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Watching a film with your parents as an adult is a different experience from watching one as a child. You can finally appreciate the jokes that went over your head, recognize the compromises behind a long marriag
Science fiction has always been less about the future and more about right now — the anxieties we can't name, the systems we've stopped questioning, the versions of ourselves we haven't yet confronted. These bo
Some days, you have barely done anything and yet feel as though you have run a marathon. The laundry is still in the basket, your inbox is full, and somehow you are exhausted by lunchtime. While sleep, nutrition,
Forget elaborate dinner parties. These are the kitchen basics that make everyday life infinitely better There comes a point in adulthood when cereal for dinner stops feeling like a quirky lifestyle choice and
Somewhere along the way, being a person became a full-time improvement project. Your sleep needs optimizing, your protein intake needs maxxing, your face needs upgrading, your morning routine needs a better morni
There is a familiar rhythm to weekends in Kuwait. A late breakfast, a coffee somewhere new, perhaps a little shopping, dinner with friends and the inevitable conversation about where to go next. There is nothing
Some people can turn a chance encounter into a conversation you remember for weeks. They ask unexpected questions, make connections you hadn't considered, and leave you feeling as though you've been properly seen
Bahraini filmmaker and content creator Omar Farooq has been appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), recognising ne
Learning something new sounds deceptively simple. Pick a skill, find a tutorial, practise and eventually become good at it. In reality, the beginning can be messy. There are too many videos, too much informat
Heritage is often presented as something we look at through glass. Beautiful objects, carefully preserved photographs and stories about how people used to live. But some of the most interesting parts of Kuwait's
There is something wonderfully humbling about being bad at something you have just started. You forget how to hold the racket, your first attempt at sourdough looks suspiciously like a science experiment, or the
Much has been written about it, and much will be written about it in the centuries to come, yet the mouth-watering stories around the humble Shawarma stay around to entertain us, feed us, and make us nostalgi
There’s a particular kind of movie that makes you want to book a flight before the credits roll. Maybe it’s the unfamiliar streets, a long train journey, a table at a restaurant you’ve never heard of, or si



