today i spent a little over an hour with Aseel Al Awadhi, one of the four women elected to the Kuwaiti Parliament in 2009 — a first for the country, that has the oldest constitution in the GCC and is the first constitutional monarchy in the region.
she is in town to deliver a lecture, and the actual interview will appear in my titles — but i HAD to blog about her.
a ph.d. in political philosophy, she has an amazing way of dealing with her critics/detractors. she breaks down the premises from which they come with such eloquence; rationalises those opposing viewpoints in a much better fashion than the critics themselves could. and with that she exposes them for what they are, without any falsification, disrespect or anger.
it’s not easy being who she is in the region as a whole, and only marginally easier in Kuwait.
more power to your elbow, lady.
The Life of Umm 
AND she’s cute to boot! Way to GO!
would love to read the entire piece. please tell me the url.