DiscoverEnglish Learning for Curious Minds#506 | Citizens of Nowhere: The Stateless Bidoon of Kuwait
#506 | Citizens of Nowhere: The Stateless Bidoon of Kuwait

#506 | Citizens of Nowhere: The Stateless Bidoon of Kuwait

Update: 2024-09-266
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What happens when your country refuses to grant you citizenship?

 

This is the reality for the Bidoon, a group of nomadic people in Kuwait who claim to be Kuwaiti but remain stateless and are forced to live on the margins of society.

 



  • Who are the Bidoon of Kuwait?

  • Why the Bidoon are stateless

  • Kuwait's history and its impact on Bidoon

  • The Bidoon’s nomadic lifestyle

  • Kuwaiti citizenship laws

  • The plight of the Bidoon today

  • Challenges faced by Bidoon families

  • Kuwait’s reasons for marginalising the Bidoon

  • International pressure on Kuwait

  • Possible future for the Bidoon





Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/bidoon

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#506 | Citizens of Nowhere: The Stateless Bidoon of Kuwait

#506 | Citizens of Nowhere: The Stateless Bidoon of Kuwait

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