Masjids in Ramadan 2014

Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs - Mosque Sector has been gearing up for the upcoming month of Ramadan 1435 coinciding with July 2014. The Assistant Undersecretary announced about the preparation that were undertaken with the anticipation of the increase in flow of prayer worshipers. The following in Arabic is the official information from Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. The English version is only the translation.

The total number of Mosques prepared for Ramadan are 174. Also the number of tents which have been put up next to the mosques by Ministry for handling the large number of worshipers are 136. 14 Ramadan Centers have been chosen and prepared across Kuwait. For I'tikaaf purposes during the last 10 days of Ramadan, 36 mosques have been chosen across Kuwait. For finer details, please refer to the tables below.

Kuwait will be hosting 75 Reciters from across the world who will lead the Taraweeh and Qiyam prayers. There are also 90 reciters across the various mosques in Kuwait who are employed by the Ministry.

Mosques ready to receive worshipers across six governorates
Governorates	New / Rebuilt	Maintenance	Newly Carpeted	Total
Capital	3	13	11	27
Hawally	1	12	12	25
Farwaniya	2	12	17	31
Ahmadi	6	11	25	42
Mubarak Al Kabeer	-	15	6	21
Jahra	4	6	18	28
Total	16	69	89	174

Tents attached to mosques across six governorates
Governorates	No. of Tents
Capital	44
Hawally	17
Farwaniya	24
Ahmadi	21
Mubarak Al Kabeer	3
Jahra	27
Total	136

Ramadan Centers Across the Six Governorates
Governorates	Name of Mosque	Area
Capital	Al Faris	Al Faiha
	Al Rashid	Al Adiliya
Farwaniya	Zaban Yusuf Al Zaban	Abdalla Al Mubarak, Block 5
	Bitlat Al Kharenj	Al Ardiya, Block 11
Hawally	Jaber Al Ali	As Shuhada, Ministries Zone
	Al Mazeni	Al Shaab
	Bilal bin Ribaa	Al Siddeq
Mubarak Al Kabeer	Saleh Al Kandiri	Sabah Al Salem, Block 1
	Talha Al Ansari	Al Qurain, Block 3
Ahmadi	Jaber Al Ali Outskirts	Jaber Al Ali
	Daeej Salman Al Sabah	Al Sabahiya
	Bur Al Waaldin	Abu Halifa, Block 2
Jahra	Hazrat Aisha Um Al Momineen	Saad Al Abdulla, Block 8
	Aqlaa Al Zafiri	Al Jahra – Beside The Central

Mosques across six governorates for I’tikaaf
Governorate	Name of Mosque	Area
Capital	Al Rashid	Al Adiliya, Block 4
	Al Abdulla Al Jaleel	Al Faiha, Block 8
	Abu Al Dahdah	Al Sulaibhikhat, Block 2
	Abu Hurairah	Al Sharq
	Al Mishari	Al Yarmouk
	Doha Outskirts	Doha
Farwaniya	Bitlat Al Kharenj	Al Ardiya
	Barak Al Awaji	Sabah Al Nasir
	Zaban Yusuf Al Zaban	Abdalla Al Mubarak
	Al A’laa Al Hadharmi	Al Ardiya
	Fahd Al Anaaz	Ishbilya
	Mohammad Al Shahri	Farwaniya
Hawally	Jaber Al Ali	As Shuhada, Ministries Zone
	Al Asfour	Al Rumaithiya Block 7
	Wadha Seaside	West Mishref, Block 2
	Al Farhan	West Mishref, Block 4
	Al Yusufeen	Al Salmiya, Block 12
	Al Mazeni	Al Shaab Seaside, Block 8
Mubarak Al Kabeer	Mohammad bin Al Hanfiya	Al Adaan, Block 3
	Maudhi Al Sultan	Sabah Al Salem, Block 2
	Dr. Abdulla Al Otaibi	Mubarak Al Kabeer, Block 4
	Mohammad Falah Al Dallak	Al Qurain, Block 1
	Al Hafiz bin Kaseer	Al Qasour, Block 5
	Al Aaz bin Abdus Salam	Al Adaan, Block 2
Ahmadi	Mutlaq Al Khazam	Fahaheel, Block 8
	Hilal Al Otaibi	Fahaheel, Block 2
	Saeed bin Zaid	Al Ahmadi, Block 2
	Ali Sabah Al Salem Outskirts	Ali Sabah Al Salem Outskirts, Block 9
	Al Dhaher Outskirts	Al Dhaher, Block 1
	Al Hamdan	Al Fintas, Block 3
Jahra	Abdulla bin Al A’rkum	Al Ayoun, Block 1
	Ka’ab bin Zaid Al Ansari	Saad Al Abdulla, Block 4
	Mohammad Al Rataam	Al Jahra, Block 92
	Sahen Al Ablaan	Al Naeem, Block 1
	Dagheem Al Shammri	Al Naseem, Block 1
	Abu Muslim Al Kholani	Al Sulaibiya, Block 6

Masajed Information in Arabic (Courtesy of Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic Affairs - Mosque Sector)

CLICK HERE for the article from Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in English.
CLICK HERE for the article from Minsitry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs - Mosque Sector in Arabic.

CLICK HERE for the post on Qiyaam Al Layl in Kuwait.
CLICK HERE for the post on the 'Start of Ramadan 1435 - 2014'.
CLICK HERE for the post on the 'Working hours across Kuwait for Ramadan 1435 - 2014'.
CLICK HERE for the post on last year's Qiyam Schedule and Qari list Ramadan 1434 - 2013.
CLICK HERE for the post on last year's Ramadan 1434 - 2013.

