![#506 | Citizens of Nowhere: The Stateless Bidoon of Kuwait - podcast episode cover](https://img.transistor.fm/X_TgBCxGKjW6OBUzbqMeInSVVjPIrAZiFT91ICiXRp0/rs:fill:3000:3000:1/q:60/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kODU3/YjlhZmI4MGI3ZjAx/YzVlYjkyZDM1ODU4/ODZjNy5wbmc.jpg)
Episode description
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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