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When Ali Habib can no longer stand the heat outside, when the temperature reaches a sweltering 50 degrees Celsius, he stands up from his chair below a parasol on a street corner and heads to his car. He turns on the air conditioning and cools down for a while. Habib, who spends 12 hours a day selling sunflower seeds to drivers, knows all too well what it feels like to spend a summer in extreme heat. The hot air blowing across Kuwait feels like an oven, making it stifling and hard to breathe. Your skin and hair grow hot in minutes. No one goes outside unless they have to during the day. Kuwait,…

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