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More Kuwaitis marrying foreigners, study reveals

According to the statistics, Kuwaiti men married 37 Jordanian women, 35 Lebanese, 24 Americans, 18 Europeans, 10 Africans, eight Bahrainis, six Yemenis, five Qataris, three UAE nationals, three Palestinians and two Palestinians.


The Gulf

Manama: Asian women have beaten most Arab women to the hearts of Kuwaiti men, a study has revealed.

Kuwaitis still prefer to marry their countrywomen (9,238 marriages), but when it comes to foreigners, Saudi women top the list (297), followed by Asians (199), then Iraqis (147) and Syrians (100), the study of the 2008 marriage tendencies in Kuwait indicated. The findings were published on Sunday by Al Watan daily.

According to the statistics, Kuwaiti men married 37 Jordanian women, 35 Lebanese, 24 Americans, 18 Europeans, 10 Africans, eight Bahrainis, six Yemenis, five Qataris, three UAE nationals, three Palestinians and two Palestinians.


For Kuwaiti women, Saudi men top the list of foreign husbands with 152 marraiges, followed by Asians (52), Egyptians (42), Syrians (27), Qataris (26), Europeans (18), Americans (16), UAE nationals (14), Bahrainis (10), Lebanese (7), Palestinians (7), Jordanians (6), Yemenis (6) and Africans (3).


http://www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuwait/10354538.html

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Taylor, 45, became severely depressed when her son's absent father stopped sending her money to pay for James's upbringing and private school fees.

The court heard that both her parents were dead and she had little support. James had never met his father, described as a successful Syrian national who lived in Abu Dhabi.

Taylor had a brief relationship with him in the 1990s. He initially sent her £1,000 (Dh5,851.45) a month in child maintenance and paid for James's private school fees.

http://www.gulfnews.com/world/United_Ki ... 54441.html

that's nothing in the UAE it seems all Brit expats over 50 marrya Thai or some other southeast asian woman (some look like they may not even be marriage age !). Oh and it seems to be 100%

Misery Called Life wrote:More Kuwaitis marrying foreigners, study reveals

According to the statistics, Kuwaiti men married 37 Jordanian women, 35 Lebanese, 24 Americans, 18 Europeans, 10 Africans, eight Bahrainis, six Yemenis, five Qataris, three UAE nationals, three Palestinians and two Palestinians.

http://www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuwait/10354538.html

I assume that the picture is quite different for Europen wives in the UAE. They are so gorgeous, aren't they, student?

I think the mixed marriages are rather good than bad for nationals. Due to their very tight circle they relate to each other.

Ballbraker wrote:that's nothing in the UAE it seems all Brit expats over 50 marrya Thai or some other southeast asian woman (some look like they may not even be marriage age !). Oh and it seems to be 100%

True!

Red Chief wrote:

Misery Called Life wrote:More Kuwaitis marrying foreigners, study reveals

According to the statistics, Kuwaiti men married 37 Jordanian women, 35 Lebanese, 24 Americans, 18 Europeans, 10 Africans, eight Bahrainis, six Yemenis, five Qataris, three UAE nationals, three Palestinians and two Palestinians.

http://www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuwait/10354538.html

I assume that the picture is quite different for Europen wives in the UAE. They are so gorgeous, aren't they, student?

I think the mixed marriages are rather good than bad for nationals. Due to their very tight circle they relate to each other.

You saying mixed marriages are good? Maybe ......I don't know.
I could'nt quite comprehend ur analogy RC.

considering genetics, mixed marriages are good, cause one from one breed has some kind of genes and anti bacterias, and the other from other breed has diffenet one so the mixed kid will be possessive of two breed's.( I don't know the right words in english, hope I could state it correct!)

and I think people from diff cultures may have more long term happiness, since they may be full of surprises and new things to each other, which is exciting. ( I hope exciting in a good was of course!!)

Misery Called Life wrote:You saying mixed marriages are good? Maybe ......I don't know.
Give us ur analogy on why you think so RC!

I explained but probably not clear. Last two decades inhabitance of UAE burst dramaycally from relatively small community due to 10-12 children in family. So many people are more or less close relatives. Another problem is marriage on very close relatives like causins. That's why gene pool is relatively poor.
The close analogy is Royal Families in Europe in the Middle Ages or nothern people like inuits nowadays.

melika969 wrote:considering genetics, mixed marriages are good, cause one from one breed has some kind of genes and anti bacterias, and the other from other breed has diffenet one so the mixed kid will be possessive of two breed's.( I don't know the right words in english, hope I could state it correct!)

and I think people from diff cultures may have more long term happiness, since they may be full of surprises and new things to each other, which is exciting. ( I hope exciting in a good was of course!!)

Is interesting as sheikh mohza (emirs wife) in Qatar, has warned about dangers of genetic damage through too much interbredding.

In the UAE, 40% of mariages are consanguines. almost one out of two Emirati marry their relatives.

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herve wrote:In the UAE, 40% of mariages are consanguines. almost one out of two Emirati marry their relatives.

I can believe it!

I heard there is an unusually large number of retarded, handicapped and autistic Emarati children, ...due to this close family marriages!

its a gene thingy.....if generation after generation get married to their cousins etc then most probably the 3rd generation will face some issues.....heard it from a science freak once....

once heard this story ,,, about this really ugly lookin scientist who was considerd to be one of the wisest of guys around ... one day he was approached by a really fine ( booty an all that ) lookin supermodel of a woman .
she told him why not the two of us get married... imagine the kids we would have with your brains an my looks , they would be soo astonishing ...
the scientist told her what if the kids get my looks an your brains baby..

soo what im tryin to say in my lame assss way ... is that you can never know what the outcome of any sort of marriage gonna be ...
all i can say is that an arranged marriage is not a proper way to approach a life time of commitment ...

just marry the person whom you like an wanna be with ... if its your cousin as in the way it is for most national's here or most people in this part of the world ... then let it be so..

if its a foreigner like how the vice president has married a foreigner ,,, then let that be soo too....


for me personally , like i've stated before ..... why should i ruin the life of one woman , when i can make a 100 happy.

that was cool...!

This was from an article in qatar recently.

Earlier, a study, conducted by the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA), had said that some 60% of those with disabilities were found to be born to “closely-related parents” in Qatar.
It urged for the enforcement of the pre-marital medical test law, saying that 34.5% of disabled people were born to parents of first-degree relatives, while 25.2% were to parents of second-degree relatives.