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OCR: 1, hot, flat Kuwait sits in the mal nor thwest corner of the Persian _f, between Iraq and Saudi Gu S It symbolizes the petroleum Arabia. at has transformed the Arab wealth th and the conflicts exacerbated by world - az h. The sheikdom, originally a that wealt of fishing families, emerged collection tion at the turn of the century, from isola ecame a British protectorate. when it b d War II its vast reserves of low After Worl -grade oil were developed, and cost, high- lingly short time, one of the in a start nvironments on Earth became harshest e most comfortable. one of the he Kuwaiti government owns Today to elds; in exchange, its citizens the oil fie