Breaking Barriers
“Breaking Barriers” composed by Dr Hamid al-Koot. The compositions of Dr Hamid al-Koot have a Western music adaptation intertwined with Blockbuster movie music. Through his composition, the composer is attempting to introduce new compositional ideas into Kuwaiti repertoire while trying to bring the Kuwaiti music composition into international music standards. Thus, reaching the modern audience […]
Dr. Saleh Baraka Al-Saeedi. “Al-Hilali Epic Journey”
Dr. Saleh Baraka Al-Saeedi’s lecture titled, ‘Al-Hilali Epic Journey’. In this lecture, we will review a historical account of the reasons for the al-Hilali migration and the role of each of the narrators and storytellers in tracking these stories. We will try to determine if the Hilalians really migrated from Najd, as is narrated, and […]
Calligraphy workshop
Arabic Calligraphy workshop by Calligrapher Ali Al Bidah at Yarmouk Cultural Centre
“Nature Lover” by Mr. Bakr Musa al-Bakr
A seminar titled “Nature Lover”, presented by Mr. Bakr Musa al-Bakr. The seminar focuses on agriculture and green nature. It summarizes the agricultural journey of Mr. al-Bakr, starting in the 50’s, in Kuwait.
The Revealing
Music Night titled “The Revealing”, features Eslam Fares, Maha Hanafi, and the al-Saltana Band. The band has about 35 years of experience and has participated in various music nights at Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah for more than a decade. It has also made appearance on Kuwait TV and participated in different concerts by the National Council […]
H. E. the Ambassador of Thailand Toured The al-Sabah Collection
H. E. the Ambassador of Thailand, Mr Rooge Thammongkol and Mr David Sulzberger given a tour of The al-Sabah Collection by Mutlaq al-Juraid, Assistant Curator of The al-Sabah Collection, and of the conservation department by Abdulaziz al-Duweesh.
Alison Shan Price. “From Shakespeare to Southern Arabia:Doreen Ingrams (1906 – 1997)”
From Shakespeare to Southern Arabia: Doreen Ingrams (1906 – 1997), co-founder of the “Ingrams Peace”. From the Series ‘The Middle East & Victoria’s Women’ presented by Alison Shan Price. During World War 2, in April 1943, Doreen Ingrams, former actress and key player in the establishment of the ten-year intertribal ‘Ingrams Peace’ in the Hadhramaut, accompanied […]
H. E. Australian Ambassador to Kuwait Visited the Amricani Cultural Centre
His Excellency Mr. Jonathan Gilbert, Australian Ambassador to Kuwait, paid a visit to the Amricani Cultural Centre and toured al-Fann: Art from the Islamic Civilization, featuring objects from The al-Sabah Collection. He showed special interest in various galleries, as well as the museum itself.
Mr. Osama al-Ayoub
Mr. Osama al-Ayoub, former senior officer at KIA and his accompanying delegation ambassador John Bolton, Mr. Robert Agostinelli, and Mr. Steven Langman, co-founders of Rhone group visited Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah at the Amricani Culrural Centre (ACC). They toured the current exhibitions; al-Fann: Art from the Islamic civilization in The al-Sabah Collection. They also saw the […]
“Quraish in Pre-Islamic Inscriptions and Non-Islamic Sources”
This Moday, a lecture titled “Quraish in Pre-Islamic Inscriptions and Non-Islamic Sources” presented by Prof. Dr Abdel Hadi Nasser Al-Ajmi. Bio: Prof. Dr Abdul-Hadi Nasser Al-Ajmi is a Kuwaiti researcher interested in Islamic history and the concept of political and legal systems and authority, and their relationship to societies and their development. He has several […]