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Ahmed Al Sarraf

Facebook’s largest fine in history ... and gripe water
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Facebook’s largest fine in history ... and gripe water
What unethical practices did Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, employ that forced it to settle with the US government and pay a fine exceeding $18 billion, which...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 31/08/2026
Ridley’s discovery and Kuwaiti demographics
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Ridley’s discovery and Kuwaiti demographics
According to science, human beings have existed on Earth for approximately 200,000 to 300,000 years. For most of that period, people made their living by gathering and hunting, wi...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 30/08/2026
Brands that became a phenomenon
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Brands that became a phenomenon
Some brand names become so closely associated with a particular product or service that they eventually enter everyday language as generic terms. This phenomenon, known as “generi...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 29/08/2026
Persians of the Gulf and the Italians of New York
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Persians of the Gulf and the Italians of New York
Symbolic ethnicity is a healthy and enriching social and cultural phenomenon in countries like the United States, which embrace dual identities. We see its manifestations clearly ...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 27/08/2026
Tragedies of Africa descent ‘human beings’ in the West
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Tragedies of Africa descent ‘human beings’ in the West
Western citizens of African descent have faced discrimination dating back to the era of slavery, when more than 12.5 million people were kidnapped and sent to the New World for fo...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 26/08/2026
A solution to food supply smuggling crimes
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A solution to food supply smuggling crimes
Almost every week, we hear or read about customs inspectors successfully seizing smuggled food supplies hidden in suitcases or containers destined for export. Why does this shamef...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 25/08/2026
Beware ... Iran attack expected
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Beware ... Iran attack expected
American writer Thomas Friedman says, “The American-Israeli war with Iran proved that the small can act like the big, with great power, high precision, and at a low cost.” The sec...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 23/08/2026
The wise, the naive, and lower
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The wise, the naive, and lower
When we surrender ourselves to an anesthesiologist, allowing them to render us completely unconscious, and when we accept a surgeon cutting open our abdomens and chests and admini...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 22/08/2026
Godiva and legends of yore
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Godiva and legends of yore
The history of nations is replete with countless legends that have become part of their collective memory. In Kuwait, given the country’s relatively recent history, our legends ar...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 20/08/2026
A beautiful, humane Lebanese wedding
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A beautiful, humane Lebanese wedding
I spent part of this summer between Lebanon and the Turkish resort, Marmaris. The best part of those days was actively participating in the wedding celebrations of Haitham Al- Mus...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 19/08/2026