Zahra (Zouz) Al-Mahdi: A Peerless Artist, Filmmaker, Writer, and 1st Kuwaiti TED Fellow
Words: Dana AljouderImages: Aziz Al-Motawa & Zahra Al-Mahdi Zahra (Zouz) Al-Mahdi, otherwise known as Zouz the Bird on…
Gender and COVID-19 in the Gulf & Small Businesses
Words: Dr. Melissa LangworthyIllustrations: Fay Charafeddine As restaurants reopen and rumors of airport openings abound, we in Kuwait…
Art Education as a Site for the Carnivalesque: Kuwait
Words: Dr. Jawaher Khaled AlBader Illustrations: Yasmine Darwiche Carnival. Carnivalesque. Celebration. PlayCarnival is not a spectacle seen by the…
Netflix and Its Cultural and Economic Hegemony
Words: Dr. Abdulrahman AlghannamEnglish Translation: Jood AlThukair Illustrations: Mahjabeen Ahmedi Who would’ve imagined that a DVD home delivery…
Colette Dalal Tchantcho, Actor and Theatre Maker: Of Liminality and Beyond, the Black-Kuwaiti Specific Story
Words: Malak Al-SuwaihelImages: Salam Zaied Colette Dalal Tchantcho’s integration of names are hued by the multifarious cultures, and…
Khaleejesque Ramadan Stories: Carina Maceira, Hibiscus and Rose Conchas
Ramadan is one of my favorite times of the year, and I'll be honest it's because of the…
Ramadan Reflections: Re-making Your Kaftan and Lessons for Beyond the Month
The sounds of my grandmother’s favorite Egyptian black and whites and her light laughter every time she passed…
Women Cultural Leaders in the Arab Gulf
We’re celebrating women leaders in the Arab Gulf who are leading dynamic organizations and elevating their communities through…
Lessons from a Solo Female Filmmaker: Don’t Wait for the Right Opportunity, Create it!
Three years ago I decided to take a leap of faith and follow my dreams of being a…
'What Was I Thinking?': An Entrepreneur’s Journey with Optimism
“The crew needs a therapist, you need a therapist…even I need a therapist,” said my manager as he…
Saud Al Sanousi
This summer, I sat down with Saud Al Sanousi, the playwright of Kuwaiti musical Muthakarat Bahhar. It was…
Memory-scapes: Displacement and the Potency of Nostalgia
Mohamad Hafez, Syrian architect and activist-artist Disgruntled with the regime, in February of 2011, fifteen young school boys…