#Kuwait City

Source: Atlas Obscura In the early spring, the truffle souq in Al Rai, just northwest of Kuwait City, bustles with connoisseurs sniffing for white and beige culinary gold. The demand for desert truffles, called fagga in Kuwait, is so high that over 500 vendors apply each year for the 120-odd

Author: Eric Grundhauser / Source: Atlas Obscura Welcome back! Recently, we asked Atlas Obscura readers to tell us about the places they can’t stay away from. These are the destinations you keep returning to whenever you have the chance, despite the obvious appeal of using that time to go

Via MiddleEastEye.net, A Kuwaiti online activist will spend 10 years in jail, an appeals court has ruled, for posting messages on Twitter that “insulted the emir” and “spreading false news” that endangered the country. The court on Thursday confirmed the jail term against Waleed Fares handed down