Kuwaiti citizen Emmanuel Benjamen al-Gharib (kneeling), dressed in traditional Gulf Arab headdress, .., 1999-01-09 (photo)

Kuwaiti citizen Emmanuel Benjamen al-Gharib (kneeling), dressed in traditional Gulf Arab headdress, is appointed Reverend and Pastor of the National Evangelical Church of Kuwait on January 8. Al-Gharib was appointed as the first Gulf Arab head of a church in the conservative Moslem region. Emmanuel Benjamen al-Gharib, 49, became pastor of the Anglican Church of Kuwait in a ceremony attended by a number of Kuwaitis, religious figures and parishioners. (L-R) Rev. Abib Awad, Rev. George Murad, Rev. Salim Sahiyhouni President of the Middle East council of Churches, and Rev. Michel Boghos.