What is the setting of Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani?

Although each story is set in similar locations, the specific settings for each story are different. "Men in the Sun" begins in Basra with four men who want to be smuggled to Kuwait, which they see as a land of opportunity. Two of the men, Assad and Marwan, live in the Shatt hotel in Basra. In order to get to Kuwait, they allow Abul Khaizuran to smuggle them in a water tank on his lorry. They pass through the customs station at Safwan easily, but the delay at the customs station in Mutlaa results in the deaths of the men being smuggled. The story ends in Kuwait where Abul Khaizuran dumps the corpses of his companions.