Thu 18 Aug 2005
I have a serious request and suggestion for the betterment of hygiene in our society as a whole!
PLEASE have seperate toilets dedicated to mosques or prayer rooms, especially in public places!! I know this usually is the case, but sometimes certain places make a big difference!
Today, at marina mall, I went to the toilet to wash my hands. As soon as I entered, I was shocked to see one person with this his leg up to his knee inside the sink!! The other guy next to him was emptying his nose with such force that I was expecting his brains to start coming out of his nose too!!
If that wasn’t disgusting enough, both of them were spilling water all over the place from their hands, legs, face, and everything else! It was basically like someone held a water hose and just went crazy spraynig it everywhere!
Now, imagine if I was a foreign tourist coming to Kuwait, one of the places I would go for lunch would be marina mall, and have lunch at one of the many restaurants at the crescent overlooking the beautiful marina view.
Then, I go into a toilet, and see what looks like a hippo war going on!
Beautiful, no?
It really is not that hard, just add a couple of sinks near the prayer room!
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August 18th, 2005 at 11:59 pm
I totally agree with u….but are u sure there weren’t any sinks near the prayer room???? coz mafrooth ako i guess! i think maybe there were sinks near the prayer room but the two men u saw are hamaj
August 19th, 2005 at 1:05 am
ya 7ebk 7aq hal sowalf.
August 19th, 2005 at 1:09 am
ذكرتني بالغائب »ابو حفص«، بس انا اتفق معاك تماما
August 19th, 2005 at 1:56 am
allah yathkerah bil kheer bu 7af9 all what he said abt our WC was true and now this is added to it …
but Q didnt you notice its not only this little thing they forgot to do ya3ny maybe il mohandis was not muslim, and wouldnt think of prayer but dude they also forget about parking and the BURNING sun in this country …ya3ny a huge place with few parking spots and exposed to the sun
dude o inta you r talking about sinks!!! see the most major things they forgot about…
ya3ny another thing we have a huge sea shore along our country and all the cafes we have are on nuild up views of the sea!!!! ma3ada divas when u sit upstairs u can see some water!!
shetgool ya akhy they dont think of building they think of making money only.
August 19th, 2005 at 2:00 am
feney kalam wayed ma9akhtah? wela agool?
August 19th, 2005 at 2:41 am
Hi Q..I was totally cracking up when i read your post, cuz the same thing happens in the ladies rooms also…LOL! Yes we definitely need to raise this issue to the proper authorities..it’s a very uncivilized sight to witness.
August 19th, 2005 at 8:47 am
I believe form should follow function. There needs to a be a architectural renaissance in which people realize the true needs of a Kuwaiti/Islamic culture with a western influence.
e.g. a separate prayer area with its own sinks.
August 19th, 2005 at 11:44 am
Aha……now I know the real author of this blog………
It’s Abu 7afs!!!!
August 19th, 2005 at 12:36 pm
“Oh no! Q is bothered by the holy cleansing! How can such a beautiful daily sacred event cause so much displeasure to the eyes of the faithful?! He must be with the devil! The horror! Kaaafirrrr!”
I agree with you, there should be toilets and then there should be separate washrooms too.
August 19th, 2005 at 2:30 pm
Tafkeerik as mine!! Whenever I see something wrong or bad or disgusting or even stupid done from kuwaiti people, I always think if I was a foreign tourist, how would that be!! 7adhom yfashloon!!!
Ya3ni the onse you saw el mafrooth they take a shower 3al hal hamajeya!! I guess it’d be better.. 3al aqal maku esraf bil meyaah ;P
August 19th, 2005 at 3:05 pm
I dunno about that but the overall hygiene of public bathrooms should be looked at more seriously.
August 19th, 2005 at 9:27 pm
Why do u worry about what the foreigners r going to see or say? I agree this issue needs to be dealt with but what i’ve seen in the States and Europe and its far worse! U find this kind of behavior everywhere, why should it be any different just becoz it was an Arab?
