Old Harbor: this first image showing the donkey on the old harbor dates to the 1960s and was taken by Jehan Rajab, I took the more recent photo in 2025

Here is a building next to the Heritage Village in the 1960s (from Brett Jordan) and today

Heritage Village: 2004 vs 2023

The mosque within the heritage village

It also shows a restaurant on Wanasa Beach, which has since closed

Wanasa Beach: 2004 vs 2023

Taher Mosque in the 1960s and today

The old supermarket in the 1980s and today

High School: the first photo comes from 1991 and was taken by Jehan Rajab

The old high school in 2012 and in 2025

High School: the first photo comes from the flickr of “jayaram10g” and dates to 2006, I took the second in December of 2024

Al Zor – walking towards the high school

The first photograph below was taken by Jehan Rajab in 1961. It appears to have been taken from the roof of Shuaib mosque and looks towards the high school. Unfortunately, the historic buildings between the mosque and the school no longer stand

Al Zor in the 1960s – from the book “Glob and the Garden of Eden”

The old Middle School

A photo from this flickr account of an archaeologist who worked on the island in 2010 versus in 2025

Library: the first image comes from this 1991 documentary

Baqala: the older images are screenshots from this 2012 video, I took the more recent images in 2025

That same video shows a house across the street, here is a then and now of it

Abu Darda Mosque: the first photograph comes from the flickr of Esmaeil Alansari and dates to 2013, I took the second in December of 2025

Homes near to Abu Darda Mosque (dated to the late 1970s)

Homes near the archaeological site (dated to 1991)

Dar FIKAR (dated to 2012)

From a documentary about the building of the government houses in 1978

A photograph found online of the government houses

A photograph from 1985

From the 1967 documentary “Dilmun”

An old pamphlet for the touristic complex listed for sale on eBay

From a video uploaded to youtube of the island in 1984

Chalet Touristic Complex: from the flickr of Dosio Dosev and date to 2009

From “Kuwait Facts and Figures 1984

From a documentary about the building of the chalets in the late 1970s