“Fewer than a dozen families,” Sulaiman stated.
Khalid turned toward him. “Not if you count the naturalized Christian Arabs who came to Kuwait in the fifties and sixties.”
“I’m talking about native Kuwaitis who have been here from long ago.”
“But you all stick together, anyway.” Khalid’s tone hovered between admiration and criticism. “You attract each other, like magnets.”
“Isn’t that true for all minorities?” Sami suggested. “I mean that happens by necessity everywhere in the world, no matter what the faith.”
Sami had no idea where the talk about religion was leading. Sulaiman hadn’t mentioned it in their meeting last night. There must be a reason for Khalid to bring it up now. An evaluation tool? The man had no idea how ineffective that would be in Sami’s case. He decided to divert
