Tales

Sheikh Jarrah is a Palestinian neighborhood in Occupied East Jerusalem. If you had never heard of it before, it is more than likely that you now have. The neighborhood is at the heart of the [...]

As a kid in the 90’s, i was introduced to seashells by my mum who used this very unusual seashell door curtain at home and preserved it almost like jewels. She also had some ‘Cowrie’ [...]

The Kuwaiti economy, before the discovery of oil, depended heavily on maritime activities. Kuwait was a center for ship building, pearl diving, and fishing were important commercial activities. Until 1961 the Indian Rupee was the [...]

The film, The Cruel Sea, directed by Khalid Al Siddiq, was the first Kuwaiti films to be produced. It was selected as the Kuwaiti entry to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy [...]

Kuwait’s heart beats to the rhythm of its Sea. Its music, its history, its culture and its economy are all intrinsically entwined with the Arabian Sea, connecting it by trade to so many other lands [...]

There is no way that I could go about my day or tackle the work I have to do without my support system, which includes many people of course, but today I’m going to tell [...]

It is not a secret that I’m a huge fan of old Hollywood movies. I’ve seen a lot of the classics, however, there is a lot I haven’t seen yet. Since Valentine’s Day is around [...]

My favorite place in Kuwait is Souq Al Mubarikya. The Souq is the one of the oldest markets in Kuwait and has been around for 200 years. It was the center of trade prior to [...]

After the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, the rag-and-bone who had been ousted from Paris built the first merchant villages in Saint-Ouen. These wandering scavengers were nicknamed “bone pickers”, “rag grabbers” and “street grubbers”, and also, [...]