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Kuwait Background Information Worksheet

 

INSTRUCTIONS:       Read the background information on Kuwait located here.  When you

have completed that, fill in the questions below and bring this to class.  This will be a vital part of

the class discussion and analysis.

 

 

 

What form of government is currently in place in Kuwait?

 

 

 

Who has the right to vote?

 

 

 

What group of people has some say in the government but are very limited still? (HINT: They

re-formed after the 1992 elections)

 

 

 

Although the government no longer restricts censorship of materials, what do most people

practice?

 

 

 

What is the official standpoint of Kuwait in regards to freedom of speech?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name 4 things that either the government or Ministry of Information censor: