2018 in Kuwait
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Events in the year 2018 in Kuwait.
Incumbents
- Emir: Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
- Prime Minister: Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Events
Signing of the "Agreement on the Employment of Domestic Workers" between Kuwait and the Philippines, in the aftermath of the 2018 Kuwait–Philippine diplomatic crisis.
- January to May – A diplomatic crisis developed between the countries of Kuwait and the Philippines over concerns of the latter over the situation of Filipino migrant workers in Kuwait.
- May 29 – Kuwait blocks draft United Nation Security Council US sanction attack on Israel.[1]
Deaths
- 7 January – Meshary Al-Arada, singer and composer (b. 1982).[2]
- 12 August - Frayha Al-Ahmad, Kuwaiti royalty (b. 1944).
- 25 September - Ismail Fahd Ismail, novelist (b. 1940).
gollark: If you have enough of them and no special bias it'll just average out to normal population political views.
gollark: I will check, hold on.
gollark: Also that.
gollark: I really think you're overestimating how much people actually care. There have been various experiments regarding obedience and conformity which suggest that people will basically just do whatever people around them do.
gollark: Consider dying, for instance. People dying is quite bad for a variety of reasons, but because people can't really avoid it it got cognitive-dissonanced into being "good" in a ton of philosophies.
References
- http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/30/un-kuwait-blocks-us-resolution-condemning-attacks-on-israel
- "وفاة المنشد الكويتي مشاري العرادة في حادث بالسعودية". aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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