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Today we're in the desert with the Bedoons of Kuwait.

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of being a vegetarian in Bologna.

Kuwait, one of the five richest countries in the world with a tiny population,

is another Arab state with rumblings of dissent.

Earlier this week, a Kuwaiti court sentenced a man to two years

in prison for insulting the country's ruler on Twitter. There have also been a series of

demonstrations since the ruling Amir used emergency powers to change the

voting system in October. A human rights organisation criticised what it called the

excessive force used against protesters. On the surface a country

of wealth and privilege Kuwait is also a society with tribal and class conflicts.

Matthew Teller has been talking to one ethnic group who feel rejected by their country despite government promises to address their grievances.

The Taylor leaned forward, tweaked some wild rocket off the bunch, deftly rolled it together with cardamam-flavored rice and shreds of lamb, then popped the bite-sized ball into his mouth.

This government, he said, between shoes. they are fascists, face like sheep, heart like a wolf.

In an airy tent pitched on the desert plains west of Kuwait City, I'd been greeted by a circle of plump middle-aged men.

After coffee, dates and tea, the twelve of us squatted on the carpeted ground for lunch together.

The tailor, like the rest, was Bidoin, short for Bidoon, the Taylor like the rest was Bidoon,

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