Its summer time! Given the fact that Kuwait is home to a transient population, the majority are already either packing their luggage or en route to exciting locations where they will relax and unwind; a process of

Throughout my schooling, I held a very stereotyped understanding of poverty. To my conditioned and ignorant mind, poverty was indigenous only to developing countries on the other end of the Arabian Sea, in the for

When Sheryll Mairza founded Operation HOPE in 2005, there was little desire beyond just simply helping people. In a letter on her website that clearly documents her own struggle of how best to come to terms with b

To best describe the situation between my team and I, is to say when the cat’s away, the mice will play. Whenever I go on a business trip or a short break, productivity at my department slows down. Most of my

You might have heard about people having green fingers, but here’s one that has a green dream. A civil engineer by profession, a butterfly-lover, a beach (rather than desert) person, an avid recycler, and founde

By Jaye Sonia Let’s face it – the hype around the upcoming fall release of the PS4 and Xbox One has been building for years. We gamers are no strangers to it, either. Most of us have been patiently speculatin

Getting a room full of movie aficionados to agree on anything can be a dangerous task; their tendency to polarize a conversation and spark debate is almost as notable as their ability to entertain. The life-change

Is it acceptable for our manager to raise her voice all the time when she’s talking about issues that are important to her at work?   Some people are passionate about what they believe in or about the visi

By Jaye Sonia Following on from last month’s Q8Con experience documented in May’s bazaar, I met with Meshari Al-Arouj, Khaled Al-Mutairi, and Rashed Rashed, three of the guys behind Q8Con. We met at a small

All things considered, life in Kuwait is pretty easy going. You have a relatively small population, relatively high levels of GDP and HDI (Human development index) when compared to the world at large, and enough r

I first met Mohammad Al Matar, a Captain with the Armed Forces of Kuwait, in 2011, at a race. It was my duty to record the peoples bib numbers and times at which they crossed the finish line. It sure did not help

By Yara Al-Wazir It’s no surprise that in the fast-paced digitally assisted life that we live, things change. When moving away for college, it’s important to realise that you’re not just changing your addr