Objects that Never Saw the Light *
Objects that never saw the light*
In a recent exhibition dedicated to the 100 years of the renown Italian company Alessi, one of the display windows showcased objects that never ...
From Pleasure to Knowledge: Capturing the Olfactory Dimension of Heritage
From Pleasure to Knowledge: Capturing the Olfactory Dimension of Heritage
Talk given at Misk Art Week's Creative Forum (December 2021):
Smell, they say, develops ...
A Desert Delicacy
Desert truffles are a much-awaited delicacy in this part of the world. Dependent on the Fall rains, their Spring time arrival is a most anticipated one. H.R. Dickson wrote in his classic The ...
The making of the mashrabiya table
The story of the mashrabiya table started in Kuwait, was fleshed out in Antwerp and physically born in Kabul. It draws its elegant shape from the creative mind of Nedda El Asma...
Mashrabiya Stories: Ghadah Alkandari
A few years ago, my dear friend Ghadah Alkandari filled a turquoise Mashrabiya Notebook with beautiful designs and journal entries.
Mashrabiya Stories: Huda Abdulmughni
MASHRABIYA STORIES:
HUDA ABDULMUGHNI and the local ecology
Kuwaiti photographer Huda Abdulmughni started experimenting with polaroid transfer photography during the first few mont...