Kuwait One - Text
Female, born 1970, Kuwait. Was working as a kindergarten teacher in Cairo, Egypt when Krista Scott recorded this interview with her on 6/29/99. English rather halting, accent strong. Talks about the Kuwait holiday of February 25th. Edited by Paul Meier 9/28/99. Running time: 03:21.
TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH
One of the most events happened in Kuwait, and I do like attending this festival, it's the twenty-fifth of February, it's the National Day in Kuwait. It used to be the National Day in Kuwait, now they are, uh, celebrating it twice, one in August and one in February. But I do like the main one, uh, twenty-fifth of February. We used to have, ah, a party at school and they used to have lights whenever you go in Kuwait and they sell ice cream and toys freely. Um, uh, people looks very happy. I think the foreigner. But Kuwait is [unintelligible] they, they are not depending on this day, they used not to depend on this day because maybe they don't, they didn't feel it, they didn't feel that they were occupied with some… someone, and they are free now. They just celebrating because it's a day for fun.
UNSCRIPTED SPEECH TRANSCRIBED BY ELIZABETH TERREL, ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR TRANSCRIPTIONS, May 21, 2008.