Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf laid to rest in private ceremony
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Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who passed away on Saturday, has been laid to rest in a private funeral.
Kuwait’s late Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 86, has been laid to rest in a private funeral attended by select relatives.
State television on Sunday showed a prayer ceremony at Bilal bin Rabah mosque in the capital Kuwait City and a funeral procession to the Sulaibikhat cemetery for the emir, which were limited in attendance to the ruling family.
Parliament speaker Ahmed al-Sadoun was the only top official outside the al-Sabah family to be allowed to attend the prayers at the mosque.
Kuwait’s new emir, the 83-year-old Sheikh Meshaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, was seen shedding a tear at the ceremony and accompanying his half-brother’s coffin, which was draped in a Kuwaiti flag.
The new emir will receive condolences from the wider public on Monday and Tuesday.
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