24/03/2019
This is Failaka Island (pronounced “Fallacha” locally), about 20 kilometers off the coast of Kuwait City. Inhabited as early as the Stone Age, and named Ikarius by the Greeks who settled and traded here for centuries, it is the only archaeological site in the country. And its fascinating history has turned this small island into an unlikely, and growing, tourist attraction. >>
Failaka Island is a rare place where the histories of ancient Greece and the first Gulf War collide.
