KUWAIT SEA CITY / SABAH AL AHMAD SEA CITY

- The project was inspired by the late Khalid Yousef Al Marzouq, a

wealthy Kuwaiti property developer who funded it entirely through his
La'ala company. It is now being brought by his son.
- Named after Sabah Al Ahmad, the 86-year-old emir of Kuwait who
came to power in 2006.
- is being built in the desert on the border between Kuwait and Saudi
Arabia with special tidal gates allowing the sea to come six miles
inland.
- Valued at US$ 700 million, it spreads across 350,000-sqm of water-
front which will eventually create significant opportunities for Kuwait’s
tourism and business growth
- The city, the size of Manhattan, will eventually house 250,000 people
- The project was conceived in the mid-1980s but did not start on site
until 2003.

- The first delay was the small matter of the first Gulf War. Iraqi dictator
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 and sought to make it the
'19th province' of Iraq.
- One of the most incredible elements of the project is the way the sea
has been brought almost six miles (9km) inland from the Persian
Gulf.
- This has created 124 miles (200km) of tidal shoreline, marine
environments and beaches.
- Prior to the building work it was a desolate salt marsh, called Sabkha.
- Drained and cleared of silt, it was then dug and compacted.