Kuwait, a bustling metropolis
New York Times must have been on something when they came out with this list of “53 Places to go in 2008″ because they’ve placed Kuwait in position number 32! We beat places like Las Vegas, New York and London, thats just insane! [Link]
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Jan 7, 2008
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51 Comments, add your own...
1. Cerebral Assassin | January 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
this is some kind of joke right?
2. Hellraiser | January 7th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I guess the guy who wrote was high on crack!
3. Zack | January 7th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Of course Kuwait is up there! It rocks, man! My surprise is its not at No.1! ;)
4. Nat | January 7th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Yeah i thought the same! lol. New York times must have been definitely high on something!
5. zaydoun | January 7th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Mark… you’re really getting slow these days. I blogged about this last month on December 13th!
http://www.kuwait-unplugged.com/2007/12/blog-post_13.html
6. mahi | January 7th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Nothing but Wasta!!! lol
7. Mark | January 7th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
zaydoun its in arabic thats why i didnt see it lol
8. suspic | January 7th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
HOOO-RAAH!
Excellent! [/Mr burns]
9. fatfukka | January 7th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
What’s number 31, North Korea?!
10. Maya // مايا | January 7th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Well.. the grass is always greener on the other side :)
11. Kuwait | January 7th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I doubt that list is in order. I think its a random collection.
Because, in the current scenario… I doubt an American (or any NY Times reader) would prefer IRAN (18) over US cities like San Fran (39), Las Vegas (50) and NY (53).
12. Salah | January 7th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Maybe the whole thing is not about what comes before what. I think these numbers mean nothing…I think.
13. Musa'ad Haider | January 7th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Maybe they just want to say “People, try something new this time! You may or may not regret spending all your money to go there, but whats more exciting than an air of surprise!”
And Iran? I thought US has no diplomatic relations with Iran. Can americans go there?
14. Mona | January 7th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
all there list looks kinda boring..id rather come to q8 then libyas desert..
15. punky | January 7th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Kuwait is a damn cool place, don;t forget that tricks!
16. Don Veto | January 7th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Why is everyone suprised, I would not want to be anywhere else.
17. amer | January 7th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Is Kuwait Airways behind this? lol
18. punky | January 7th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Kuwait Airways isn’t even behind Kuwait Airways let alone this!
19. amadotti | January 7th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Kuwait with its down side… still the greatest to live in :)
The other countries are worth visiting & just visiting
20. holla | January 7th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Keep Kuwait Kleen
21. MYK | January 7th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Maybe they meant Top 53 Places to go In…sane :p
Seriously though, Kuwait is finally booming (real estate wise). If I wasn’t from Kuwait, I’d want to visit this place. It’s slowly catching up with Dubai, minus the booze and prostitutes.
22. Zed | January 7th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
how much did the gov of kuwait pay for this position, i’m sure they could afford the first place
23. Ansam | January 7th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Mark I blogged about it in English back in 2007 too :-P hehehehe no really on December 16th… http://ansam518.blogspot.com/2007/12/53-places-to-go-in-2008.html
24. Lucky_Boy | January 7th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
you guys are used to live here, but new people would find this place interesting.
25. Moayad | January 7th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
We got beaten by Mozambique (31) … danm!
:p
I agree with Salah though..
It’s 53 places to go.. NOT the “TOP” 53 places to go to! o it is kind of a random suggestions… I think
26. Tan Go | January 7th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
the numbers do not mean anything,,
go further in the site and you’ll see editor’s recommendations
and also other people recommendations,,
nice list though… wish i could,,
27. Mark | January 7th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
If the numbers do me something or not it still doesn’t take away from the fact that Kuwait was chosen as a place to go in 2008 beating a lot of other places.
28. Z District | January 7th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
hahahah…. HAHAHAHA… Really.. HAHAHAHA!
29. Majeed664 | January 7th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Just check the (Hotel Missoni - Kuwait)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Missoni_Kuwait
http://www.missoni.com
and thanks for all your jobs 248am.com group keep going
30. Raijin | January 7th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
he mark dunt b hatin q8 is teh sweet cakes. i luv bein herr
31. gilly | January 7th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
wth…dubai isn’t even on there?
beirut? (for obvious reasons though :P)
32. Mark | January 7th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Rajin I don’t hate Kuwait, I like being here I am just surprised NYT its cool.
