Saud Al Sanousi
This summer, I sat down with Saud Al Sanousi, the playwright of Kuwaiti musical Muthakarat Bahhar. It was…
Zahrah Al Ghamdi: A Saudi Woman’s Artistic Journey with Patience
A joint study on teenagers led by Bilkent in Turkey has formed a frightening and disheartening conclusion. Instead…
Mohammed Nassem: Reorienting Selfhood Through Design and Typography
"Orient:a place in the East,a verb of alignment and positioning, Orientation:a direction, a relative position of something or…
Boom.Diwan: An Applied Ethnomusicological Approach to the Revival of the Kuwaiti Bahri Music Spirit
Although I was born in Kuwait, my father was a diplomat and I was raised in Syria, Japan,…
Rethinking Car Culture in Bahrain
A well-built and sturdy transportation infrastructure can be extremely beneficial to a metropolis, as mobility is essential to…
An Underestimated Force: The Case of Female Entrepreneurship in Kuwait
Amira1 started her business, an independent coffee shop, at the age of 25. She would have started sooner,…
Cracking the Mold: The Case Against Binary Gender
In all unambiguously patriarchal societies—that is, in most societies of documented history and of the present1—binary models of…
Ithra: Saudi Arabia’s Innovative Cultural and Creative Hub
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture is the newest addition to the thriving cultural scene in the…
Deema Turkomani: The Growth and Future of Women in Khaleeji Entertainment
In the previous year, an explosion of indie groups in Bahrain have appeared on the music scene. From…
My Adventure to One&Only Nyungwe House Rwanda
Like many people around me, I didn’t know much about the African country Rwanda, which was the exact…
Mohammad Sharaf: The Critical Designer
It is easy to come to the conclusion that Mohammad Sharaf (37) is an exceptional designer. His poster…
Khaleeji Literature: The Khaleeji Creative Imagination and its Impact on Identity
As a Khaleeji and an individual who is interested in the field of higher education and its development,…