My picture in an old book
I was flipping through a book on the history of Kuwait called “The voice of the Oud” when I found a photo of a kid who looked exactly like me. The book is full of amazing old photos of Kuwait and here I was in one of the pictures. I checked the date of the photo and it was 1983 and taken in Mubarakieh outside the carpet souk where I used to tag a long with my dad every Friday morning.
I scanned the photo and emailed it to my mum just to be sure that the picture was of me when i was a kid and she called me to confirm that it was. I think its pretty cool especially since the book has a ton of cool shots of old Kuwait. The girl in the picture was my neighbor who is no longer in Kuwait and I am also no longer chubby although I am still very white.
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30 Comments, add your own...
1. balboa | January 17th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
that is amazing seriously wicked what are the chances that you found the book thats just awesome
2. Mark | January 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
The book belongs to my partner at work and he has had it for over a year here in our office, I just checked it out today though
3. Explorer | January 17th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Cute, lol
4. suspic | January 17th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Any stories behind that neighbor?
*wink wink*
5. K.theKuwaiti | January 17th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Thats photoshopped .. you came to Kuwait 6 months ago.
6. mocman | January 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
what happened to the hair?
7. Mark | January 17th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
no afro either, i shave my head now
8. KWT23 | January 17th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Now You’re famous!!!! … as if ur not from the blog :)
that’s pretty cool
9. Ralph | January 17th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Happened to me once…i saw a compilation CD that was done bymyself in Munich. From one person to another, it ended up at the house of my cousin :)
10. pink | January 17th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
y5tee 3leek kenit 6boosh ya mark…sooo cute..now ur kids should be this cute or it will be not exceptable ;P
11. MiRoOoOoOo!i! | January 17th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
“I am also no longer chubby although I am still very white.” kinda sounds like a personals ad , doesn’t it ?
12. 7ussein | January 17th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
lol..you are one lucky guy:D
13. organic kuwait | January 17th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
cool!
14. q820days | January 17th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
u used to look so cut …. although your neighbor looks like she’s gona slap u
15. Varma | January 17th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Mark is fuckin history!
16. SoS | January 17th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
lol! good ol’ Mark, playa since day 1.
17. Sal | January 17th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Who took the picture? Was it the author? If it was personal, how did it end up in the book?
Also, the book is no longer in stock at Amazon. Where did your office mate get it from. I’d be interested in getting a copy.
Good luck
18. Z District | January 18th, 2008 at 1:57 am
PHOTOSHOP! looool! You stuck out as a kid!
19. Armani Exchanger | January 18th, 2008 at 2:50 am
deserve the Kuwaiti Nationality :P
20. M | January 18th, 2008 at 3:53 am
Mark deserves a Kuwaiti citizenship for representing the history of Kuwait.
21. Anonymous | January 18th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
a3maal jaleelah :P……. well they granted citizenship to a drug dealer… why not Mark?
22. mbm | January 18th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
mark…seriously…when i saw the photo i saved it and zoomed in just to make sure it wasnt me!!! fuck!!! i looked like that when i was a kid
24. Angelo | January 19th, 2008 at 11:38 am
That’s absolutely cool. And I bet you’d score high if there were a citizenship test.
25. scarface | January 19th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Well, lemme guess, your neighbor is now living in the Emirates.
The 1990 Iraqi invasion – Kuwait’s loss; Dubai’s gain.
26. Frozen Erection | January 19th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Mark, I didn’t realize you were white. I always thought you were Lebanese.
27. miss ghesquiere | January 19th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
SHOO MAN you were so flipping CUTE!!!! hahahahah
28. Zahed | January 20th, 2008 at 10:04 am
LOOOOOOOOOOL YOU LOOK SO GAAAAAAAY HAHAHAHA
29. mentabolism | January 20th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
“still very white”….interesting…!!
30. Nostalgia | January 20th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Are you half as cute now as you were in 1983? Nat should know I suppose.
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