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by Colin J Brown It’s been an interesting summer, I thought as I applied direct pressure to a friend’s head wound. The gash across his forehead was bleeding profusely, but there was no deformation to his
No, you didn’t misread this article’s title. And no, Kuwait is not creating its own version of Trump referred to as KRUMP. Krumping is an expressive form of dance from the early 2000s, and is characterize
Its 2018, and the digital age. Everything is instant, more accessible, streamlined, faster and at your disposal. There are pros and cons to this-on the one hand, it means that everybody can try whatever they l
Driving along the Arabian Gulf road, the sweep of the sparkling, blue waters is a constant reminder that Kuwait is geographically blessed with proximity to the sea. But the long coastline is underutilized by t
Ah, bonjour mes amis! No, bazaar Magazine is not becoming French, otherwise they would be surrendering to the market trend (see what I did there? If you didn’t see, it’s a WW2 reference). It just seemed ve
Earlier this week, I listened to Henry Blofeld, the “Voice of Cricket” try to explain the game. Apparently, this is no easy task. Cricket consists of slow-motion strategies and vocabulary fascinating to th
Up until a few years ago, a career in psychotherapy in Kuwait was severely discouraged. Very little was known and rarely spoken about mental health and disorders, while the whole subject was largely taboo. It
Riddle me this: What, in essence, belongs to you, but is used by others a lot more than you use it? Once upon a Mortal Kombat comic book, this riddle was the key to unlocking infinite power. The answer, in ca
Dana Winner, an American living in Kuwait, is a testament to how citizenship has nothing to do with transforming a place. Her activism is shaping the evolution of our country. There is no way you will not be
Recently, as part of a group of colleagues spending the day in a professional development workshop, we were required to play a "game." The facilitator gave each 3 beans. Essentially, the beans represented "med
No, this is not in reference to what you hear when you call Tech support. It is rather a metaphor for taking long vacations. As a seasoned professional vacation seeker, I can guarantee you that nothing is more
It seems like only a week ago we were watching E3 2017, and getting excited over new games such as A Way Out. Hard to believe that it’s already been a year, and most of those new games have been released and com
“Wow, you’ve gained weight. What happened?” “Well, it all started somewhere in Lebanon. It is believed that I was born in the summer of 1986. Some meteorologists even claim that it rained that day as if Ea
