00:00:55 - Upbringing in Qalaouiyeh in Lebanon
00:14:13 - His primary education in Lebanon
00:24:35 - Moving to Beirut in the mid-sixties and working at “Al-Hawadess” magazine
01:07:37 - Working at “Al-Dostor” magazine
01:27:38 - Working at “As-Safir” magazine in the mid-seventies and the civil war in Lebanon
01:36:48 - The decision to move to Kuwait in 1976
01:57:35 - Arriving to Kuwait and working on establishing the archives at “Al-Qabas” newspaper
02:13:54 - Starting a family in Kuwait
02:40:06 - Political and social conditions between the seventies and eighties
02:44:33 - Eid rituals and celebrations
03:05:25 - The political climate in the eighties
03:22:52 - The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
03:36:11 - The journey out of Kuwait through Iraq in August
03:50:50 - Returning to Kuwait after the liberation in 1991
04:18:30 - His research and writings
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