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Jawar obtained at Doctor of Philosophy in political science from Florida State University and worked as a professor at Kuwait University before being elected to the National Assembly in 1996.
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On December 4, 2008, Jawhar, Musallam First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Barrak, Marzouq AlـHubaini, Ali AlـDeqbasi, and Abdullah AlـBarghash submitted a draft law calling for the granting of Kuwaiti citizenship to all bidun (stateless) residents in the country. The bill proposes that citizenship be granted to all bidun who were included in the 1965 census and who have no criminal record. The new draft law differs from previous bills as it does not impose any restrictions on the naturalization of bidun and does not set a ceiling for the number of bidun that can be granted citizenship.
They also suggested that the families of individuals who have died in service to the country be naturalized.
The latest statistics reveal that more than 80,000 bidun currently reside in Kuwait. Jawhar has an ongoing feud with Education Minister Nouriya First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Sabeeh.
In October 2008, Jawhar submitted a parliamentary request to publicly question First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Sabeeh about her plans to introduce electronic learning into the school curriculums. On November 28, 2008, Jawhar joined MPs Abdullah First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Roumi, Khaled AlـSultan Bin Essa, Musallam First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Barrak, and Marzouq AlـHubaini First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Azmi in formulating a bill to extend the mandatory retirement age for Kuwaiti teaching staff at Kuwait University from 65 to 70 years.
They argued that Item 32 of Law northern
15/1979 has denied the country services of able and intelligent academicians by restricting retirement age of Kuwaitis to 65 years. They recommended that a clause be added to the law such that the retirement age can become 70 years and can further be extended to 75 years.
