In his article "Political Landscape at KU Reflect Larger Societal Divisions", Hussain Al-Qatari writes, although the views on the campus of Kuwait University, the largest one in the country, reflect the political realities of the country, it also demonstrates how things are evolving differently in the longer term here.
Al-Qatari states, "While Kuwait lives the hustle and bustle of the upcoming elections, anticipating the event with unceasing interest, college students in the country are weighing in a different way."
Qatari notes that, as in "Kuwait as a whole, Islamists dominate, liberals are divided and other minority groups exist but fail to achieve key positions of power."
Note: It does sound a little bit like the USA today, esp. if we replace Islamists with "conservative Christian" Republican types.
Qatari tells the reader, "When you enter the Faculty of Arts from its main gate, you notice to your left a garden with benches where students of both sexes sport the latest fashion trends and sit in groups for long hours. It's the hangout, or as we were told when we were freshmen, 'Love Street.' Students who sit there are not the ones that you want to talk with about politics or the Parliament. The guys there are fluent in sports cars and motorbikes, hair trends and football games. Even so, they all have sympathies or affiliationswith certain political blocs within KU itself."
As a whole, many students at KU live out a "disconnect between their personal and political ties". On the one hand, some of the students are alienated by the political landscape that their parents and older siblings have created.
One student named Ahmad shares, "I think there is no use of voting unless you want a direct benefit from the man you are voting for. The seats in the majlis have nametags already. You shouldn't waste your time with over-thinking,"
Nevertheless, Ahmad explained he will vote this year. "I still don't know to whom I'll vote. My family is voting for Tabtabae. It's crazy, I know, but my father is very conservative." Many young men and women who are liberal in their thinking are breaking away from family's restricted beliefs."
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