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STATE OF KUWAIT :

The city of Kuwait was known since the early seventeenth century as Al-Qurain, then the name Kuwait prevailed, and the names “Al-Qurain” and “Kuwait” come from “Qarn” and “Kut”, and Al-Qarn means the hill or the high ground, and Al-Kut is the castle or the fort, meaning the house built in the form of A castle or a fortress beside the water. This name was popularized in Iraq, Najd and the neighboring Arab countries. Kuwait City was founded in 1613 as a commercial city on the coast of the Arabian Gulf. It was settled by the Utub "Anza", and the town flourished due to maritime trade.

 

The State of Kuwait is a country located in the northwestern corner of the Arabian Gulf, bordering it to the east, the Republic of Iraq to the north and west, and Saudi Arabia to the south. It has a total area of ??17,818 square kilometers with a total population of more than three million people.

 

The rulers of the State of Kuwait:

the family of Al-Sabah Al-Utub "from Anza" The largest Arab families in the Arab world

According to the constitution, Kuwait is a hereditary emirate ruled by an emir from the offspring of Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah. The Crown Prince is appointed by an Emiri order based on the emir’s recommendation and the pledge of allegiance to the National Assembly by a majority of the members that make up the assembly. In the morning, the council pledged allegiance to one of them as the crown prince. When Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah came to power, he was called “the father of the constitution” because he was the first to call for organizing political life in Kuwait and setting a constitution for it, and during his reign urban expansion appeared, which led to the demolition of the city wall in 1957 while maintaining its five gates ( Dasman, Al Shaab, Shamiya, Jahra, Al Maqsab)

 

Higher Education :

Education in Kuwait is considered compulsory until the completion of the secondary stage, while the following stages are optional, not compulsory. Kuwait contains many high-level governmental and private educational institutions that are globally recognized, and the University of Kuwait and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training - College of Basic Education. More recently, Sabah Al-Salem University and Abdullah Al-Salem University.

Since 2000, Kuwait began opening private universities that offer diplomas, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.

These universities include: the Gulf University for Science and Technology, the American University in Kuwait, the Arab Open University branch, the Australian College, the Maastricht College of Business Administration, the College of Aviation Technology, the American College of the Middle East, Box hill College, and Kuwait Technical College.