both Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Historically, there was a Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone inhabited by coastal fishermen; however, with the discovery of oil, the countries agreed to divide the territory, and reached an agreement in 1969. [1]
Public education in Saudi Arabia—from primary education through college—is open to every Saudi citizen. Education is the second-largest sector of government spending in Saudi Arabia. [ 7 ] Saudi Arabia spends 8.8% of its gross domestic product on education, which is nearly double the global average of 4.6%. [ 8 ]
Like most other Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait is an emirate; the emir is the head of state and the ruling Al Sabah family dominates the country's political system. Kuwait's official state religion is Islam, specifically the Maliki school of Sunni Islam. Kuwait is a high-income economy, backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves.
In August 1990, following the outbreak of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, a total of 143 employees, family members and expatriates working with the Commercial Office in Kuwait, CPC Corporation, BES Engineering Corporation and the Taiwan External Trade Development Council evacuated Kuwait and arrived in Jordan.
The National Assembly is the legislature in Kuwait, established in 1963. [4] Its predecessor, the 1938 National Assembly, was formally dissolved in 1939 after "one member, Sulaiman al-Adasani, in possession of a letter, signed by other Assembly members, addressed to Iraq's King Ghazi, requesting Kuwait's immediate incorporation into Iraq."