{"id":1130,"date":"2025-11-17T09:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaraqar.com\/kuwaits-memory-and-men-in-black-bishts\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:31:36","slug":"kuwaits-memory-and-men-in-black-bishts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaraqar.com\/en\/kuwaits-memory-and-men-in-black-bishts\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait’s Memory and Men in Black Bishts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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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. <\/p>\n\n

Kuwaiti ‘Men in Bisht’ erase the memory of generations and an entire country spanning years in an instant. Their device is incomprehensible decisions to the average person that cannot be prevented or persuaded to be reconsidered. <\/p>\n\n

They do not possess an appreciation for the relationship between humans, urban development, life, and memories. They also do not feel the importance of urban identity, the symbolism of the landscape, the aesthetics of old architecture, and the passage of years upon them. <\/p>\n\n

They are completely unaware of the connection between architecture, places, and events to the existence of individuals and society, their knowledge and connection, through them, to themselves, their community, the land, and the nation. <\/p>\n\n