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Ahmad Benswait is a stateless Kuwaiti doctoral researcher of identity politics, statelessness, and forced displacement at University College London’s Department of Culture, Communication, and Media.
A Crisis of Statelessness: Inside Kuwait's Mass Revocation of Citizenship
In May 2024, only months after coming to power, Kuwait’s new ruler, Emir Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, dissolved parliament and suspended constitutional articles imposing any checks on his power, further