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The Kuwaiti ambassador’s residence was designed in 1998 for the first Kuwaiti head of mission to Canada. The home, designed by Montreal architect Armand Dadoun, overlooks the Ottawa River and boasts many Arabic influences. (Photo: Ashley Fraser)
The Kuwaiti ambassador’s residence was designed in 1998 for the first Kuwaiti head of mission to Canada. The home, designed by Montreal architect Armand Dadoun, overlooks the Ottawa River and boasts many Arabic influences. (Photo: Ashley Fraser)
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The Kuwaiti ambassador’s residence was designed in 1998 for the first Kuwaiti head of mission to Canada. The home, designed by Montreal architect Armand Dadoun, overlooks the Ottawa River and boasts many Arabic influences. (Photo: Ashley Fraser)
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Ahdulhamid Alfailakawi was Kuwait’s ambassador to Canada for several years. He returned to Kuwait in the late autumn and his successor, Reem Mohammad Khaled Zaid Al Khaled, presented her credentials in November. (Photo: Ashley Fraser)
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This large wooden replica of an elegant dhow has special significance for the former ambassador. to send the model to Canada. (Photo: Ashley Fraser)
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This piece of art adorns the lawn outside the residence. (Photo: Ashley Fraser)
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This galloping horse ardorns one of the legs of a coffee table in the main reception room of the residence. (Photo: Ashley Fraser)
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A painting in the large sitting room off the hall, where ochre walls, a fireplace and fringed, cream-coloured sofas blend formality and comfort, shows Kuwait’s connection with the water, situated, as it is, at the tip of the Persian Gulf. (Photo: Ashley Fraser)
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On the opposite side of the grand hall is the expansive dining room with three chandeliers, deep-green patterned wallpaper, a candelabra and a couple of small, carved wooden jewelry boxes on a sideboard. (Photo: Ashley Fraser)
