Soccer emerges as the latest football in tug of war between Kuwait’s government and parliament

Jul 10, 2011

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Kuwaiti Salafi lawmaker Waleed al-Tabtabai urged the government to cancel plans to hold a football tournament for women. (File photo)

By JAMES M. DORSEY
AL ARABIYA

A Kuwaiti Salafi lawmaker has urged the government to cancel plans to hold a football tournament for women.

Waleed al-Tabtabai’s call comes amid an escalating crisis in relations between the gove…

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