According to Professor Kristin Diwan of American University, the 1950s were when life in Kuwait began its rapid change. Imported goods quadrupled over the decade as oil wealth spread, and it wasn't only goods that began to flow into Kuwait. "It is also the first time foreign laborers are being imported," says Diwan. From about 1946-1957, the population tripled, mostly due to an influx of Palestinians and other Arabs working as laborers.
Above, an unidentified man poses in Kuwait in 1950.
F. H. Andrus
