(MENAFN- Arab Times) Kuwaitis have succeeded in staying together and maintaining national unity at hard times, when their keenness on the solidarity appears much stronger, thus setting an example to follow for other nations. Bonds of unity and brotherhood among the Kuwaitis were manifested in the very first moments of the Aug 2, 1990, Iraqi aggression. Years later, they proved to be as much together, that is when the Imam Sadiq Mosque explosion happened.
In the morning of the atrocious Iraqi aggression, the people of Kuwait scrambled to inquire about each others, conducting phone contacts with the loved ones, relatives and even knocking on neighbors' doors to inquire about their condition and needs. They gathered at the diwaniahs to bolster coordination in face of the hardships and for sake of securing each other's necessities. Although the crisis dragged on for seven months, the Kuwaitis coped with the hardships, for many quickly manned the bakeries to make bread for neighborhoods' residents.
Many, who had served behind desks in air-conditioned offices, were seen in the streets in broad daylight, sweeping and collecting garbage to keep the districts clean. Al-Gurain House has remained an icon of the youths' sacrifices, those who had fallen while resisting the occupiers. The people gathered around the legitimacy. The popular conference, held in Jeddah in October 1990 affirmed the Kuwaitis' robust loyalty to the rulers and devotion to their country's independence. Kuwaitis abroad were equally active, promoting the national cause at influential quarters. And many students enrolled in the national army, received military training and took part in the homeland's liberation.
In the post-liberation times, the Kuwaitis worked together to rebuild the country and erase scars of the aggression. Twenty-five years after the aggression, they re-manifested such unity in aftermath of the recent explosion that targeted Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque in downtown Kuwait. Spontaneously, many Kuwaitis lined up to donate blood for the injured, took part in the martyrs' funeral and the mourning reception at the State Grand Mosque.
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