- RecipesMachboos Laham
Machboos consists of three parts; the meat (traditionally made with either lamb or chicken) well cooked and tender, the rice which is cooked with the meat’s stock, and stuffing which is ironically not stuffed into anything and consists of split beans, raisins and onion.
- CultureKuwait
Kuwait is a country located in Western Asia, on the northeast part of the Arabian Peninsula. Officially, the State of Kuwait has a population of approximately 4.2 million inhabitants, of which only 1.3 million are Kuwaitis, while the remainder are migrant workers from other countries.
- Special SightsGrand Mosque
Known as the Masjed al-Kabir, Kuwait City’s Grand Mosque sits spectacularly on the tip of the peninsula facing out to sea. Its massive dome dominates the cityscape and the interior can hold 10,000 worshippers. An imposing, modern building, it’s decorated with traditional Kuwaiti quoting the Koran.
Iraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.
Saudi Arabia is a country in Western Asia including most of the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia is geographically the 5th-largest state in Asia and 2nd-largest state in the Arab world after Algeria. Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the northeast, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast, and Yemen to the south.
The Persian Gulf is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz.
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