Kuwait City - a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again. It was first settled in the early 18th Century by Sheikh Sabāh I. Its name may have derived from an earlier abandoned fort located there, called "Kūt" (كوت) - Arabic for a fortress by the sea.

I have an affection for this great city. My first day in Kuwait City, April 4, 1995. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. Eventually, I think Kuwait City will be the most beautiful great city left in the world. This great city has the greatest man or woman: even if it has a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world. I Love this city and the government. In their welfare comes my welfare. In their salvation comes glory to God and celebration in heaven and on earth...