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A Merchant Message

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The comments about a statement by the head of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry topped social media, which related to the role of merchants in the renaissance of Kuwait before oil, and each of them stated their opinion. Some of them were opposing the statement, some of them agreed, and some of them turned into an unwelcome debate. I don't want to get into the specifics of the statement or its context, but I do want to emphasize one point: Kuwaiti merchants are not as stereotypical as some have made them out to be. They are like any group in society; some of them are good, and others are bad, but the nature of people is to mention, generalize, and circulate what is announced and highlighted, while there are times like it, but people don't know anything about it. Hence, generalization and bullying, which have become a phenomenon in this country, are not permissible or accepted. If we continue the same way, we will become a socialist society of mono-color and mono-character, which has its own negative consequences. As the saying said, "dull and colorless," for the beauty of this country lies in the diversity of its cultures, origins, sects, tribes, and families, whether they were traders and employees, and its integration with its Arab and foreign expats. Back to the old Kuwaiti merchants, I recalled an old message written by my late father, whose origin was sent to the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem, may God have mercy on him. The message was about the water crisis and the crowding of people at the Mirqab reservoir, and he asked to stop the water tanks, which transport water to the pools of the rich. The late was a merchant; he could have obtained what he required of water, but instead he used his influence and personal relationship with the ruler, pleading to stand with the poor and helpless. This model stands for many of the past and present Kuwaiti merchants. Most of them are honest and cannot be put in the same category with the corrupted or harsh merchants. It is the same case with regards to the employees. Most of them are honest and hardworking people, and the minority are those whom we unfortunately notice with their irresponsible actions and behavior. It is not right to generalize, neither to a merchant nor to an employee. Here I am publishing my father’s message for what it has of atheistic rhetoric and notions, taking our dear readers back to Kuwait in 1951.

Stay safe.

His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait.

God Almighty guard him

After offering more salutations and homage

Your Highness, if I present to your majesty, who is very keen on the interests of his country and his people and is full of love and desire for justice and equality, I present to you with the consideration that you know everything, whether it is related to the public interest and the welfare of the people or to the occurrence of – May Allah protect us- a danger threatening the country and the people.

I declare to your highness that the imminent danger that threatens us all is the danger of water. The water, in which everything lives. All people believe that there is no escape from this danger, for the reservoirs have become empty of water for a day or two, including the Mirqab reservoir. Yesterday morning, the crowding, cursing, and beating happened that no one would think of. The water ran out quickly, and today there is no water. Imagine, Your Highness, that a large part of the country is saturated with this reservoir, and it is now in a dangerous condition.

It is a mercy from God Almighty and then a mercy from your highness that you remedy this severe, and dangerous ordeal with an urgent solution, an ordeal from which every responsible party is absolved, so you will be the only responsible party to God and to the people.

Here is another calamity that makes matters worse, and that is the calamity of the transport vehicles that stop at the tanks and fill out of them quickly with the water that supplies the rich and stores water in their pools. Then the poor would not find what quenches their thirst. If you had issued your high order to stop these cars, if this situation persists, this would have been the most powerful help for both distributing water and alleviating the present crisis. We ask Allah the Almighty to guide you to what He loves and pleases and to protect you.

Yours Sincerely, Abdullah Abdullatif Al-Othman

17 Shaban 1370.

 

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