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1. 1. wi-fi | October 28th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

   UAE ? you must be joking .. :)

2. 2. salah | October 28th, 2008 at 6:53 pm

   That’s really promising.

3. 3. Explorer | October 28th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

   Al Seyasah FTW

4. 4. Bu Yousef | October 28th, 2008 at 8:32 pm

   I hope this blessing continues. We are very lucky.

5. 5. salem | October 28th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

   well God Lord, finaly there’s somthin positive in the middle of these financial crises :p

6. 6. Patrick | October 28th, 2008 at 9:25 pm

   Its because no one gets blown up in Kuwait. lol.

7. 7. suspic | October 28th, 2008 at 9:58 pm

   Would you like to be the frist? :D

   I keed, I keed.

8. 8. Patrick | October 28th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

   Get me back to Kuwait and then go for it ;P

9. 9. aziz | October 28th, 2008 at 10:35 pm

   I wonder how much they paid them just to be on top… lol.

10. 10. zaydoun | October 28th, 2008 at 11:25 pm

    aziz… that was lame

    Actually it’s always been one of the things that set us apart from the rest of the Arab world and especially the GCC… but then I wonder if the free press is simply a channel for us to vent our many frustrations. Because in the end, we criticize freely, safe in the knowledge that we won’t get arrested…. but does anyone up there listen or change?

11. 11. Komsomol | October 29th, 2008 at 12:10 am

    Zaydoun:

    While this is nice it gives no indication of the actual quality of the journalism provided. Does Kuwait journalism break new stories for the betterment of the population as a whole?

    Not quite.

12. 12. Mek | October 29th, 2008 at 12:23 am

    BOO-YA! IN YOUR FACE REST OF THE GCC, IN YOUR FUCKING UNPHOTOGENIC FACES.

13. 13. Yuss | October 29th, 2008 at 12:50 am

    I think Kuwait has always been on the forefront when it comes to the freedom of the press. It’s not out of the blue news. Standing alone, it’s something to be grateful for… regardless of whatever people want to dish out as side complaints.
    And as Mark said, when Kuwait wins it’s always more impressive. Couldn’t be any true-er. :)

14. 14. Projectile Mayhem | October 29th, 2008 at 11:51 am

    I dont know much about that… when I was a journalist for (censored) newspaper, I wrote a bad review for a bad restaurant called (censored) and the owner of which called in and demanded we print an apology otherwise he would sue me for damages. The newspaper said they couldn’t do anything about it, and that freedom of press doesn’t hold strong in court here… and that I would probably lose the case… I didn’t write an apology, but I quit that job…
    I hope this ranking is true and that freedom of press is a bit stronger now…

15. 15. Yuss | October 29th, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    If that was the case, I bet the newspapers was floppy (and small) to begin with. After all, who cares about reviews in newspapers. I mean it’s very dependent on taste, out of the humongous spectrum of taste that’s out there.

16. 16. stan | October 31st, 2008 at 5:28 pm

    it is called auto-censorship!! Do you seriously think you can publish anything you want in the press… What a joke.

17. 17. radiant guy | November 2nd, 2008 at 11:04 am

    It’s always bought when you don’t like the results.

18. 18. Gaydoun | November 2nd, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    Good for Kuwait! Unfortunately, press freedom and this sense of a liberated media space does not reflect or translate into equal and/or greater freedom of expression through art, music, theatre, cinema and literature. Change will come(for the better) but at a much slower pace I think than in the Emirates or Oman. On a side note, I feel strongly Kuwait is better off looking to Oman rather than the Emirates for lessons in nation building.

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