I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for seven years now. I don’t write as much as before but then again there are only a handful of blogs left from that time as most people have quit or migrated to other platforms. I want to thank all …

              AbdulSamad Dashti says he wants to run for Kuwaiti parliament in the coming elections. He  is running to represent Kuwaiti Christians who came to this country 150 years ago. On a lighter seasonal note, …

In Arabian Gulf states, there is a taboo of mentioning one’s mother’s name and a married woman is almost always referred to as Mother of [eldest son's name]. Males are taught from an early age to protect women’s reputation and honour …

March 21st is the date most Arabs celebrate Mother’s Day. In this video clip, Fayza Ahmad sings Sitt Al Habayeb, a song extolling maternal love and appreciation for mothers. I have posted the Arabic lyrics at the bottom and also attempted a brief…

Wishing you, Kuwait, blessings and peace always.   Filed under: Kuwait, Special Occasions

The following clips are promotions by the Commercial bank in Kuwait (Tijari) on the occasion of Kuwait’s 50th Independence anniversary on February 25th and its 20th Liberation anniversary on February 26. These clips feature foreigners living in K…

As we say here, Mubarak 3alaikom e shahar. Wishing you a blessed month of fasting. The big surprise during this Ramadan is the beginning of the three-month trial service period for the Makkah Clock Tower. In the Daily Mail here in London, there is no l…

A while ago I posted about a site called Time Machiner where you write a message and have it delivered sometime into the future  to your email address. I went to check on it and found that the site no longer exists.
When I opened my mail today, I found a message composed on February 4th [...]

Commemorating the 19th year since the liberation of Kuwait in 1991 from the Iraqi invasion of 1990.
On the occasion, I would like to share a favourite positive message, a new song with words by Bader Bourisly and music by Sulaiman Al-Dikan (Al-Daigan) and produced by Yarob Burhama.

(Note: the video is also a sponsored message by [...]

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Dear Jewaira,
My kids want to participate in all the fun of the national day celebrations and you know what that means: spraying foam.
How can I say no and not sound like a scrooge and a party pooper especially when all the other parents around me are buying kids foam by the carton load?
I would welcome [...]

In the following five days, we celebrate a joint occasion: Thanksgiving and Eid ul Adha.
Regardless of what religion you follow and what culture you belong to – and it could be any day really, and anyone passing through here – I hope that during this period we can focus our collective conciousness on the sharing [...]

Around 11 pm, we left the New Year’s party at the in-laws’ house. Mansour kept signaling for me to go to the designated meeting point in his parents’ house so that we could make an unnoticeable getaway to another party he said that was being hosted by some of his colleagues.
Nadia , my sister-in-law, winked [...]