My picture in an old book

My picture

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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  1. balboa says:

    that is amazing seriously wicked what are the chances that you found the book thats just awesome

  2. Mark says:

    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 says:

    Cute, lol

  4. suspic says:

    Any stories behind that neighbor?

    *wink wink*

  5. K.theKuwaiti says:

    Thats photoshopped .. you came to Kuwait 6 months ago.

  6. mocman says:

    what happened to the hair?

  7. Mark says:

    no afro either, i shave my head now

  8. KWT23 says:

    Now You’re famous!!!! … as if ur not from the blog :)
    that’s pretty cool

  9. Ralph says:

    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 says:

    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! says:

    “I am also no longer chubby although I am still very white.” kinda sounds like a personals ad , doesn’t it ?

  12. 7ussein says:

    lol..you are one lucky guy:D

  13. q820days says:

    u used to look so cut …. although your neighbor looks like she’s gona slap u

  14. Varma says:

    Mark is fuckin history!

  15. SoS says:

    lol! good ol’ Mark, playa since day 1.

  16. Sal says:

    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

  17. Z District says:

    PHOTOSHOP! looool! You stuck out as a kid!

  18. deserve the Kuwaiti Nationality :P

  19. M says:

    Mark deserves a Kuwaiti citizenship for representing the history of Kuwait.

  20. Anonymous says:

    a3maal jaleelah :P……. well they granted citizenship to a drug dealer… why not Mark?

  21. mbm says:

    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

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  23. Angelo says:

    That’s absolutely cool. And I bet you’d score high if there were a citizenship test.

  24. scarface says:

    Well, lemme guess, your neighbor is now living in the Emirates.
    The 1990 Iraqi invasion – Kuwait’s loss; Dubai’s gain.

  25. Mark, I didn’t realize you were white. I always thought you were Lebanese.

  26. SHOO MAN you were so flipping CUTE!!!! hahahahah

  27. Zahed says:

    LOOOOOOOOOOL YOU LOOK SO GAAAAAAAY HAHAHAHA

  28. mentabolism says:

    “still very white”….interesting…!!

  29. Nostalgia says:

    Are you half as cute now as you were in 1983? Nat should know I suppose.


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