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Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Lama discovered she was no longer Kuwaiti the moment she tried to pay for a gym session in Kuwait City\u2014her credit card had been blocked, and her bank account frozen. It turned out her citizenship, which she acquired through marriage, had been revoked.<\/p>\n

Lama, like other women who spoke to AFP under pseudonyms to avoid repercussions from authorities, described it as a \u201cshock.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be a law-abiding citizen for 23 years, then wake up one day to find you\u2019re not\u2014that\u2019s simply unacceptable,\u201d said the 50-year-old woman of Jordanian origin.<\/p>\n

These mass nationality revocations are being presented as part of a sweeping reform campaign by Kuwait\u2019s Emir, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who dissolved parliament and suspended parts of the constitution just months after taking office in December 2023.<\/p>\n

The Emir\u2019s new nationality policy appears aimed at confining Kuwaiti citizenship to those who inherited it patrilineally, effectively reshaping the country\u2019s identity and potentially reducing its voter base after years of political unrest, analysts told AFP.<\/p>\n

In a televised address in March to Kuwait\u2019s population\u2014just 5 million people, only a third of whom are Kuwaiti\u2014the Emir promised to \u201creturn Kuwait to its original people, clean and free of impurities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lama is just one of over 37,000 people\u2014including at least 26,000 women\u2014stripped of their Kuwaiti nationality since August, according to data compiled by AFP from official sources. Local media suggest the real number could be much higher.<\/p>\n

Though citizenship revocation is not new in Kuwait, the scale is unprecedented, said Bader Al-Saif, an assistant history professor at Kuwait University.<\/p>\n

Kuwait also has a sizable stateless population known as the Bidoon, numbering around 100,000, who were denied citizenship after Kuwait\u2019s independence from Britain in 1961.<\/p>\n

\"Kuwait\u2019s
Under new reforms by Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Targeting Women and Dual Citizens<\/h3>\n

The current campaign invalidates naturalizations through marriage\u2014which applied only to women\u2014and has retroactively stripped Kuwaiti citizenship from all women naturalized via marriage since 1987. According to the Ministry of Interior, 38,505 women were naturalized between 1993 and 2020.<\/p>\n

It also targets dual nationals, which Kuwaiti law prohibits, and those suspected of using fraudulent documentation to obtain citizenship.<\/p>\n

High-profile figures have also been affected. The government revoked citizenship from well-known individuals, including singer Nawal Al-Kuwaitia and actor Dawood Hussein, who had been granted nationality for their “distinguished contributions.”<\/p>\n

Entrepreneur Amal, who held Kuwaiti nationality for nearly 20 years, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cOvernight, I became stateless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many now find themselves in legal limbo, struggling to restore their previous nationality.<\/p>\n

According to Mansoura Mills, a researcher at Amnesty International,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe right to nationality is a fundamental human right. Its denial can devastate lives\u2014something the Bidoon community has long endured.\u201d<\/p>\n

Analysts agree the campaign is centered on redefining Kuwaiti national identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about the concept of who we are as a nation,\u201d said Bader Al-Saif.<\/p>\n

Kuwait\u2019s parliamentary system, unlike many Gulf states, has traditionally carried significant political weight. However, citizenship laws restrict political rights to those born to Kuwaiti fathers.<\/p>\n

After Iraq\u2019s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, the state extended voting rights to those who had been naturalized for at least 20 years and to their children.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat move was both a token of appreciation and a push for national unity,\u201d said Al-Saif.<\/p>\n

But the new leadership seems to be taking an exclusionary approach to Kuwaiti nationalism, says Giorgio Cafiero, CEO of Gulf State Analytics, one that excludes those without \u201cdeep roots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Researcher Melissa Langworthy of the Includovate Center, who studies Gulf naturalization issues, said the message to naturalized women is clear:<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are not considered ideal products of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re targeting us mothers\u2014the core of the family and society,\u201d said Lama, her voice heavy with sorrow.
\u201cThey didn\u2019t consider that we are the mothers and grandmothers of this country\u2019s children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Kuwait\u2019s
Under new reforms by Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad, over 37,000 people\u2014mostly women naturalized through marriage\u2014have lost their Kuwaiti citizenship,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Innocent and the Accused<\/h3>\n

Initially, the campaign was marketed as a crackdown on fraudsters exploiting Kuwait\u2019s generous welfare system and was met with wide public approval. But that sentiment soon shifted.<\/p>\n

One Kuwaiti man, whose wife lost her citizenship, said:\u201cThe government equated the innocent with the guilty.\u201d<\/p>\n

His wife\u2019s government pension has been suspended for over six months, and her bank loan frozen.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat message are we sending with this racial incitement and unfair treatment?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

While authorities promised to treat affected women \u201cas Kuwaiti citizens\u201d and maintain their social benefits, they have still been left stateless and stripped of all political rights.<\/p>\n

Kuwait\u2019s Emir linked the revocation policy to persistent standoffs between parliament and the royal-appointed government, which have hindered much-needed reforms to diversify the oil-dependent economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems the leadership may be aiming to reduce the citizen population to create a smaller, more manageable voter base,\u201d said Cafiero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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