Question: Where is the birthplace of the creator of paintings named for the country the Ministry of Defense is located in?

Its minister in charge is a member of the Cabinet of Kuwait. The current minister of defense is Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the current ruler's eldest son. The Kuwait Ministry of Defense (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع الكويتية) is one of the governmental bodies of Kuwait. <SEP> Place des Martyres is the title of a series of over 250 watercolors and drawings executed in New York and Beirut between 1971 and 1974 by Nabil Kanso. The subjects of the works in the series are based on the women headquartered in the red-light district of Beirut city center called el Bourj, and after World War I named Place des Martyrs French for Martyrs’ Place in memory of dozens of Arab nationalists who were hanged in 1915-16 during Ottoman rule. <SEP> the idea for the wolf was born from the need of transporting soldiers safely during missions in an urban environment, and in peacekeeping missions. recently the israeli ministry of defense ordered 150 wolf armoured vehicles from rafael advanced defense systems and an order for carmor, for some to be used in urban combat. this is currently in production. the vehicle's first reported use was by the israel defense forces in operation bringing home the goods on 14 march 2006. <SEP> a government report covered by the guardian in 2002 indicates that between 1940 and 1979, the ministry of defence "turned large parts of the country into a giant laboratory to conduct a series of secret germ warfare tests on the public" and many of these tests "involved releasing potentially dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms over vast swaths of the population without the public being told." the ministry of defence claims that these trials were to simulate germ warfare and that the tests were harmless. still, families who have been in the area of many of the tests are experiencing children with birth defects and physical and mental handicaps and many are asking for a public inquiry. according to the report these tests affected estimated millions of people including one period between 1961 and 1968 where "more than a million people along the south coast of england, from torquay to the new forest, were exposed to bacteria including e.coli and bacillus globigii, which mimics anthrax." two scientists commissioned by the ministry of defence stated that these trials posed no risk to the public. this was confirmed by sue ellison, a representative of porton down who said that the results from these trials "will save lives, should the country or our forces face an attack by chemical and biological weapons." asked whether such tests are still being carried out, she said: "it is not our policy to discuss ongoing research." it is unknown whether or not the harmlessness of the trials was known at the time of their occurrence. <SEP> Kuwait is a group of approximately 40 paintings made by Nabil Kanso in 1990-91 on the Gulf War and Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. The works in the series were first exhibited in Kuwait in March – April 1992 at the Free Atelier Art Center and traveled in June to Caracas for a special exhibit at the Palacio de Gobierno in honor of the Emir of Kuwait’s visit to Venezuela. Then, the exhibition proceeded to Geneva and was held at the Red Cross Museum in July – August 1992.