I picked up this book online not knowing what it was or the year it was published, but it was selling for around 500fils so figured it was worth checking out. Turns out the book was published in 1964 by the Ministry of Guidance & Information, Department of Culture & Publicity, Division of Tourism. If that wasn’t cool enough it also came with three fold-out maps. I shared some pages yesterday on my Instagram but I also uploaded the photos online in case anyone else is interested in seeing what a 1964 tourist guide of Kuwait contained. These aren’t all the pages, just the ones I thought were interesting. Check it out here.
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Check out this Instagram page: shop.old.man. It has a lot of memorabilia on Kuwait for sale.
Nice…. was that the pope I saw on page 38 ??
yup
What strikes me is Kuwait’s ambition to be modern. They’re showing off how elegant of a destination it can be vs playing up the local heritage/history. I wonder if our older generation finds the old Kuwait charming to foreigners – I definitely think it could be charming. There’s an old quote “A true bedouin does not like the dessert”.
*thumbs up*
500fils, what a steal.
That book is a hidden gem.