Dr. Al-Haddad shared an event he once observed in a large busy office one day a few years back: "A member from Tribe 'A' entered through the doorway and scanned the room. After a while of standing in a line, the man moved to the center of the room and shouted loudly, 'Who here working is from Tribe A?" There was silence as all people looked around at the audacity of the man. However, a few moments later, a man in a far corner waived the man over and identified himself as a member of Tribe 'A'. That clerk took the fellow tribesman's paperwork and promised to do everything-fill out every form-for the audacious tribesman."
Dr. Al-Haddad stated, "The tribesman who works in that office must help his fellow tribesmen or he will find himself ostracized in his own family group."
It is such a role which tribalism plays in Kuwait today. It is fairly destructive to any attempts to level the playing field for all and to improve how the country functions economically, politically, socially, educationally, and developmentally.
Tribalism and traditional practices has left modern Kuwait encased in a state of bureaucratic and social backwardness at a time when national unity is required, esp. as wars and rumors of war sound from short distances away.
MAKING LEADERS IN KUWAIT
Meanwhile, if a tribesmen desires to be a tribal leader, he needs to be doing the following:
(1) not violate tribal custom, i.e. help out another tribesman when asked
(2) demonstrate oneself to be of strong character
(3) be affluent economically or socially
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