Taima (Kuwait). A Bedoon man is speaking about his documents during a diwaniya (a man hosts guests and discusses important issues drinking tea at home). When a woman, whether Kuwaiti or bidoon or a foreign national, gives birth she receives from the hospital a record of the birth which, by law, must be traded in for a birth certificate within two weeks. However, on the record, the hospital must note the parents’ nationalities, and bidoon will typically be asked to either sign that they are nationals of some other state or that they are simply