Second viral clip shows two women fighting in Salmiya souq

By the time the clip ends, the two women have already been pulled apart. Bystanders stand around with their phones still raised, the shouting dies down, and the crowd starts to drift away as if nothing had happened. That’s the moment most people who watched the video online actually saw first.

What they didn’t see was how it started. A new video showing a fight between two women, both described as Asian residents, has started circulating on social media after being filmed at Old Souq Salmiya. It’s the second such clip from the same area to do the rounds recently – as we reported on 31 October, a fight between two women in Old Salmiya souq had already gone viral just days before this one surfaced.

How the story unfolded

Like most viral clips from Kuwait’s markets and streets, this one started with a crowd. Someone nearby began filming as the argument between the two women turned physical. The footage spread quickly once it hit social media, picked up by pages and accounts that share Kuwait street-level videos.

Old Souq Salmiya is a busy, closely packed market area, popular with shoppers and workers from all backgrounds. It’s exactly the kind of crowded public space where a small disagreement can draw a circle of onlookers within seconds, and where someone with a phone is almost always close by.

What exactly triggered the fight isn’t known. The source material doesn’t say whether it was a dispute between strangers, shop staff, customers, or something else entirely. We also don’t know if police were called, whether anyone was taken for questioning, or if either woman needed medical help. None of that has been confirmed, so it would be wrong to guess.

[EDITOR NOTE: a line here on how often these souq disputes get resolved quietly before police even arrive would be useful, if that’s been your experience shopping in Salmiya.]

Why this keeps happening

This is now the second fight video from the same stretch of Old Salmiya souq in a short space of time. That alone says something. Public arguments aren’t new anywhere, but what’s changed is how fast they travel once a phone comes out.

A fight that might once have ended with a shrug and a walk away now has a second life online, watched by thousands of people who weren’t there and don’t know the full story. That pressure – the knowledge that any dispute could be filmed and shared – seems to be exactly what this second video is reminding people of. For many residents, the lesson isn’t really about these two women specifically. It’s a nudge to keep calm in public, because tempers that flare in a crowded souq rarely stay private anymore.

This isn’t the only recent clip from a public space in Kuwait to spread widely. Just this week, readers have also been sharing a video of a driver eating from a pot behind the wheel and an earlier clip of a delivery bike rider filmed by a citizen. Kuwait’s public spaces, it seems, are under more casual scrutiny than ever, with ordinary residents turning into reporters the moment something unusual happens in front of them.

What this means for people living in Kuwait

For expats and citizens alike, the practical point is simple: public disagreements in busy areas like souqs, malls, and markets can end up online within minutes, often without context. If you’re involved in or near a dispute, it’s worth remembering that whatever happens could be filmed from multiple angles by people who have no idea what started it.

For shop owners and market staff in areas like Old Souq Salmiya, repeated incidents like this could also draw more attention from authorities to public order in the area, even if this particular case hasn’t been confirmed as involving any police action. You can find more coverage like this in our local Kuwait news section.

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