Each year, the RunQ8 10K Run/Walk is organized by the Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute (FSRI) and Agility to raise awareness and generate support for a selected health initiative in Kuwait. This year’s eve

By Qout Market Qout Market, the first large farmer’s market in Kuwait, will be launching this year in November. It will be held on the first Saturday of every month throughout the growing season and will last u

Finding a good bookstore in Kuwait is difficult, so when we found one with a wide selection and a cause, it was like hitting the jackpot. Four days before Q8 Books’ grand re-opening, its new owner, Fajer Ahmed,

By KCCC and UHN Among women living in Kuwait, Breast Cancer continues to be the most frequently diagnosed cancer with as many as 367 new cases diagnosed in 2009, more than twice as many as Colorectal Cancer (the

We recently got to sit down with Miranda Winkler, a half Indonesian American who has lived in Kuwait for a little over 5 years now. As an Origami hobbyist, pencil artist and, more recently a painter as well, she c

Landmark Group marks a new milestone with the opening of the biggest Centrepoint and Home Centre stores in Kuwait. With a new home at The Avenues, the local market is in for a definite retail treat. Make sure to

By Abrar AlShammari It was ecstasy – no, euphoria is the right word. But no, euphoria has a bit too much energy in it to describe what it had been. Perhaps, then, bliss would be the appropriate word. Yes, bliss

As I type this, the Halloween decorations are being hoisted up and around me. So, to get into the spirit, it only seems fitting to poke my head out from behind the cobwebs, around the coffin, from under the perche

When Miley Cyrus took to the stage for the VMA’s last month, she did so without a lot of expectation that she might do anything…well, noteworthy. As it turns out she did, and it created an absolute typhoon of

In the beginning...there was a him and a her - and nobody’s agreed on anything since. In this column, we present both sides, as if we may eventually come to a conclusion...you decide! he said... For most men (

“When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?” Christina Aguilera Just about anyone who is...well...”anyone” is an active Facebook user. Let’s

Eid-al-Adha is the ultimate holiday, provided you celebrate it in your home country with close family and friends. Traditional holidays flourish in your traditional landscape, whereas Eid as an expat in a Muslim c