Comments on: 1960 Documentary on Kuwait http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/ Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Both are designers, Mark works in advertising while Nat runs her own design studio called Push+Pull. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:11:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anonymous http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199771 anonymous Mon, 21 May 2007 13:53:57 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199771 Wonderful documentary, but so sad. What happened to us? We had everything. Kuwait seemed on its way to becoming a truly cosmopolitan place. Now it's nothing but a big, polluted strip mall full of uneducated, unsophisticated riff raff. Despite the old film, you can still tell that the skies were blue, the sea clean. Today, we're lucky if we have five unpolluted days a year. And nobody seems to care as long as we have more malls opening up, more junk to buy. Old Kuwait was wonderful—wonderful architecture, wonderful people. New Kuwait is pathetic—tasteless, tacky, poorly executed buildings/projects and a bunch of selfish, greedy, uneducated, ill-mannered buffoons. We've truly come a long way...only not in the right direction. Wonderful documentary, but so sad. What happened to us? We had everything. Kuwait seemed on its way to becoming a truly cosmopolitan place. Now it’s nothing but a big, polluted strip mall full of uneducated, unsophisticated riff raff. Despite the old film, you can still tell that the skies were blue, the sea clean. Today, we’re lucky if we have five unpolluted days a year. And nobody seems to care as long as we have more malls opening up, more junk to buy. Old Kuwait was wonderful—wonderful architecture, wonderful people. New Kuwait is pathetic—tasteless, tacky, poorly executed buildings/projects and a bunch of selfish, greedy, uneducated, ill-mannered buffoons. We’ve truly come a long way…only not in the right direction.

]]> By: mocman http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199741 mocman Mon, 21 May 2007 13:00:40 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199741 i guess they were late for school or something or were bunking class... anyways kuwait back then was way much better than now.. even the kids were decent not like today's brats... ii guess the big question is : what happened along the line??? i guess they were late for school or something or were bunking class… anyways kuwait back then was way much better than now.. even the kids were decent not like today’s brats…

ii guess the big question is : what happened along the line???

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199728 Mark Mon, 21 May 2007 12:47:54 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199728 i am curious to know about the zamzam lorry driver at the end of part 1. he lifts to small kids up like a 10 foot wall.. why? what do they do now that they are up on the wall, it cuts off before we find out! i am curious to know about the zamzam lorry driver at the end of part 1. he lifts to small kids up like a 10 foot wall.. why? what do they do now that they are up on the wall, it cuts off before we find out!

]]> By: mocman http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199723 mocman Mon, 21 May 2007 12:39:40 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199723 in the first clip around the 5 minute mark you see some guy cut off another driver.. hehe.. i guess driving habits havent changed much since... in the first clip around the 5 minute mark you see some guy cut off another driver.. hehe.. i guess driving habits havent changed much since…

]]> By: Johar http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199689 Johar Mon, 21 May 2007 11:56:33 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199689 Although I am not that old, but still love to watch such clips. Keep rolling and good work Mark Although I am not that old, but still love to watch such clips. Keep rolling and good work Mark

]]> By: Muh'd M. Mansour http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199609 Muh'd M. Mansour Mon, 21 May 2007 10:12:58 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/1960-documentary-on-kuwait/#comment-199609 Amazing and very interesting documentary, Kuwait back then was very much like Dubai nowadays. Contractions everywhere, new roads, new entertainment facilities, and new lifestyle. It was and still the best and the most beautiful state in the whole ME. thank you. Amazing and very interesting documentary, Kuwait back then was very much like Dubai nowadays. Contractions everywhere, new roads, new entertainment facilities, and new lifestyle.
It was and still the best and the most beautiful state in the whole ME.
thank you.

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