33. fourme | January 7th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Are you sure its not 53 places to avoid?! Well anyhows Well Done Kuwait You go Girl :P
34. A E R O | January 7th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
MYK… Kuwait is competing with Dubai?? It’s not only the NYT that is on crack. Did you know that Kuwait gets less foreign direct investment than the Palestinian territories? (not that we need it)
Moayad, i hear Mozambique is the next cool place to go that few people truly know about. Amazing beaches and some Portuguese heritage.
35. M | January 7th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Kuwait is not a bad place, Can’t wait to visit next time
36. Midoe | January 7th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
LOL.. Was the writer of this article drunk when he wrote it?
37. MYK | January 7th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
A E R O, I meant real estate wise and I said slowly catching up. Where were once light years ahead then Dubai out of nowhere exploded onto the world map. I’m not saying we will ever be like them, but I see new buildings everyday and a few 100 floor buildings are already being built. I’m one of the few that sees the glass half full.
38. Latifa | January 7th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Wanasa :)
39. Mai | January 7th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
COOL!
Right, we have places and things that makes visitors love it! Especially who likes to know about other cultures :) They love Museums and Mubarkaya, we don’t, as we live here.
Its cool walla that we reached NYT :D
40. P. D. | January 8th, 2008 at 1:37 am
53 places! They were forced to come up with something more realistic than visiting Mars.
Kuwait is great. That’s why we’re here.
41. uturn | January 8th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Why aren’t you all taking pride in this positive promotion (one for a change from the typical oil prices, women-rights, asian maids, war-related stories)
I would imagine that in any other city, the natives would be cheering the news; even longtime expats should not find this news strange (otherwise why did they decide to remain in Kuwait!!)
My job allowed me the chance to host and tour Kuwait with LA, Houston, NYC Americans, British, French, Danish businessmen and women. They were every bit as intrigued and fascinated by Kuwait as any other place they’ve been.
Try to show a little enthusiasm for your home, or just Shut up …
42. Damon Dash | January 8th, 2008 at 3:40 am
this is the funniest thing i read this year so far LOL
43. zaydoun | January 8th, 2008 at 10:44 am
It’s just 53 places - as in a new place each week of the year
Mark, don’t you read ANY arabic at all? Just catch the post headlines next time and decide if you want to read or not
44. Ash | January 8th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
that’s really good , but i don’t accept with them.
45. m | January 8th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
is it just me or is anyone else a bit angry that they put women in niqabs as a focal point this is just going to make people think that all women here dress like that ( when they really don’t) .. they probably aren’t even Kuwaiti..
its cool that we are on the list, but people here in the states already think that all middle eastern women wear that..
46. Imogen | January 8th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
I am not all that surprised. What do you expect when you have Georgie- Porgie-Pudding & Pie- Bush as Guest editor ?!
47. Angelo | January 9th, 2008 at 10:37 am
I second uturn, even if this was a paid presentation.
48. manish | January 9th, 2008 at 11:09 am
i perfectly agree with all you people there, they have lost all their sanity. By doing this what are they trying to prove or maybe they are trying to appease a particular class of people
49. anonymous | January 9th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I have a tiny bone to pick up with M and his assertion on women in niqabs. In a post liberation Kuwait majority of local women appear wearing niqabs. Who else could the women in the picture be? Lebanese Christian women living in Kuwait, I suppose ? In fact, shortly after the anti-modernists rose to power in Kuwait’s watered down version of the House of Commons, one could almost sniff what has now come to be popularly known in society circles as ” the Walya Tubtubby effect on women’s fashion & dressing senses in Kuwait.” The head scarves just got a tad tighter and teenyboppers hitting the fashion runways( and just as importantly, on all the bronzed toned bodies of men), which are the malls on a weekend in downtown Kuwait decided to come out in all their finery wearing colourful duvets and quilts atop their heads. Everytime the liberals managed to get a word in sideways, the asphyxiating head scarves became much less so (for the end user ) allowing them a flash in the pan taste of independence, freedom and a life without anti-modernists imposed encumberances.
50. márcia | January 18th, 2008 at 2:59 am
Since i am a portuguese living in kuwait i was happely surprised to see kuwait in the 32 place, right next to mozambique, a portuguese ex-colony. but when i saw the complete list, i was overwhelmed with joy when i saw lisbon, the portuguese capital in the 2 place!
well, i think this ranking was made basing on the magnificent experiences that people can have in each place of the list, experiences through the people, landscape, enterteinment, escaping to some piece of paradise or even culturally!
51. Abdulla | January 25th, 2008 at 9:46 am
funny thing is…..dubai isnt in the list xD
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