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I was ready to share with you my sorrows about leaving my ‘unlasting home’ called Kuwait (check out Mai Al Nakib’s book!) and about the new way of life across the borders in the new land of dreams and oppor

By Rasha Ezzeddine Incoming! The season of singing and dancing begins, where all the creative houses are torn between wondering how and when they will break this mold of advertising, and at the same time fight

I joke about being ready for the robot uprising all the time, I changed my phone’s name to AI Overlord a couple of years ago and truly believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) hasn’t peaked yet. Not because

February is always a very special month in Kuwait. So special in fact that the whole month is seen as a month of celebration as it’s affectionately referred to as “Hala Febrayer” where stores prepare offers

The noise, the anticipation and the excitement was in full flow as the Qatar National Team walked onto the Al Bayt Stadium pitch to take on Ecuador and officially commence the first ever FIFA World Cup to take pl

His hands are not soldierly. They are small, an alabaster white. And when he first comes into my office, he forgets where he is, who I am, and salutes. Almost immediately, he realizes his mistake, saying, “Sorr

If you haven’t had the time to Netflix and chill recently, we strongly recommend that you do and start with The Cage - it will definitely bring back waves of nostalgia if you grew up in Kuwait! This eight-epi

There is a farm near Wafra that, if truth be told, is more zoo than farm. To begin with there is a row of cages teeming with monkeys and green and yellow parrots. Under the palms there are wiry, rickety pens for

She sits in the shade, on a small three-legged wooden stool, her back snuggly against a tree, looking out over the harbor. Meanwhile, the wife, with friends and assorted children, are lounging in the green grass,

For as long as I can remember, I read books to escape, and my favorite genres have always been Sci-Fi and Fantasy. I am often looking for elaborate world building, surprising plots, and layered character developm

The sun is out, so are the suntan oil bottles. Judging by the amount of random places and Instagram stores that offer suntanning oil, assuming that everyone in Kuwait is obsessed with looking darker would be very

The books on the shelves of Bliss and Paper bookshop have been on a long journey. The bookshop has withstood several location and name changes before re-opening in August 2021 in its current location in Dasman co

With the seaside to his right, a cluster of dusty palms and no-nothing grass to his left, he strides down the Corniche, snorting like some water buffalo, clasping those tiny barbells in both hands, swinging his a
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