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December 2012 Kuwaiti Parliamentary Election
Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 1 December 2012 after early elections in February 2012 were declared invalid. In the elections, Shi'as won 17 out of 50 seats in the National Assembly, an increase from the seven won in the February elections. Sunni Islamists were reduced to a minority. Three women also entered the Parliament compared to men-only from the February election, but their number decreased compared to the 2009 election. Turnout was officially reported to be 43%, the lowest in the Kuwaiti electoral history. Background Six weeks before the elections, the electoral system was changed to single non-transferable vote, with voters restricted to voting for only one candidate, having previously been allowed to vote for four under multiple non-transferable vote The multiple non-transferable vote (MNTV) is a group of voting system, in which voters elect several representatives at once, with each voter having more than one vote. MNTV uses multi-member elector ...
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Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. Kuwait also shares maritime borders with Iran. Kuwait has a coastal length of approximately . Most of the country's population reside in the urban agglomeration of the capital city Kuwait City. , Kuwait has a population of 4.45 million people of which 1.45 million are Kuwaiti citizens while the remaining 3.00 million are foreign nationals from over 100 countries. Historically, most of present-day Kuwait was part of ancient Mesopotamia. Pre-oil Kuwait was a strategic trade port between Mesopotamia, Persia and India. Oil reserves were discovered in commercial quantities in 1938. In 1946, crude oil was exported for the first time. From 1946 to 1982, the country underwent large-scale modernization, largely b ...
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Nawaf Suleiman Al-Fezia
Nawaf (Arabic: نواف) is an Arabic name for males. People named Nawaf include: * Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait * Nawaf Salam, Lebanese diplomat, academic, and jurist * Nawaf Falah, Iraqi footballer * Nawaf Massalha, Israeli Arab politician * Nawaf Al Abed Nawaf Shaker Fayrouz Al-Abed ( ar, نواف شاكر فيروز العابد; born 26 January 1990) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Al Shabab and the Saudi Arabia national team. Club career Al-Hilal In 20 ..., Saudi Arabian footballer {{given name Arabic masculine given names ...
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Salah Abdullatif Al-Ateeqi
(, plural , romanized: or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːh, ( or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːtʰin construct state) ), also known as ( fa, نماز) and also spelled , are prayers performed by Muslims. Facing the , the direction of the Kaaba with respect to those praying, Muslims pray first standing and later kneeling or sitting on the ground, reciting prescribed prayers and phrases from the Quran as they bow and prostrate themselves in between. is composed of prescribed repetitive cycles of bows and prostrations, called ( ). The number of s, also known as units of prayer, varies from prayer to prayer. Ritual purity and are prerequisites for performing the prayers. The daily obligatory prayers collectively form the second of the five pillars in Islam, observed three or five times (the latter being the majority) every day at prescribed times. These are usually (observed at dawn), (observed at noon), (observed late in the afternoon), (observed after sunset), and (observed a ...
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Hamad Saif Al-Hrchana
Hamad may refer to: People *Hamad (name), an Arabic given name and surname *Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872–1942), Ruler of Bahrain from 1932 until his death in 1942. * Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain since 2002. Cities and villages *Hamad Town, also known as Madinat Hamad, a city in northern Bahrain *Abu Hamad, also spelt Abu Hamed, a town of Sudan Other locations *Hamad International Airport, the international airport facility in Doha, Qatar. * Hamad Port, Qatar's main seaport, located south of Doha. *Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), a research university, in Education City, Qatar. *Hamad Aquatic Centre, large swimming pool complex in Doha, Qatar. *Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, also known as Al Ahli SC Stadium, a football stadium in Doha, Qatar. *Grand Hamad Stadium, also known as the Al-Arabi Sports Club stadium, multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. * Jassim bin Hamad Stadium also known as al-Sadd Stadium), multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. *Suheim bin Hamad S ...
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Khalil Ibrahim Saleh
Khalil, Khelil, or Khaleel may refer to: People * Khalil (Pashtun tribe) * Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931), Lebanese-American writer, poet, visual artist, and Lebanese nationalist * Khalil (scholar), 19th century Islamic scholar in the Emirate of Harar * DJ Khalil (born 1973), American hip hop and soul music producer * Khalil (name), a surname or personal name of multiple individuals and families * Khalil Mack (born 1991), NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears * Robert "Bob" Khaleel, American hip hop musician better known as Bronx Style Bob Places Algeria * Khelil, Algeria, town and commune in Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria *Sidi Khellil, town and commune in El M'Ghair District, El Oued Province, Algeria *Aïn Ben Khelil, a town and commune in district of Mécheria, Naâma Province, Algeria Iran * Halil River, also Haliri River or Zar Dasht River in its upper reaches, a river in the Jiroft and Kahnuj districts of Kerman Province, Iran * Khalil Kord, a village in Iran * Khali ...
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Khalaf Al-Enezi
Khalaf Al-Enezi (14 October 1946 – 19 December 2022) was a Kuwaiti politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Kuwait, Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the Kuwait's Second District, second district. Al-Enezi worked at the National Council before being elected to the National Assembly in 1981. Al-Enezi was an Independent deputy and was on good terms with the royal family. And he lived in Kuwait. Defended Education Minister Nouria al-Subeih On 22 January 2008, the parliament voted 27-19, with two abstentions, against the impeachment of Education Minister Nouria al-Subeih. In the lead-up to the vote, MPs Ali Al-Daqbaashi, Musallam Al-Barrak, Saleh Ashour and Hussein Muzyed spoke against the minister while Al-Enezi, Ali Al-Rashid, Mohammed Al-Sager, and Adel Al-Saraawi spoke in her defense. Subeih had to defend herself against allegations that she had attempted to deceive the nation when she denied a press report that three male students had been sexually assault ...
