If you are at all curious about what Kuwait or Bahrain look like, here are a few links to a photographer I found on Flickr. She is based in the middle east, but has traveled all over. Her photography is really, really good, the kind that I could just look at forever. These sets will give you a good idea of what these areas look like.

Kuwait - http://www.flickr.com/photos/-lucie-/sets/72157603873263271/

Bahrain - http://www.flickr.com/photos/-lucie-/sets/72157619099943070/