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Kuwait cabinet approves draft decree amending citizenship law

Kuwait’s cabinet approved amendments to the 1959 nationality law, strengthening state powers over granting and revoking citizenship, and sent it to the emir.

The New Arab Staff
25 February, 2026
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Who belongs in Kuwait? The story of citizenship stripped away

The New Arab Staff

Anwar Al-Rouqi

30 January, 2026
Kuwait's stateless Bidoon have long protested discrimination against them [Getty]
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UAE grants citizenship to stateless Kuwaiti Bidoon actor

The New Arab Staff
02 October, 2023
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US-based Bidoon activist 'traumatised' after denied Kuwait entry

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 January, 2023
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Kuwait to deport US citizen, Bidoon activist on family visit

The New Arab Staff
03 January, 2023
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What women’s return to parliament means in Kuwait’s new era

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Yousef H. Alshammari

14 December, 2022
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MENA
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Kuwait detains Bidoon protesters, Amnesty calls for release

The New Arab Staff
01 September, 2022
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Kuwait plans to replace expats with 'Bidoon workers'

The New Arab Staff
27 May, 2022
Bedoon women attend a seminar hosted by the Kuwait Human Rights Association to talk about the suffering of tens of thousands of stateless Arabs known as "bidoon", which means "without" in Arabic, 04 November 2006 in Kuwait City
Kuwait
Society
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Unsung, unseen and unheard: Kuwait’s Bidoon women speak out

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Yousef H. Alshammari

14 April, 2022
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MENA
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Bidoon activists in Kuwait enter third week of hunger strike

The New Arab Staff
12 April, 2022
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Kuwait shaken by suicide surge

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab (From the Arabic Edition)

01 March, 2022
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MENA
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Kuwaiti school expels 'bidoon' student for lack of documents

The New Arab Staff
01 November, 2021
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MENA
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Hundreds from Kuwait's 'Bidoon' community lose bank accounts

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 October, 2021
Kuwait
MENA
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Kuwaiti 'Bidoon' tries to take his own life at hospital

The New Arab Staff
09 August, 2021
Stuck in a precarious legal limbo, Kuwait's Bidoon community faces an uncertain future [Getty Images]
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Kuwait's stateless Bidoon community faces rising human costs

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Yousra Samir Imran

06 July, 2021
Kuwait [AFP]
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MENA
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Killing of Bidoon child in Kuwait stirs widespread anger

The New Arab Staff
06 June, 2021
Khaled Alshammari [Twitter]
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Alleged suicide of Kuwaiti 'Bidoon' child sparks outrage

The New Arab Staff
24 February, 2021
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MENA
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Stateless Bidoon suicide attempt prompts outcry in Kuwait

The New Arab Staff
29 December, 2020
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MENA
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Stateless Kuwait student’s suicide attempt leads to outcry

The New Arab Staff
24 June, 2020
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MENA
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Amnesty slams 'heavy prison sentences' for Kuwait's stateless activists

The New Arab
28 January, 2020
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Watch: Kuwaiti married couple arrested for posting 'immoral' video

The New Arab
22 January, 2020