Samir Mahmoud
“Tuesday Conversation” with Lecturer, Samir Mahmoud at the Yarmouk Cultural Centre.
Dr. Samir Mahmoud. ‘New perspectives on Islamic art: How and why does non-figurative art move us and evoke an emotion?’
Dr. Samir Mahmoud : ‘New perspectives on Islamic art: How and why does non-figurative art move us and evoke an emotion?’ The lecture explored a wide ranging array of interdisciplinary perspectives that try to answer this one question: How and why does non-figurative art move us and evoke an emotion? He will drew on some […]
Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah Named to the MIT Department of Architecture Visiting Committee
Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah has been named to the MIT Department of Architecture Visiting Committee. She was a presidential nominee for the position and will serve a four-year term. MIT’s visiting committees consist of distinguished professionals, including scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, executives, and educators” and function as advisory groups to the university, offering advice and […]
Mr. De Jong Talks About the History of Amricani
Mr. De Jong, the son of the second minister who built the chapel in 1931, seen here talking about the history of Amricani and how life was here during the 1920s. November 17th 2016
Samah Siddiq
Samah Siddiq performs some of the golden songs of Om Kalthoum, composed by Baligh Hamdi and Riadh al-Sunbati under the baton of Maestro Adel Abdul-Aziz.
Spanish Researcher in Linguistic Studies, Begona Bena at the DAI Library
Spanish Researcher in Linguistic Studies, Begona Bena checking out some books in our library at the Yarmouk Cultural Centre.
You Think Kuwait: DAI Museum Youth Council
You Think Kuwait: DAI Museum Youth Council is led by a group of teenagers who seek to raise social awareness on issues concerning the youth of Kuwait and the Middle East, through the creation and organisation of events, workshops and exhibitions, and seeks to provide teenagers with a creative space for innovation of ideas and […]
Dr. Michel Mouton. “Understanding the Oman peninsula in Antiquity: Mleiha, and ed-Dur”
Dr. Michel Mouton is an archaeologist, the Director of scientific research at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), director of the French Center for Archaeology and Social Sciences in the Arabian peninsula. He is the former director of the French archaeological expedition in Sharjah (1991-1999), the French archaeological expedition in Hadramawt (1995-2006) and […]
A Group of Ladies from the Diplomatic Corps in Kuwait Visit Amricani Cultural Centre
A group of ladies from the diplomatic corps in Kuwait visited Amricani Cultural Centre and enjoyed the art work exhibited there. November 12th 2016
The Exhibition “Jerusalem 1000-1400 : Every People Under Heaven”, at the Met museum in New York
These are some impressions captured by Sheikha Hussa al-Sabah during her visit to the exhibition Jerusalem 1000-1400 : Every People Under Heaven which opened recently at the Met museum in New York . This exhibition illuminates the key role the Holy City played in shaping the art of the period between the 11th and 15th […]