Michael Cornn lives in Kuwait, and studies Arabic. HE don't take formal language lessons in a classroom - he takes informal lessons at the barber shop.
Kuwait has a regional rugby team that competes against other teams around the Persian Gulf. For those who are too delicate for the real thing, the Kuwait Hilton Resort offers beach rugby games on Frid
After watching a rugby match, Michael Cornn decide the scrum is probably the strangest bit of sport he's ever seen. Well, maybe not as strange as those Afghani polo games with a dead sheep that they h
The Basics Country: Kuwait Where is it?: Kuwait is in the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Why do people go here?: A lot of people go there for employment purposes because only 3 to 5% of the citizen work, making the country hire employees from other nations. What are [...]
The thrill of a new place wears off quickly. The only thing interesting about Kuwait seems to be the land mines outside the city, but at least the magazines are eye-catching.
Barry was a human shield hostage in Iraq under Saddam Hussein in 1990. Twenty one years later he went back. This time he took his bicycle. 
Stephen Whelan tries to show the real Kuwait throu 