August 19th, 2005 at 9:32 pm
السلام عليكم … أولا على حد علمى ان فى مسجد بجانب مارينا مول للصلاه وكنت أتوقع ان من يريد الصلاه من مرتادى هذا المجمع أن يذهب للمسجد وخصوصا الرجال ( وهذا الافضل طبعا )… أما ان حدث أن توضأ أحد هؤلاء وأدى صلاته داخل المجمع فى الاماكن المخصصه للصلاه فلا أرى عيبا فى ذلك … بل حرصا منه أن لاتفوته فريضه … وانته تدرى ياكيو ان من أركان الوضوء يجب ان يغسل قدميه وان يستنشق الماء … اسمحلى ياكيو ومن غير تحيز ولا زعل … اما حضرتك ماشفت أحد يتوضأ من قبل واستغربت اللى شفته… واما ان هذا الشخص بالغ فى طريقة وضوءه فأثار استياءك … أما أنا شخصيا ان حدث وصادفنى وقت صلاة فى الخارج فأحرص أن أتوضأ فى البيت وأحافظ على وضوئى الى ان أصلى وذلك لاننى لاأشعر بالنظافه فى تلك الحمامات العامه … وسلامتك كيو
August 20th, 2005 at 12:45 am
joudz, walla maybe ur right to be honest I didnt check.
Purg, 7araam 3alaik! laish? awal marra i mention shay chithy ;P
q80demon, eeee walla everytime i enter a toilet i remember him! *daqeeqat 7idaaad
JA, eee walla everything u said is right! o kamlay kalaaamich ikhthay raa7tich il blog bloggich
sam, just thinking of what I saw and changing the men to women makes it 100 times funnier! lol!
thekuwaiti, what architectural renaissance?! Everything u see will be destroyed and replaced in 30 years, just like everything that was there 30 yrs ago disappeared and is being replaced now! its sad really!
shosho, hahahahaha, wa7da ib wa7da ya3ny? Purg ;P
3baid, lol! I was thinking that while writing this and knew someone would say that, and someone (as usual) did
nunu, exactly my point, thats what ppl will remember and tell others when they get back!
Peach, ive been to some bathrooms where u have to literally lift ur dishdasha and tiptoe inside!
T69, I always want to show the best face of Kuwait to any visitor, its as simple as that! And who said it was an Arab?
August 20th, 2005 at 2:05 am
What about those ele ewaskhoon o ohma wagfeen, o lama tdesh warahom tshoof el me7ath wentaw bkarama wasekh, which is telgah bkel mokan o bkel el 7amamat, men 7amamat el mojama3at wel ma6a3em went raye7, m3a moa7athat ena ele atkalam 3aana wesakh, o mo may nethef!
i agree ena ba3athhom ewasekh warah lama etewatha(o mo his brain is coming out of his nose! hatha wethoona ya 7abeebe) bs laish thekart hathaila o nesait ele awsakh menhom?
allaho ya3lam
August 20th, 2005 at 9:30 am
Q inzain :p we could go into a long debate bs i wont o madri i’m just generalizing becoz foreigners know us all as arabs :p
August 20th, 2005 at 11:56 am
that is what I mean exactly, not first time, you go around and “try” to find these things.
August 21st, 2005 at 12:49 am
Hey Q, I totally agree with you.. Maybe it “kinda” makes it okay since we’re in Kuwait and people are more familiar with the “wothou2″ procedure, However, Imagine this.. in one of the biggest hotels in the states, when it was the wi7da thingy… People went INSANE.. I really respect that people should do “wothou2″ in order to pray, I myself do pray, bess ye3ni.. they can do it in a less messy way.. especially when people around dont even know wut the hell ur doing! for them, u’re only one creapy dude trying to washup in a Hotel sink and dripping water all over the place..
August 21st, 2005 at 11:33 pm
who saw arsenal vs chelsea? kharaa 3alehom chelsea abee 7ath akthar .. ma kan offside?
i think wenger made a mistake ena ma la3ab bergkamp 3al aqal akher 20 mins