Saturday, July 01, 2006

Women vote in Kuwait parliamentary elections for first time


Alright, husbands in Kuwait are well on thier way to being bitched at everytime they stay out late.
" You told me you were going to Ahmed's to build a suicide belt but I called and Ahmed's fourth wife said you weren't there. WHERE WERE YOU MAHMOUD!!"

Kuwait's first parliamentary elections in which women could vote were a victory for political reformists but a disappointment for female candidates, none of whom won a seat, according to official results Friday.

In all seriousness, welcome to the twenty-first century Kuwait. You'll find it quite interesting.

Thirty-six of those who won seats in the 50-seat house were reformists, according to results of Thursday's vote published by the state-owned Kuwait News Agency. Twenty-one of them held seats in the previous parliament that the emir, Kuwait's ruler, dissolved last month.

Change is a good thing. Unless it's bad.

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