Yasmena AlMulla

Sep 8, 2024 | nytimes.com | Yasmena AlMulla |Vivian Nereim

But in June, as soaring temperatures strained the country's electrical grid, a Kuwaiti elementary school teacher, Shaikha al-Shammari, found herself leading lessons in the dark when the power suddenly cut out. Last month, she went home to find her own children struggling to cope after the electricity went out there, too, shutting off the air-conditioning.