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Ahmed Al Sarraf

The gov’t of the FIFA empire
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The gov’t of the FIFA empire
Kuwait was banned from participating in international football tournaments by FIFA on several occasions, most notably in October 2007, when a brief suspension of just two weeks wa...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 10/12/2025
Ganjifa and some of its secrets
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Ganjifa and some of its secrets
Since childhood, I have been a fan of playing cards, which are called ‘ganjifa’ in the Kuwaiti dialect. However, I stopped playing after my friends either passed away, emigrated, ...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 09/12/2025
George and Amal... and the Brothers’ draft constitution
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George and Amal... and the Brothers’ draft constitution
Since the 1940s, dozens of thinkers and writers have been affiliated with, joined, or influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood, including Egyptians, Syrians, Kuwaitis, Iraqis, Jordani...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 08/12/2025
The media and organ donation
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The media and organ donation
Organ donation refers to the consent to transfer an organ from one body to another, enabling the recipient to continue living. Donation of organs, such as a kidney or part of the ...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 04/12/2025
After October 7 attack
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After October 7 attack
The impact of the October 7 attack on Israel is difficult to overstate, as it affected the state itself, the perception of Jews both within and outside Israel, and the global imag...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 02/12/2025
The strange & wonderful things about Switzerland
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The strange & wonderful things about Switzerland
There is an English proverb: “No news is good news.” When we don’t hear from relatives or friends for a long time, it often means they are doing well. If there were problems or tr...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 01/12/2025
The overt and the silent crime
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The overt and the silent crime
When a sensible citizen chooses to move to an apartment no larger than half the size of the villa they previously lived in, despite being able to afford a larger villa, there must...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 26/11/2025
Security with accountability
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Security with accountability
I searched the list of the world’s ten safest countries according to the Global Peace Index, and Kuwait did not appear among them. Expanding the list to twenty, then thirty countr...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 25/11/2025
The reason behind America’s shift: Its tremendous wealth
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The reason behind America’s shift: Its tremendous wealth
History has never seen a nation founded on moral principles and ideals as high as those of the United States of America. Despite their flaws, the Founding Fathers embodied the ide...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 15/11/2025
Moulton cuts ties with AIPAC
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Moulton cuts ties with AIPAC
Senator Stith Moulton announced his decision to return all donations previously received from AIPAC and to decline any future support from the organization. This is perhaps the fi...
Ahmed Al Sarraf | 13/11/2025