Sebastian Castelier

Some Gulf coun­tries may seek to test the com­mit­ment of Kuwait’s new lead­er­ship to speak up for Gulf Co­op­er­a­tion Coun­cil.

Kuwaiti leader was the pri­ma­ry me­di­a­tor in the Qatar-GCC cri­sis and a wide­ly re­spect­ed voice in the re­gion.

Re­porter Se­bas­t­ian Caste­lier went to the re­mote vil­lage of Kumzar to un­der­stand its role in a de­struc­tive food sys­tem.

Re­mains of mil­lions are buried in Wadi-us-Salaam, the Val­ley of Peace which gravedig­gers say is a fright­en­ing work­place.

The In­di­an state has long de­pend­ed on re­mit­tances from abroad, but now home­grown tech firms are cre­at­ing new jobs.

Fam­i­lies re­main haunt­ed by un­known where­abouts of 369 Kuwait­is ab­duct­ed by Sad­dam Hus­sein’s forces dur­ing Gulf War.

Kuwait’s foot­ball com­mu­ni­ty weighs pros and cons of host­ing 16 ad­di­tion­al match­es of an ex­pand­ed FIFA World Cup.

Ex­pa­tri­ates were seen as prime mar­riage ma­te­r­i­al, but men now face chang­ing ex­pec­ta­tions and few­er op­por­tu­ni­ties abroad.