#506 | Citizens of Nowhere: The Stateless Bidoon of Kuwait - podcast episode cover

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

Sep 26, 202425 minTranscript available on Metacast
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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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