Back in 1982 during the construction of Entertainment City, two articles were published in the Arab Time supplement magazine with information and photos on the project. The photos and reporting were by the documenter Claudia Farkas Al-Rashoud and you can check them out on twitter in their original size or in a reduced size below.
The Entertainment City was demolished late last year.
via @WafaAlsayed
4 replies on “Desert Disneyland: The Construction of Entertainment City”
Entertainment City was so fun back then! Literally used to make Eid 10 times better with the whole family.
Everything was fun because you were a kid
Needed a revamp and it will get one soon InshaAllah. Kuwait and Kuwait’s residents should always move with the times and encourage it from the government. It doesn’t matter if your a citizen or s an expat where you live should be the best place for you to be. I will not belittle my Kuwait by taking names of other countries. Kuwait will always be the number one international destination for me.
You know what you become with no footprints? Directionless. Kuwait has demolished so much of its history in the name of ‘going with the times’ they learn nothing from the cultures of the east or west. When we go to London or Egypt, you FEEL the history and you know there is one. You know you are walking in the footsteps of ancient peoples, who have come and gone. But when you demolish absolutely everything in the name of modernizing, you pay the highest price imaginable: Your peoples journey.