Rumaithiya
Rumaithiya
الرميثية | ||
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National Assembly Hāni Shams | | |
Co-Op Society | Rumaithiya Co-Op Society | |
Location | Block 7 & Block 9 | |
Chair | ʿAbbās ʿAli l-Fīli |
Rumaithiya (
Rumaithiya is a major and famous suburb of Kuwait City, and is often employed in jokes and references.History
The general area of Rumaithiya was already known by the time Syrian traveller Faisal Al-Adhama visited Kuwait in 1942 and wrote about it in his 1945 book In The Pearl Country (
Rumaithiya was a prominent area during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990–1991. The area participated in repeated protests, raised the Kuwaiti flag and refused to acknowledge Iraqi claims and puppet government. Many of the area's residents participated in the Kuwaiti Resistance and many were executed. A monument dedicated to the memory of the fallen was gifted by a Rumaithiya residents and erected in the main Co-Op square. The bullet impacts from the time can still be seen on some homes. The youngest captive, Zahrāʾ l-iQdēḥi, who was the grandchild of Aḥmad is-Sayyāfi, was captured with her grandfather and his resistance group in Block 11. Is-Sayyāfi's residence housed telecommunication equipment used for communicating with the allied forces, but this was neutralized in January before the coalition's airstrikes.
Places and services
Each block of the area is served by the publicly-run Rumaithiya Co-Op Society for groceries and other basic food and retail services with the main market and mall in blocks 7 and 9. More than 15,000 people are registered shareholders of the Co-Op[citation needed].
Two public
With the exception of Maqāmis Mosque, Each block is served by a publicly-funded mosque. Rumaithiya is also home to
Politics
Rumaithiya is located within Kuwait's
References
- ^ http://stat.paci.gov.kw/arabicreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartGendrRegion
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
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