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Ahmed Lari
Ahmed Lari is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the first district. Born in 1955, Lari studied Statistics and worked in the Municipal Council before being elected to the National Assembly in 2006. While political parties are technically illegal in Kuwait, Lari is a member of the National Islamic Alliance, a Shia party. Expulsion from Popular Action Bloc On February 19, 2008, the Popular Action Bloc expelled Lari and fellow Shiite MP Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad for taking part in a ceremony eulogizing Hezbollah's slain top commander, Imad Mughniyeh. The ceremony's description of the fugitive Lebanese militant — killed in a February 12 car bombing in Syria — as a hero sparked public outrage in a country that holds him responsible for hijacking a Kuwait Airways flight and killing two of its Kuwaiti passengers 20 years prior. The two lawmakers were only expelled from their bloc, and remained in the legislature. After the expulsions of the two, the seven memb ...
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Adel Jarallah Al-Kharafi
Adel may refer to: Places United States * Adel, Georgia * Adel, Indiana * Adel, Iowa * Adel Township, Dallas County, Iowa * Adel, Oklahoma * Adel, Oregon * Adel Mountains Volcanic Field, West-central Montana Elsewhere * Adelaide, Australia * Adel, Leeds, England * Adilabad, Telangana, India * Adilabad district, Telangana, India * Al-Adel, Baghdad, Iraq * Adel, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia * Adel Sultanate People * Adel (name), a unisex first name of northern-European origin, or a last name *Adil, an Arabic first name (male) and last name Other uses *Adel (official), a public official in Morocco *Adel, German nobility *Adel, Dutch nobility *Adel, Danish nobility *Adel, Swedish nobility *Adel, Norwegian nobility *Adel, Finnish nobility *Adel, Icelandic nobility *''Adel'', an Egyptian ferry that capsized and sank in May 1963 *Adel, a game character of ''Final Fantasy VIII'' *Adel, a weevil/beetle genus of the Pentarthrini tribe See also *Adelaide (disambi ...
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Badr Rashid Bathali
Badr (Arabic: بدر) as a given name below is an Arabic masculine and feminine name given to the "full moon on its fourteenth night" or the ecclesiastical full moon. Badr may refer to: .and it is also one of the oldest and rarest names in the Arabic dialect Places * Badr, Egypt, a city *Badr, Libya, a town in Libya * Badr, Saudi Arabia, a city in Saudi Arabia *Badr Rural District (other), administrative subdivisions of Iran * Ash-Shaykh Badr, a city in Syria *Battle of Badr, a battle in the early days of Islam *Hala-'l Badr, a volcano in Saudi Arabia *Sheikh Badr, a depopulated village in Jerusalem People * Badr (name) Military *Operation Badr (other), any of four war operations *Badr-1 (rocket), Yemeni rocket artillery system * Badr-2000, Iraqi proposed ballistic missile Other *Badr Airlines, based in Khartoum, Sudan *Badr Organization, a political party in Iraq *Badr (satellite), a series of satellites operated by Pakistan, including: ** Badr-1, launched i ...
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Abdul Rahman Al-Jiran
Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, meaning "the"). It is the initial component of many compound names, names made of two words. For example, , ', usually spelled ''Abdel Hamid'', ''Abdelhamid'', ''Abd El Hamid'' or ''Abdul Hamid'', which means "servant of The Praised" (God). The most common use for ''Abdul'' by far, is as part of a male given name, written in English. When written in English, ''Abdul'' is subject to variable spacing, spelling, and hyphenation. The meaning of ''Abdul'' literally and normally means "Slave of the", but English translations also often translate it to "Servant of the". Spelling variations Variations in spelling are primarily because of the variation in pronunciation. Arabic speakers normally pronounce and transcribe their names of Arabic ori ...
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Adnan Ibrahim Al-Mutawa
Adnan ( ar, عدنان, 'adnān) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of Northern, Western, Eastern and Central Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia who descend from Qahtan. His ancestry can be traced back to Abraham and from there to Adam and Noah. Origin According to tradition, Adnan is the father of a group of the Ishmaelite Arabs who inhabited West and Northern Arabia; he is a descendant of Ishmael, son of Abraham. Adnan is believed by genealogists to be the father of many Ishmaelite tribes along the Western coast of Arabia, Northern Arabia and Iraq. Many family trees have been presented by Adnan, which did not agree about the number of ancestors between Ishmael and Adnan but agreed about the names and number of the ancestors between Adnan and the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The overwhelming majority of traditions and Muslim scholars state that Adnan is a descendant of Qedar the son of Ishmael, except for Ibn Ishaq who claimed that Adn ...
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Ali Al-Rashid
Ali Al-Rashid is a former Kuwaiti politician member, representing the second district. Born in 1967, Al-Rashid worked as a lawyer before being elected to the National Assembly in 2003. Al-Rashid affiliated with the liberal National Democratic Alliance, but left the coalition on November 23, 2008. Opposed severing ties with Denmark, Europe On November 6, 2006, the parliament voted 22-15 to approve severing diplomatic ties with Denmark over the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and spending about US$50 (€39.20) million to defend the prophet's image in the West. Both votes were nonbinding, meaning the Cabinet did not have to abide by them. Al-Rashid voted against cutting diplomatic ties, arguing that Muslims have to be positive and remember that it were some individuals, not governments, who insulted the Prophet Muhammad. Al-Rashid was quoted as saying, "We here in Kuwait curse Christians in many of our mosques, should those (Christian) countries boycott Kuwait?" Aga ...
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