Parliament Spunkadelic

[Kuwait City, May 31. Image via Getty]

Kuwaiti MP Salwa al-Jassar laughs as she attends the inaugural session of the new parliament in Kuwait City on May 31, 2009. Kuwait held a general election on May 16 in which four women were elected for the first time and the number of Islamist deputies was cut by half. AFP PHOTO/YASSER AL-ZAYYAT (Photo credit should read YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)