BOUSHAHRI GALLERY

Boushahri Gallery is pleased to invite you to attend the opening of the second ceramics exhibition for a group of artist from: Kuwait, Britain, Italy, Egypt and Iraq.

Date:          Tuesday, 18th May, 2010

                        Until Thursday, 17th June, 2010

Time :        7:00 PM

Boushahri Gallery is located in Salmiya, Baghdad street, Building 36, in front of Al Laheeb Mosque. For more information please call: 2562 1119.

A.W.A.R.E. CENTER

Tuesday, 1st June, 2010

Diwaniya: “Multicultural and Cross-Cultural Counseling” by LizNoel Duncan.

Working as a clinical therapist in Kuwait, Liznoel Duncan is used to working with people from many different cultures.

Tuesday, 8th June, 2010

Diwaniya: “The Sponsorship System in Kuwait’ by Dr. Khalid Al-Jenfawi.

In recent years, Kuwait has attracted a lot of unwanted attention from human rights watch groups over its controversial sponsorship system. New labor laws have been passed as an attempt to solve the various problems encountered by expatriate workers in Kuwait.

Tuesday, 15th June, 2010

“Challenges of Driving in Kuwait” by Dr. Yusuf Yaqoub.

Traffic jams, scarcity of parking, reckless driving and absence of an effective public transport system are just a few problems faced by people on the roads in Kuwait. 

Tuesday, 29th June, 2010

Diwaniya: “K’S PATH- Working to Protect Kuwait’s Habitat” by Olivia Kimble.

The last two decades have seen significant change in Kuwait.  Several severe environmental catastrophes coupled with the military devastation from the 1991 gulf war have had a cataclysmic effect on Kuwait’s ecosystem. Kuwait lacks the effective environmental and animal welfare laws and enforcement needed to protect its natural residents.

The AWARE Center organizes many events (not listed above) throughout the year. For more information please call: 2533 5280 or email info@aware.com.kw.

DAR AL FUNOON

Wednesday, 30th May, 2010*

Time :        7:00 PM

Dar Al Funoon invites you to a joint exhibition of:

Artist:        Ibrahim Jawad Al Attiyah

Born in Kuwait in 1977, Ibrahim Jawad Al Attiyah studied at the Institute of Fine Arts Kuwait. Since 1997 Ibrahim has participated to a number of regional exhibitions and biennales. The collection presented at Dar Al Funoon are his most recent works inspired from the ethnic hadicrafts of the Sadu with the symbols and patterns of the desert culture.

Artist:        Abdul Rahim Saleh Al Attiyah

Born in Kuwait in 1980 Abdulrahim Saleh Al Attiyah studied Art At the Institute of Fine Arts Kuwait, he works with a variety of media such as oil painting, water color, and sculpting in ceramic copper and Iron, Abdul Rahim will present four exquisite wood sucultures mostly conical forms with Arabic calligraphy.

* Exhibition continues through June.