Kuwait revokes journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin's citizenship

Kuwait revokes journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin's citizenship Submitted by Rayhan Uddin on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 11:57 The US-born Kuwaiti national was arrested and stripped of his citizenship for 'simply doing his job', lawyers say Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin spent several weeks in jail for sharing images related to the Iran war (Screengrab/Youtube) Off Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, the Kuwaiti -American journalist who recently spent weeks in jail over sharing images related to the US-Israeli war on Iran, has had his Kuwaiti citizenship revoked. “I am free - but many remain behind bars in Kuwait and across the region for speaking the truth. Today, my sisters and I have become part of the more than 50,000 Kuwaitis who have had their citizenship revoked," Shihab-Eldin said in a statement issued on Wednesday by his legal team.