Between the rain storms, we were delighted to welcome 14 members of the Friends of Museé d’Orsay, headed by their President, Mr. Jean-Louis Milin on a visit to Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah this past Friday, 9 November. Coming up from Abu Dhabi, they enjoyed an insiders tour of The al-Sabah Collection by assistant curator, Mutlaq al-Juraid in the morning, followed by a guided tour of exhibitions at the Amricani Cultural Centre; “Splendors of the Ancient East”, “Long Ago Zoo”, “Loans from the Kuwait National Museum” and “Story of Amricani” given by DAI volunteer docents Maha al-Essa and Fatema Dashti.