Mythbusting in the Middle East
As part of a series of stories filed from a journalism study tour of Kuwait, Dan Bray discovers that there is more to the Middle East than desert, oil and war.
The gulf that unites them
As part of a series of stories filed from a journalism study tour of Kuwait, Erdem Koc explains a passion of the Kuwaiti people which as Australians, we may have difficulty relating to.
Women’s rights changing in Kuwait
As part of a series of stories filed from a journalism study tour of Kuwait, Kelly Theobald talks to Muslim women about suffrage, liberation and wearing the hijab.
Coffee and cardamon Kuwaiti style
In the first of a series of stories filed from a journalism study tour of Kuwait, Tom Cowie gets the chance to experience one of the Arab nation’s oldest customs.
Australian journalism students visit Kuwait
The Arab Times in Kuwait has featured the journalism study tour from Australia, which includes upstart’s Erdem Koc, Tom Cowie and Kelly Theobald.
Bound for Kuwait
It’s been a big week for a number of upstart contributors. Editor Erdem Koc and final-year students Kelly Theobald and Tom Cowie are off to Kuwait to join a study tour for Australian journalism students. And our sports section is ramping up for the summer with new features about Melbourne’s spring carnival and the resurgence of roller derby.