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Kuwait : 1964

Beautiful picture from 1964 of a young Indian couple in Kuwait. I wonder if the houses in the back are still standing. [Flickr]

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Jun 13, 2009

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  1. 1. Do_Od | June 13th, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    i think i hv seen them somewere! hmm…

  2. 2. desertsky | June 13th, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    Are there any buildings built in the 60’s that are still standing?

  3. 3. Omar | June 13th, 2009 at 10:29 pm

    I think the building is still in Hawally. It is about 100-200 meters away from the signal of Hawally bridge going towards Jabriya from Salmiya.

  4. 4. suspic | June 13th, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    Look at the wheels on that car! That’s just noice. =O

  5. 5. rad-dude81 | June 13th, 2009 at 10:50 pm

    Life back in the 60s was pretty neat as my dad used to say. Back when there were no 3agad to make things worse as it is now. Kuwait rocked in the 60s and early 70s.

  6. 6. D | June 13th, 2009 at 10:58 pm

    those buildings in shuwaikh. in jamal abdulnaser street facing qasr alsalam.

  7. 7. Omar | June 13th, 2009 at 11:27 pm

    @ D: The I must be wrong, but I remember seeing this type of building in Hawally as well :S

  8. 8. Mo | June 13th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    Hawally =p

  9. 9. Bu Yousef | June 13th, 2009 at 11:41 pm

    Very clean wheels for such dusty roads :)

  10. 10. KTDP | June 14th, 2009 at 12:45 am

    [teary eyed]

    that photo represents all the hope of 60’s/70’s kuwait with none of the crap that people try to peddle to us these days …. sigh.

    [/teary eyed]

  11. 11. ducmania | June 14th, 2009 at 12:51 am

    Nice pic ! classic ! love the car and the white walls :)

  12. 12. Salbader | June 14th, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    Thanks D,

    I was sure ive seen them somewhere,,

  13. 13. mo | June 14th, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    beautiful architecture…i wish they keep all these bldgs…. anad whats amazing is the caliber of the couple!!!!! they seem well off. they had a car at a time where veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery few kwuaities had cars!

  14. 14. pranav | June 14th, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    life in the 60s here was amazing, kuwaitis dint hav their own currency, they used indian rupees!.

  15. 15. Maitri | June 15th, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    Those are my parents in the picture. I asked my mom where this was taken and she said Hawally/Nugra right down the street from the Andalus theatre (if I am not mistaken, the theatre was torn down a while back).

  16. 16. Frank | June 15th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

    Indians. An essence of Kuwaiti culture since 1960. Where would this country be without them? Exactly.

  17. 17. dr.a | June 17th, 2009 at 12:26 am

    Yah those houses are still up, this place is exactly in hamed al – salem street opposite the the american university of kuwait now.. the last time i passed by they were still there.
    and yes im pretty sure about the place.
    t.c and t.y



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