KUWAIT CITY, July 17, (KUNA): Unde-rsecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor Mohammad Al-Kandari called upon consumers and visitors of the Ramadan Food Exhibition not to buy large quantities of food due to its availability in the markets throughout the holy month of Ramadan.
After the inauguration of the exhibition, that kicked off Sunday at Kuwait International Fair (KIF), Al-Kandari told the press that the KIF is used to organizing and hosting this annual exhibition, in preparation for Muslim family needs during Ramadan.
Al-Kandari added that the participation of the Ministry along with other concerned parties reflects positively on the various members of the community and helps revitalize the movement of trade in the country within a competitive atmosphere.

On his part, Abdulrahman Al-Nassar the Vice Chairman and Executive Director of KIF thanked Al-Kandari for his participation and inauguration of the exhibition.
The Ramadan Food Exhibition continues from July 17, for other 13 days.
With the approach of the holy month of Ramadan, local privately-organised goods bazaars in Kuwait, offer something new to host and customer.
These events are giving honest job opportunities to young women and sometimes, men, as well as unemployed housewives, bazaar organizer, Salwa Al-Qabandi told KUNA.
They can also offer more traditional goods — that cannot be found at local supermarkets — for reasonable prices, she added.

Women’s only bazaars offer them space to create and go free with their imagination, in an atmosphere of familiarity and comfort among their peers, another bazaar organizer, Alya Al-Enezi said.
These events, held annually ahead of the Ramadan season, usually offer handicrafts, Kuwaiti foods and locally-made goods, like traditional gowns for women ‘darraas’.
Their success offers stall owners the chance the following year, to expand and offer a wider variety of goods, customized for more particular tastes, she noted.
Stall owner, Maryam Al-Ghais, says that Ramadan bazaars are usually dominated by women, but that she has noticed that young men are starting to be more involved.
Competition is tight, she said, and more and more stall owners are finding more elaborate ways to produce and sell their merchandise.

Another stall owner and housewife — who did not provide her name — said she and her sister have been offering their goods to the bazaar for three few years now.
With pride, she pointed to her Arabic coffee and tea cups and colourfully designed drinking glasses on show. Wadha Al-Mutairi, who is selling traditional women’s gowns and dresses at the event, said she designs and tailors them herself.
“I have dresses for different occasions, and they are all made of silk, mostly,” she added. Ramadan bazaars are no longer uncommon events to the tiny Gulf country, and can fill a gap in the local market, large supermarket chains have possibly failed to notice.