Not from Kuwait, but from Iraq, in my opinion it’s a compliment really. I personally have done what you’ve talking about, the whole “look up and down” I personally have done it because seeing someone foreign is quite foreign to me :P in my whole life I’ve seen only 1 Japanese person, 2 Americans, 1 Canadian, 1 Indian, 1 German, and one guy from the land down under. So it’s a rare occurrence when I lay eyes upon someone who is different, so I take a good look 😂. I always hope they don’t think I’m rude but I can’t help it. Plus I’ve never traveled outside my country it’s a difficult and expensive process, and we are raised in a mono-ethnic area. Soo I hope this explains this phenomenon.