By Isra Ali
KUWAIT, Sept 30 (KUNA) -- The Kuwait House in Cairo celebrates on Wednesday its 70th Anniversary as one of the most important monuments to develop educational ties between Kuwait and Egypt.
The Kuwait House in Cairo was established as a haven to host Kuwaiti students seeking education in Egypt. Though the establishment was in 1945, the apparatus was officially inaugurated in 1958 by then Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Kuwait's educational delegations sought knowledge in the Egyptian capital before the establishment of the Kuwait House with Kuwaiti students studying in Egypt since the 1930s.
In 1938, the first batch of Kuwaiti students consisting of five arrived in Cairo and began their quest for knowledge.
In the following year, four students joined their comrades. The number of students increased throughout the years until they reached 50 students which prompted the educational authorities in Kuwait to allocate a building for the students, calling that facility the "Kuwait House". The first coordinator of the house was Abdulaziz Hussein.
As part of the students' activities, the Kuwait House issued a publication called Al-Bea'tha (the delegation) in 1946, documenting the students' stay in Cairo with poem, articles, and news. The publication lasted till 1953.
In 1951, the Kuwait House changed locations and settled in Dokki in Giza City, Greater Cairo. Kuwaiti female students joined the delegation in 1956. People sought higher education in Egypt until the opening of Kuwait University in 1966. (end) ija.gta