By James Calderwood, The National, March 9, 2011

KUWAIT CITY // Around 1,000 Kuwaitis gathered yesterday in front of Seif Palace in one of the country's largest anti-government protests. The demonstrators called for the prime minister, Sheikh Nasser Mohammed al Sabah, to be replaced.

The rally, organised by youth groups, is the latest twist in a long-running feud between the government's leader and his political opponents. "We want political parties to be legal and we want the government to leave. We want a real democracy," said Tariq al Mutairi, a member of one of the youth groups that organised the protest. His group is called Kafi, Arabic for "enough."....

Earlier in the day, Kafi had handed out watermelons to members of parliament entering the assembly to attend a regular session. In local parlance, a person who lacks understanding or holds an unrealistic point of view can be called a watermelon....