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Ahmed Al Sarraf

I believe that nations are built by engineers, as in China, and minds are shaped by creative thinkers, as in the United...

Minister of Education, cauterization is the last resort!

Opinion

Minister of Education, cauterization is the last resort!

I believe that nations are built by engineers, as in China, and minds are shaped by creative thinkers, as in the United States and other countries. However, the engineer or educat...

Ahmed Al Sarraf | 01/11/2025

After 46 years of insisting on the obligation for women to wear the hijab, the Islamic Republic of Iran has suspended t...

Iran ... Hijab and water

Opinion

Iran ... Hijab and water

After 46 years of insisting on the obligation for women to wear the hijab, the Islamic Republic of Iran has suspended the order at the request of the President. Wearing the hijab ...

Ahmed Al Sarraf | 30/10/2025

I have long believed that “One Thousand and One Nights” has Arabic origins, given the Arab names and cities it contains...

The beautiful lies of ‘One Thousand and One Nights’

Opinion

The beautiful lies of ‘One Thousand and One Nights’

I have long believed that “One Thousand and One Nights” has Arabic origins, given the Arab names and cities it contains, and also based on my own limited understanding. This nearl...

Ahmed Al Sarraf | 26/10/2025

In 1999, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma founded Alibaba, a mail-order retail company. Within a few years, it grew to be va...

Jack Ma and shoe theft

Opinion

Jack Ma and shoe theft

In 1999, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma founded Alibaba, a mail-order retail company. Within a few years, it grew to be valued at nearly $130 billion, employing more than 124,000 peo...

Ahmed Al Sarraf | 25/10/2025

First fact is that the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) will, within a few years, face a backlog of more tha...

Four bitter facts on housing

Opinion

Four bitter facts on housing

First fact is that the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) will, within a few years, face a backlog of more than 150,000 housing applications. Second, this massive demand ...

Ahmed Al Sarraf | 23/10/2025

Lebanese journalist Ricardo Karam wrote, “I visited Amani Bazzi, the woman who lost her husband and three children on S...

Lost everything but her dignity

Opinion

Lost everything but her dignity

Lebanese journalist Ricardo Karam wrote, “I visited Amani Bazzi, the woman who lost her husband and three children on September 21 in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon, as a result of ...

Ahmed Al Sarraf | 21/10/2025

The war was neither equal nor fair. On one side stood Hamas, a small Palestinian faction with a few armed men who belie...

How did Israel defeat Hamas?

Opinion

How did Israel defeat Hamas?

The war was neither equal nor fair. On one side stood Hamas, a small Palestinian faction with a few armed men who believed in the justice of their cause. On the other was a state ...

Ahmed Al Sarraf | 20/10/2025

The United Arab Emirates recently announced deaths and serious side effects resulting from the consumption of the Irani...

The glad tidings of the 1.5 KWD

Opinion

The glad tidings of the 1.5 KWD

The United Arab Emirates recently announced deaths and serious side effects resulting from the consumption of the Iranian bottled water brand “Uranus Star”. Kuwait’s Public Author...

Ahmed Al Sarraf | 16/10/2025

Before fully immersing himself in his sensitive duties, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fah...

Sheikh Fahad ... pros and cons

Opinion

Sheikh Fahad ... pros and cons

Before fully immersing himself in his sensitive duties, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef visited a book fair held a few months ago. Duri...

Ahmed Al Sarraf | 15/10/2025

In the final moments before Yahya Sinwar ordered his desperate suicide attack on Israel on the morning of October 7, 20...

What war has changed?

Opinion

What war has changed?

In the final moments before Yahya Sinwar ordered his desperate suicide attack on Israel on the morning of October 7, 2023, he may have wondered whether it was worth sacrificing hi...

Ahmed Al Sarraf | 14/10/2025

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