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- noun A
Kuwaiti gathering held in areception hall .
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It is my understanding that the diwaniya is a gathering place in the Kuwaiti home where mainly men congregate to discuss issues from politics to everyday life.
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Whenever there is a political crisis, a diwaniya is the place to go.
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TRIBE, TRIBALISM AND CULTURAL CHANGE-KUWAIT 2008 yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'TRIBE, TRIBALISM AND CULTURAL CHANGE-KUWAIT 2008'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: On April 1, 2008 the AWARE Center in Surra, Kuwait hosted a "diwaniya" (i.e. a meeting) which focused on the evolving tribal system in Kuwait and its current impact on Kuwaiti society.
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On April 1, 2008 the AWARE Center in Surra, Kuwait hosted a "diwaniya" (i.e. a meeting) which focused on the evolving tribal system in Kuwait and its current impact on Kuwaiti society.
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In a few days, I am going to hold a discussion, known as a "diwaniya" on this matter in Kuwait at a place known as the AWARE Center.
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Etheridge began the diwaniya, a Kuwaiti word for meeting whereby a speaker talks from fifteen minutes to half an hour on particular topic.
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Editor of Kuwait Times on Press Censorship yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Editor of Kuwait Times on Press Censorship'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: On June 10, Jamie Etheridge, the Texas-born managing editor of the KUWAIT TIMES, one of Kuwaits 3 major English daily newspapers, led a diwaniya at the AWARE CENTER where she focused on censorship in the Kuwaiti press.
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This sort of diwaniya is then followed by open comments and questions from the audience.
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The AWARE CENTER focuses on providing a forum for Westerners and Arabs to get together face-to-face, and on this evening, March 27, 2008 there was great interest in this topic -- as reflecteded by the wide-range of nationalities at the diwaniya (or meeting in Arabic) that evening.
ARE MUSLIM RETALIATIONS EVER JUSTIFIED!? And are Muslims Oversensitive? 2008
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With all of this recent focus on tribes and tribalism, a very large Kuwait audience overfilled the diwaniya hall at the AWARE Center on April 1, 2008, in order to learn the basics on tribalism in Kuwait from a renowned expert in the field.
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