Just found out about this site called the Dawood Treasury which contains vintage articles from old newspapers. They have a section for Kuwait (where I got the ad above from) and also sections for other neighboring countries. I think the site is still getting updated so it should be interesting once they add a lot more stuff. [Link]
Thanks e7mood
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Yes and u can find more in the bookshop in Al Mubrkiya which should re-open soon inshallah 🙂
Dar Dawood- specialized in historical articles and first print books mostly about Kuwait and the gulf region 🙂
Hi R! I’ve been trying to find the bookshop in the al-Mubarakiya for over 4 years now (I’ve gotten hopelessly lost so many times trying to find it, and no-one knows where it is), with no luck – do you know where it is? I bought some books from them when they had a stall at AUK in early 2010 and LOVED it – the guy mentioned they would open in March that year but I’ve had no clues since then lol – if you have any news I’d love it!! 🙂 Thanks
I noticed the star of David in the ad and the name “Dawood.” Was he a Jew? There were Jews in Kuwait by the way.
is that person holding a JOINT ?
lol
he is a jew, take a look at the david start contains the W
West End Watch is a brand and I am guessing that was their old logo.
Notice something funny with the symbol?
Dawood Salman Al-Sabah , the father of Mr.Salman he named it after him 🙂
Dear Sirs,
I am the CEO of the West End Watch Co. based in Switzerland.
The W inside of the star with 6 branches was the old logo of the brand. It was graphically particularly well adapted to host the letter “W”. It has no link at all with the Sionism which was born after the brand. The brand was first active on the Indian market, where such cross or the Swastika (misused by Nazis) were millenary symbols. It is a lack of historical culture to reduce such symbols to their 19th century interpretation. In the 1930s, the brand changed the logo to a W in a circle to avoid a ban from its important Middle-East markets.
I hope that the matter is now cleared.
With thanks for your interest in our 125 year-old brand and best regards from Switzerland.
Thank you very much for sharing this site. I love history and often write about history of Arabia and MENA countries on my blog. This is a real treasure trove!
there is a branch somwhere in the old souk’s
What happened to this website? Can’t seem to access it anymore.