I was flipping through a book on the history of Kuwait called “The voice of the Oud” when I found a photo of a kid who looked exactly like me. The book is full of amazing old photos of Kuwait and here I was in one of the pictures. I checked the date of the photo and it was 1983 and taken in Mubarakieh outside the carpet souk where I used to tag a long with my dad every Friday morning.
I scanned the photo and emailed it to my mum just to be sure that the picture was of me when i was a kid and she called me to confirm that it was. I think its pretty cool especially since the book has a ton of cool shots of old Kuwait. The girl in the picture was my neighbor who is no longer in Kuwait and I am also no longer chubby although I am still very white.
30 replies on “My picture in an old book”
that is amazing seriously wicked what are the chances that you found the book thats just awesome
The book belongs to my partner at work and he has had it for over a year here in our office, I just checked it out today though
Cute, lol
Any stories behind that neighbor?
*wink wink*
Thats photoshopped .. you came to Kuwait 6 months ago.
what happened to the hair?
no afro either, i shave my head now
Now You’re famous!!!! … as if ur not from the blog 🙂
that’s pretty cool
Happened to me once…i saw a compilation CD that was done bymyself in Munich. From one person to another, it ended up at the house of my cousin 🙂
y5tee 3leek kenit 6boosh ya mark…sooo cute..now ur kids should be this cute or it will be not exceptable ;P
“I am also no longer chubby although I am still very white.” kinda sounds like a personals ad , doesn’t it ?
lol..you are one lucky guy:D
cool!
u used to look so cut …. although your neighbor looks like she’s gona slap u
Mark is fuckin history!
lol! good ol’ Mark, playa since day 1.
Who took the picture? Was it the author? If it was personal, how did it end up in the book?
Also, the book is no longer in stock at Amazon. Where did your office mate get it from. I’d be interested in getting a copy.
Good luck
PHOTOSHOP! looool! You stuck out as a kid!
deserve the Kuwaiti Nationality 😛
Mark deserves a Kuwaiti citizenship for representing the history of Kuwait.
a3maal jaleelah :P……. well they granted citizenship to a drug dealer… why not Mark?
mark…seriously…when i saw the photo i saved it and zoomed in just to make sure it wasnt me!!! fuck!!! i looked like that when i was a kid
That’s absolutely cool. And I bet you’d score high if there were a citizenship test.
Well, lemme guess, your neighbor is now living in the Emirates.
The 1990 Iraqi invasion – Kuwait’s loss; Dubai’s gain.
Mark, I didn’t realize you were white. I always thought you were Lebanese.
SHOO MAN you were so flipping CUTE!!!! hahahahah
LOOOOOOOOOOL YOU LOOK SO GAAAAAAAY HAHAHAHA
“still very white”….interesting…!!
Are you half as cute now as you were in 1983? Nat should know I suppose.