I absolutely love taking pictures - especially pictures that reflect a local culture, its customs and its people. Unfortunately it's forbidden to take photographs in many parts of Kuwait - including the obvious military installations but also government buildings of all kinds (scattered across the city), inside the malls and the local people. It's a big no-no to take pictures of the local women (whether veiled or not).
Maybe I'll be braver and take more pics when I've been here longer but for now I try and stay under the radar (I stick out in the landscape enough by just being blond). Some pictures, however, I keep in my head - like the very traditionally dressed couple (she completely covered in black, he with a long beard, too) sitting at a McDonald's restaurant in a mall eating - or the couple that was completely traditionally dressed that were holding hands (men and women should never touch each other in public here) or many of the images from the Friday market we went to this Friday - where everything is for sale from furniture and quad bikes, to chandeliers and second hand tools.
So for now I'll share the non-controversial pictures I'm allowed to take - and save the rest in my memory to tell you about.
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