17The elections took place on 17 May 2008. It was no surprise that Hind lost, especially after some newspapers reported what she had said at the meeting. One well-known newspaper had a banner headline reading: Casting Doubt on the Patriotism of Citizens: Hind al-Tarouf says Kuwaitis Don’t Deserve to Have Kuwaiti Citizenship.
There was a mournful atmosphere in the diwaniya, given the reaction in the newspapers that attacked my aunt. The Boracay gang knew the result before it was declared. Hind’s defeat was no surprise to me: the real surprise was that Nouriya had carried out the threat she made when she came to visit. She had been telling the truth when she warned me and now she had done it. It wasn’t unexpected that Grandmother would stop paying me my allowance, but for Aunt Hind to do so
