Listings on the Kuwait Stock Exchange

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Telecommunication

Zain a cutting edge  telecommunications operator provides data services to over 41 million customers in Lebanon, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, KSA and other countries . Zain was founded in the year 1983 in Kuwait, as the pioneer telecom operator covering the Gulf and is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange .Its strategic shareholding  of around 50 % is held by Kuwait Investment Authority and Omantel.

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Since the year 2019 the telecom giant Zain announced that its network was in a position to launch fifth generation wireless technology (5G). It claimed to be the trail blazer in offering 5G technology in the Gulf region .The size of its fiscal operations and geographical digital coverage can be gauged from the fact that the operator was offered $ 1.3 billion for its Sudan segment.

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The dramatic arts have been traditionally revered in the Gulf and more so in Kuwait .

A trending soap in Kuwait sees  Rawan Al-Sayegh, aka Rawan Mahdi a 30 year old actress of Iraqi descent ,  rise to stardom after her scintillating performance in the role of ” Farida”  in a Netflix drama . The theme centers around a conservative period of Kuwait in “The Exchange” . The smug attitude of men considering themselves to be infallible and superior are invisible obstacles that two women encounter when they foray into a male dominated trading environment beset with fiscal intricacies. The global stocks  ” Crash of 1997″ is interspersed into the drama to give a real life perspective.

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Stocks a Male Preserve

The Kuwait Stock Exchange has been an exclusive male preserve and the theme of the popular series is oriented around two women who challenge the hitherto conservative male dominated bourse.Survival is the name of the game where the brokers are males and tolerating their condescending glances is a revolting daily experience.