Here are different “then and nows” I have taken during my time in Kuwait. The source for the old photographs can be found on the blog posts on the links below!
Urban Landscape around Khazal Palace
Entrance to Mubarakiya near Safat Square
Urban Landscape around the American Missionary Hospital
Urban Landscape around the Modern Art & Maritime Museums
Hellenistic Site on Failaka (with Tareq Rajab and P.V. Glob in the 1960s, Dana al Rashid in 2024)
Administrative Complex on Failaka
All the images!
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