In the science fiction film ‘Men in Black’, secret agents erase people’s recent memories with a supernatural device. It seems we have similar men in Kuwait, but they wear black bishts and carry much more powerful devices. Kuwaiti ‘Men in Bisht’ erase the memory of generations and an entire country spanning years in an instant….
Pricing state properties at open market rates and competing with individual property owners has led to distortions in the real estate sector and negative consequences for the economy and society.
Kuwaiti house designs, and modern neighborhoods by extension, lack some important qualities and elements of natural human habitation and urban settlements.
In the absence of effective government control over market prices, essential commodities, and the four factors of production—particularly land and real estate—properties become the most crucial driver and inhibitor of the economy and life, single-handedly breaking the currency’s purchasing power
The fence and courtyard have been fundamental to private residences throughout the ages, in all human cultures and civil societies. Their elimination results in significant damages that extend beyond the house and the surrounding area.
The rare Thai white elephant is extremely costly, both financially and emotionally. It was more of a burden than a source of happiness and well-being for its caretaker and visitors. The same applies to the Kuwaiti house.
