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9 unusual facts about Kuwait City


2010 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship

The 2010 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship began on 25 May 2010 in Kuwait City, Kuwait with the games being played at the National Ice Skating Rink.

Abdalla El-Masri

He has taught composition at both the Kuwait Higher Institute of Music in Kuwait City and PAAET Kuwait since 1994.

Conflict: Desert Storm II

The squad then support the securing of Kuwait City via the use of an M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, taking out numerous Iraqi infantry along the way, eventually making their way to the nearby artillery shore guns, calling in air strikes to destroy them.

Gulf Ice Hockey Championship

The Gulf Ice Hockey Championship was first held in 2010 in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

The inaugural tournament took place on the May 25 to May 30 in Kuwait City, Kuwait and was organised by the Kuwait Ice Hockey Association.

Khalifa Alqattan

Khalifa Alqattan (Arabic خليفة القطان ) (January 1934, Old Kuwait City - 27 July 2003) was a Kuwaiti pioneer artist.

Khalil Al Ghamdi

He was the referee for the final match of the 2010 AFC Cup Final, Al-Qadsia vs. Al-Ittihad at the Jaber International Stadium in Kuwait City.

Kuwait National Petroleum Company

The refinery spans 1,332,000 m² and is located 50 km south of Kuwait City within the Shuaiba Industrial Area.

Kuwaiti Navy

The headquarters and sole naval base is Ras al-Qulayah Naval Base, located in the south of Kuwait, approximately 35 miles (56 km) south of Kuwait City.


Al Ahmadi, Kuwait

Al Ahmadi is a suburb of Kuwait City founded in 1946 with the discovery of oil there, located in Al Ahmadi Governorate.

Bashar Lulua

He received his initial musical education at the Baghdad Conservatoire in 1970 where he was classically trained and later spent some of his formative years in Kuwait City, Vienna, Salzburg, Ohio, Texas, California and Cambridge, England, where he began to learn English.

Maktoob

Maktoob today has more than 280 employees with offices in Amman, Dubai, Cairo, Riyadh, and Kuwait.

Mohammad Al-Azemi

Born in Kuwait City, he was successful in athletics from a young age and won the national under-14 cross country title for his club, Qadsia SC, in 1993.


see also

Al Ahmadi

Al Ahmadi, Kuwait, suburb of Kuwait City, located in Al Ahmadi Governorate

British Airways Flight 149

British Airways Flight 149 was a flight from London Heathrow Airport to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, (the former international airport for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), via Kuwait City and Madras (now called Chennai) operated by British Airways Boeing 747-136.

Crimson Commando

Freedom Force was sent to Kuwait City to rescue or kill physicist Reinhold Kurtzmann, but they encountered the Arabic super-team called Desert Sword.

Dmytro Karyuchenko

Karyuchenko also won the gold medal in the individual épée event of the 2006 Grand Prix at Kuwait City defeating Ulrich Robeiri (France) in the final.

Matthew Kemp

Kemp got his first senior international cap for the Socceroos on 7 January 2010 in an AFC Asian Cup qualifying match versus Kuwait at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Kuwait City.