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تيوكلا تﻓرش تﻻوطبلا هذه KUWAIT’S or sold fish and pearls.
نم ديزملا لذب ىلا بابشلا تزفحو CULTURE Fishermen could work
نطولا ليبس ﻲﻓ دهجلا. for up to 7-8 months to
By Fatima al-Houli catch the appropriate
عمجي هنﻻ ًامهم بختنملا اذه دعيو Grade 12 amount of fish to sell
تيوكلا ﺔيار تحت ﻲتيوكلا بعشلا and make a profit at the
عجشيو اكسامتم بعشلا نوكي ثيح Kuwait has a rich history market.
when it comes to its
ضعب تﻠعج اهنا امك ،هبختنم
ةركلا نودهاشي ﻻ نيذلا نيتيوكلا cultures and traditions.
Most of Kuwait’s culture
انﻠعج . مهبختنم لجا نم نيسمحتم
سأرلا نيعوﻓرم تيوكلا بختنم and traditions are based
on Islamic values.
زوفلا ىوس هنم ىرن مل امئاد
هنم انمﻠعت اضيا ،فرشب ةراسخلاو Kuwaiti culture has
evolved a lot in recent
شغلاب زوفلا نا ،اهنم هريثك رومأ
فرشب هراسخلا ناو ازوﻓ ربتعتﻻ times as a result of
اذه ززعي . هتراسخ ربتعتﻻ influences from expats.
The old Kuwaiti culture As for women, they too
نع عاﻓدلا روعش انيﻓ بختنملا have traditional garb.
نيبعﻼلا عيمج ىرن ثيح نطولا and traditions consisted
of men Most traditional clothes
ن وفقي تيوكلاب ﺔفﻠتخملا هقرﻓﻻا نم that women wore
زربا نم . تيوكلا لجا نم ًايوس wearing dishdashas
which are long white consisted
لصيﻓو بوقعي مساج ﻲماسﻷا هذه of abayas, which is a
نييضايرلا لضﻓأ نم مهﻓ ليخدلا cloth with pockets in it.
All men wear black cloth that covers
ناذه مث ﷲ لضفب تيوكلا ﻲﻓ
dishdashas when they the body and the head.
نم ريثك بختنملا ىدعت نامجنلا Many Kuwaiti women
تيوكلا تزاﻓ مهﻠضفبو نحملا go out. Men also
wear mkasasr which is a wear abayas when they
ناذه . تﻻوطبلا نم ديدعلاب go out. Women also
عﻓاد احبصأ امهلازتعا دعب لاطبﻷا white blouse and white
pants. Men wear this wear dara’as which is a
ةايحلا ﻲﻓ مهل هودقو مداقلا بابشﻠل long cloth made out of
دحا عوطملا ردب دعي . ﺔيضايرلا mainly at home. Men
even have special many colors. Most
بختنملا خيرات ﻲﻓ نيبعﻼلا زربا women
بعﻻا اذه لصح دقﻓ ،ﻲتيوكلا clothes for when they go
fishing! While fishing, wear daraa’s at home or
ﻲﻓ بعﻻ لضﻓأ ﻲناث ةزئاح ىﻠع
men wear wzar which is underneath
ﺔبسنلاب هنيمي ةزئاجلا هذهﻓ ،ايسآ their abaya’s. Women’s
تيوكلا نا تبثا ﻲهﻓ نييتيوكﻠل something like a long
skirt which they wear it traditional clothing is
ديدعلا ﻲﻓ ملاعلا تاراجم عيطتست also the bukhnag which
انل تبثا دق بعﻻا اذهو ءايشﻷا نم over their waist and it
tends to be blue. Most is a black cloth that is
ةزئاجﻠل هلوصح قيرط نع. worn up the daraa’s at
Kuwaitis in the old times
made a living working as weddings.

fishermen. As part of
this, they either caught