National Geographic
November of 1948 there was an article entitled, “Sailing with Sinbad’s Sons” by Alan Villiers
December of 1952 there was an article entitled “Boom Time in Kuwait” that focused on how the government was using the income from oil to “improve the lot of all its people”
May of 1969 there was an article entitled “Kuwait, Aladdin’s Lamp of the Middle East.” The article mentions the now-demolished Gazelle Club, which you can read more about here!
October of 1975 there was an article entitled “The Arab World, Inc.” that explored the new-found wealth in the Gulf
August of 1991 there was an article “After the Storm” detailing the consequences of Iraqi military forces setting fire to oil wells at the end of the Gulf War
February 24, 2021: “The untold story of the world’s fiercest tank battle”
June 15, 2022: “Kuwait: a land of extreme climate and wealth”
Other Publications
LIFE Magazine: December 31, 1951: Vol. 31, No. 27
Current Affairs for the Canadian Forces (Volume 7 Number 10, 15 November 1954)
LIFE Magazine: Mar 2, 1959: Vol. 46, No. 9
LIFE Magazine: Sep 17, 1965: Vol. 59, No. 12
A 1979 article in the magazine “UFO Update”
New York Times articles over the years
TIME Magazine Cover Stories and a few other magazine articles dealing with the invasion
The Kuwait Times
The Kuwait Times was the first English-language newspaper established in the Gulf region, in 1961. Here are some interesting articles from their website:
- Al-Muttaba neighborhood
- Taxis in Kuwait–a historical perspective
- Historic buildings in Kuwait
- First public body set up in Kuwait
- Preserving Kuwait’s heritage: Dhow making
- Preserving and protecting Kuwait’s maritime heritage
- First pharmacy in Kuwait’s history
- More than 100 years of electricity
- Automobiles in Gulf region
- History of archaeological excavations in Kuwait
- Naming the streets of Kuwait
- Al Seif: an important street in Old Kuwait
- Al Kandari Diwaniya
- Al Shamlan Diwaniya
- Exploring Shamiya
- Exploring Jahra
- Al-Shuaiba town
- Ancient Mosques in Kuwait
- Mythical characters abound in old Kuwaiti folk tales
The last article mentions Hemarat al-Gayla, here are some depictions coming from these sources (1, 2, 3). You can read another article about Kuwaiti folklore here.
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