Kuwait

Kuwait has the highest rate of obesity in the Arab region according to Dr Wajdan Al Shamiri citing a report by the World Health Organisation.
“There are about 250,000 people suffering from obesity in Kuwait, and up to 50,000 of them need surgeries,” Head of the Department of Surgery in Al Sabah Hospital, Dr Mubarak Al Kandari said.
According to the consultant general surgeon, the hospital’s obesity surgery unit is working to limit the spread of obesity in Kuwait.
The unit receives up to 30 patients a week.
“It takes about four and six weeks to do tests. Some patients with stomach and duodenal inflammation need medical treatment before the surgery and this takes some time. After that we do germ test. Then, the patient has to visit a nutritionist in order to go on a diet to reduce weight by 10 per cent,” Al Kandari said.
“The obesity rate increases every year at local and international levels due to the change of lifestyle such as consuming junk food, lack of movement and failure to practice sport. Obesity is dangerous because of the high cost of treatment and the high cost of treating other diseases it causes,” the surgeon said.
Kuwait is home to 1.1 million Kuwaitis and 2.2 million foreigners.

Kuwaiti Designer Amal al Farsi Designs

Posted by Tabi in Fashion, Kuwait on 03 14th, 2011 | no responses

These beautiful jalabiyas are the work of Kuwaiti designer Amal al Farsi. Hope you will definitely select at least one from these for you.

Kuwaiti Fitness Model Dina Al Sabah

Posted by Tabi in Kuwait on 06 4th, 2010 | one response

Dina Ali Fahad Al-Salim Al-Sabah is a professional figure competitor from Kuwait. Dina Born on February 28, 1974. She stands out from the rest of the Figure competitors for being the only female Arab athlete to achieve pro card status as of 2006. She is the first female Arab athlete to ever stand on the Olympia stage.

Dina Al-Sabah was born in the city of Beirut in Lebanon. She is from Kuwaiti, Syrian, and Turkish descent. She was born as a member of the respected Al-Sabah family.  She is close lineage because her grandfather was the son of Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah which was  ruler of Kuwaiti from 1917 to 1921. Ms. Al-Sabah was raised in Egypt, Morocco, Italy and the United Kingdom, and because of this, she was exposed to many different cultures at a young age. She has a natural talent to being a wonderful athlete. She started horse-back riding only at the age of five. Dina Al-Sabah continued her active life style throughout her high school years competing in equestrian shows and participating in track, volleyball and basketball at The American School of Tangier in Morocco.
Dina is fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic due to her various travels. She also holds several degrees – M.S. in telecommunications and computers, MBA and more. When she moved to London in 1991, Dina Al-Sabah first started weight training. As a newcomer to the country, she did not have any friends and had plenty of free time so she decided to join a gym as a hobby. When Dina came to the United States in 1994 to continue her studies at the GeorgeWashingtonUniversity, she took a more active interest in lifting weights and educating herself on weight training and nutrition.

Shimaz and Sukaynah Study In UK

Posted by Tabi in Kuwait on 11 21st, 2009 | 43 responses

Shimaz and Sukaynah are cute Kuwaiti girls studying in Royal Holloway University of London. Picture was sent by Shimaz (sitting left). She writes in her email that I am sending our photo, Sukaynah is also sitting beside me. This arab girl says that although its not easy for everyone to study in UK but we are really enjoying our time. Shimaz says that Sukaynah and me are cousins and class mates since class one. She more tells that study in UK promises a brilliant start of your career, with its courses ranging from Agriculture related subjects, Applied Science and Pure Science, Architecture, Business and Administrative Studies, MBA, Computers and Mathematical Science, Engineering and Technologies, Humanities, Law and Legal Studies, Social Studies and Communications, Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Creative Art and Design to many more. Along with it, there are many vocational courses too that offer ‘work-while-you-study’ options. This allows them to put into practice, what they learn in classrooms.

So UK education system encompasses not only a wide variety of schools and colleges, but a wide variety of courses too that make it a perfect education hub. Apart from the studies Shimaz and Sukaynah wants to make some sincere and like minded online friends. Well girls thank you so much for sending your photo we wish you all the best about your studies and future.

Kuwaiti U-19 Women Cricket Team Player Tahani Osama

Posted by Tabi in Kuwait on 11 9th, 2009 | 13 responses

Ahlam Haider has sent her photo from Kuwait. Ahlam is student of graduation. As she writes in her email that the photo was captured last week when she went to attend a party given by some relatives of her in Ramada Kuwait Hotel. Ahlam tells that Ramada Kuwait hotel is one of the luxurious hotels of Kuwait. This hotel is only 10 min away from Kuwait City and 10 min to the Kuwait International airport. Ramada hotel can be very comfortable place for people who come Kuwait for business meetings and deals because it only ten minutes away from international airport. Ahlam more says that I highly recommend the hotel, as the service was excellent. Lunch buffet and other dishes were extremely delicious with lots of varieties for all tastes. Anyways I really enjoyed the party in this luxury hotel and wish to go there once more.

Well friends this Kuwaiti girl has made promise that she will soon send some more photos. You can also send your photos very easily through our contact form.

Kuwaiti Girl Studying In Scotland

Posted by Tabi in Kuwait on 09 26th, 2009 | 18 responses

Hizza Hussain basically belongs to Kuwait. But these days she is in Scotland. Hizza is student of Geosciences in University of St Andrews Scotland. Hizza has sent her photo through email and she writes in her email that University of St Andrews Scotland is the oldest university in Scotland. It was founded in 1413 and today is can be considered as most efficient university of Europe. Hizza more tells that she is really enjoying her studies here because Scotland is most beautiful country of the world. In Scotland there is hundreds of beautiful places where you can spend you holidays. Scotland is definitely one of the few countries its people could be proud about. As the rest of European nations with rich history and inheritance, Scotland has particular traits that draw millions of citizens in the country every year. There isn’t one significant thing that disconnects Scotland from another country, however once you have visit you will appreciate why so several people go in Scotland every year.

Thank you so much Hizza for sending your cutest photo. We sure that our readers will demand us to see you again so please keep in touch with us.

Aneeqa From Kuwait

Posted by Tabi in Kuwait on 09 17th, 2009 | 14 responses

Friend Aneeqa has joined us from Kuwait. Aneeqa is student of 1st year. She takes much more interest in the history of her beloved country but in the meanwhile she is disappointed that there is not given much attention or value to history of Kuwait in any academic sense. Students only learn a limited amount of local history in primary and secondary school, and professional historians, largely due to the country’s restrictive and unorganized approach to archiving records, conducts little academic research on Kuwait’s history. Aneeqa says that due to such academic deficiencies, young Kuwaitis must depend on a limited range of more unconventional sources in order to obtain any sense of historical awareness.