Kuwait Kulture
We all learn the alphabet pretty early in life, and we all know that A is for apple and B is for ball, but did you know that A is also for ‘al abraaj’, which represents our water towers which are a national l
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
Attention all outdoor lovers! It’s the most wonderful time of the year… KASHTA SEASON. It’s time to grab your camping gear and enjoy the great outdoors. While there is no shortage of kashta rentals to choos
Current IJSBA Jet Ski World Series champion Mohammed Burbayea will enter into the 2022 tournament to defend his title for a third time in a row. In order to do so, he will need to become the overall points leader
It’s that time of year again. But this year, things are looking up*. After two years of spending Ramadan in tight restrictions and lockdowns, curfews and public health measures to fight Coronavirus, we’re bac
Ready to pack your car and head out to the desert? It’s a fun activity that’s decidedly Kuwaiti. Friends or family members head out to the dunes to barbeque, play games and spend the day in the beautiful sand
A couple of weeks ago I had fallen into a weaving rabbit hole. I was researching looms, techniques, materials and designs and then I came across Sadu weaving resources. I had always thought that Sadu was about th
We were driving on the Fifth Ring Road to the Avenues for work when we started counting billboards that were advertising some kind of cosmetic procedure. Almost every one of them was telling us that we needed to
When I was younger, I was constantly being told by grandparents and older relatives that our biggest problem as a generation was our lack of an Arab identity. Back then, I just scoffed and told them they were old
Traveling around Kuwait, you may have seen the occasional fridge on the edge of a road, and wondered what these are for. It’s to distribute free food stuffs for those in need. Now a new initiative is taking pla
Two dates remain deeply etched in my memory. May 16, 2005, and May 17, 2009. The first date marks Kuwait’s parliament passing the law for women’s rights to vote and run for office, while the latter saw the of
When salons were ordered to close their doors in March you might have heard a collective gasp from women all over the country. Since then there have been memes, jokes and the overdone making fun of women for bein
We love shopping and eating out but we often feel guilty because of the environmental costs. However, over the years we have been seeing a slow but sure behavioral shift towards greener lifestyles in Kuwait. Pre
