Dear netters, meanwhile the Kuwaiti Federation has shed some light on the problem of the citizenship of Bashar Ibrahim, UTEP's 1500m runner. Bashar's mother is a Kuwaiti, residing in Kuwait, whereas his father lives in the US and has got Sudanese citizenship. According to Kuwaiti law, youths with Kuwaiti mothers and non- Kuwaiti fathers stay native citizens until the age of 21 and then their Kuwaiti citizenship ceases. So according to Kuwaiti law, Bashar Ibrahim became a Sudanese citizen in 2001.
Winfried Kramer Kohlrodweg 12 66539 Neunkirchen/Germany Association of Track & Field Statisticians Editor of NATIONAL ATHLETICS RECORDS www.saar.de/~kramer