Ramadan 2014 working hours

Ramadan 1435 which coincides with July 2014 leads to some changes in Kuwait. The working hours of employees for government sector reduces from 35 hours a week to 25 hours a week. On the other hand, for private firms, it is reduced from 48 hours to 36 hours a week. Basically, 2 hours is removed from each day. This is the privilege that the government of Kuwait provides for the people during the month of Ramadan. The official timings for the government sectors are provided by the Assistant Undersecretary for Diwan Affairs & Manpower at the Civil Service Commission (CSC) which are as follows (These take effect from Sunday, 29/06/2014):

The following government bodies are functioning from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm.

Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Public Authority for Youth and Sports.

Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.

Environment Public Authority.

Ministry of Justice

Public Authority for Industry.

Ministry of Public Works.

Public Authority of Minor Affairs.

Ministry of Higher Education.

Kuwait General Administration of Customs.

Ministry of Communications.

Kuwait Fire Service Directorate.

Ministry of Education.

Credit and Savings Bank.

Ministry of Information.

Zakat House.

Public Authority for Housing Welfare.

Kuwait Municipality.

Kuwait Ports Authority.

Civil Service Commission.

Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources.

National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters.

Rest of the government bodies will work from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm.

Words of caution, the work pace in the month of Ramadan in Kuwait slow down. Also, for the above mentioned times, people will be taking break during the Noon prayers (Zuhr) which is around 11:50 am. So one will not find people sitting at the tables between 11:50 am till around 12:30 pm. So one should keep this in mind as one's patience will be tested.

CLICK HERE to see the post about work hours on 'Indians in Kuwait'.

CLICK HERE to see the article about Ramadan work hours on 'Arab Times'.

CLICK HERE to see the post about the 'Start of Ramadan 2014'.

CLICK HERE to see the post about Last year's Ramadan 2013 working hours.

Ramadan Buffet at restaurants in Kuwait and their prices can be checked out at the 248am Blog post by Mark. CLICK HERE

Working Hours for different places in Kuwait. Also being collected and compiled by other internet users. CLICK HERE to check out Kuwait Upto Date's collection

Working hours for different places in Kuwait.

• 360 Mall Timings.
• Retail - 11 am until 3 pm.
• Retail - 8:30 pm until 1 am.
• Restaurants & Cafes - 5 pm until 2 am.
• Geant Hypermarket - 10 am until 1 am.
• Geant Hypermarket - 10 am until 2 am.  ( Last 2 days of Ramadan )
• Cinema - 9 pm until 2 am.
• Cinema - CLOSED ( Last 10 days of Ramadan )
• Entertainment - 7:30 pm - 12:30 am
• The Flight Experience - 7 pm - 12 am (midnight)
• Kout Mall Timings
• Retail - 11 am - 3 pm.
• Retail - 8:30 pm - 1 am.
• Restaurants & Cafes - 5:30 pm - 2 am.
• The Avenues Mall
• Avenues operating hours - 8 am to 2 am.
• Most stores - 10 am to 4 pm.
• Most stores - 8 pm to 1 am.
• Carrefour Hypermarket - 10 am to 2 am.

Banks across Kuwait

• Kuwait Finance House (KFH)
• From Saturday to Thursday - 10 am to 1:30 pm.
• Airport Branch - All Week - 4 am to 6 pm , 9 pm to 2:30 am.
• Gulf Bank - 10 am to 1:30 pm.

Ministry of Interior

• Trucks on the Main highways are banned during the following hours
• Sunday - Thursdays - 7:30 am to 9:30 am.
• Sunday - Thursdays - 12:30 pm to 3 pm.

Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)

• Office Timing - Sunday to Thursday - 10 am to 2 pm
• Civil ID delivery - Sunday to Thursday - 10 am to 5:45 pm

The Scientific Center of Kuwait

• Sunday to Fridays - 9 pm to 12 am (midnight).
• Saturday - 10 am to 1 pm.
• Saturday - 9 pm to 12 am (midnight).
• Ticket Prices for Aquarium - KD 1.750
• Ticket Prices for Discovery Place - KD 1.000

Xcite Alghanim

• Saturday to Thursday - 10 am to 3 pm (All Branches)
• Saturday to Friday - 8 pm to 1 am (All Branches)
• Avenues Mall - Saturday to Friday - 10 am to 4 pm & 8 pm to 1 am.
• Marina Mall - Saturday to Friday - 10 am to 4 pm & 8 pm to 1 am.

PaintBall Kuwait

• Timings - 8:30 pm to 2 am.

Al Daman Inspection Center

• Ministry of Interior Vehicle Inspection - Sunday to Thursday - 10 am to 2 pm.
• Ministry of Interior Vehicle Inspection - Sunday to Thursday - 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm.
• Al Daman Services - Saturday to Thursday - 10 am to 6 pm.
• Al Daman Services - Saturday to Thursday - 8:30 pm to 2 am.

Al Badri Cultural Complex (Islamic Religious Books are available across many shops in multiple languages) (Hawally - Al Muthana Street and Hasan Al Basri Street) (Dar-us-salam is one of them)

• Saturday - Thursday - 10 am to 2 pm.
• Saturday - Friday - 10 pm to 12 midnight.
• For Map Location on Google Maps - CLICK HERE

Kuwait Central Blood Bank

• Sunday - Thursday - 10 am - 2 pm.
• Sunday - Thursday - 8 pm - 1 am.
• Saturday - 8 pm - 1 am.

Kuwait International Automobile Club (KT)

• Saturday - Thursday - 9:30 am - 1 pm.
• Saturday - Thursday - 9 pm - 11 pm.