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GQ recently published a list of what they think are the 6 best restaurants in Kuwait. The 6 that made the cut are White Robata, Tatami, Dar Hamad, OVO, Roka and Cure.

Roka isn’t open yet and won’t be until the end of the year but the rest you most likely all know about. To check out the GQ article, click here.

Below is the list of things you can do this weekend. As usual, if I missed anything please let me know in the comments:

Thursday
French Movie Night: France de Bruno Dumont
Spongebob at The Gate Mall
Workshop: Palestinian Embroidery

Friday
Spongebob at The Gate Mall

Saturday
Spongebob at The Gate Mall
Come Play with Us! (Chess, Backgammon and/or Scrabble)
Trash Tag: Shuwaikh Free Trade Zone Beach Cleanup
Workshop: How to make homemade horse treats
Art Class: Painting on Wood
Beach Volleyball Tournament

Activities:
Ascend Rock Climbing
Ice Skating at the Winter Games Club
Indoor Karting
Movement Classes at Omni Studio
Roller Blade at Roller Hub
Try Windsurfing
Yoga at Darātma

Museums to Visit:
Abdullah Salem Cultural Center (ASCC)
Amricani Cultural Center Museum
Bait Al Othman Museum
Tareq Rajab Museum

Exhibitions:
Exhibition: Sanad at ASCC
Exhibition: I Am Here – Manuella Guiragossian
Exhibition: My Name Is Woman – Maha AlAsaker
Exhibition: Deconstructed Phyche – Sheikha Al Habishi

The movies below are now showing at Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and VOX:

New This Weekend:
Beast (7.7)
Fall (N/A)

Other Movies Showing:
Bullet Train (7.5)
DC League of Super-Pets (7.9)
Elvis (7.7)
Jurassic World Dominion (6.2)
Minions: The Rise of Gru (7.4)
The Black Phone (7.4)
The Deep House (5.4)
Top Gun: Maverick (8.7)

Classic Movies Showing:
Casino – 1995 (8.2)
Goodfellas – 1990 (8.7)

The films below are also showing at the Scientific Center IMAX theater:

IMAX Movies Showing:
Antarctica
Ocean Odyssey
Turtle Odyssey

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.

Below is the list of things you can do this weekend. As usual, if I missed anything please let me know in the comments:

Thursday
Dino World at The Gate Mall
IFK Movie Night: Rouge

Friday
Dino World at The Gate Mall

Saturday
Dino World at The Gate Mall
Come Play with Us! (Chess, Backgammon and/or Scrabble)

Activities:
Ascend Rock Climbing
Ice Skating at the Winter Games Club
Indoor Karting
Movement Classes at Omni Studio
Roller Blade at Roller Hub
Yoga at Darātma

Museums to Visit:
Abdullah Salem Cultural Center (ASCC)
Amricani Cultural Center Museum
Bait Al Othman Museum
Tareq Rajab Museum

Exhibitions:
Exhibition: Sanad at ASCC
Exhibition: I Am Here – Manuella Guiragossian
Exhibition: My Name Is Woman – Maha AlAsaker
Exhibition: Deconstructed Phyche – Sheikha Al Habishi

The movies below are now showing at Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and VOX:

New This Weekend:
Bullet Train (7.5)
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (5.4)
School of Magical Animals (5.5)

Other Movies Showing:
A Day to Die (3.6)
DC League of Super-Pets (7.9)
Elvis (7.7)
Jurassic World Dominion (6.2)
Minions: The Rise of Gru (7.4)
Paradise Highway (5.3)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (5.6)
The Black Phone (7.4)
The Deep House (5.4)
Top Gun: Maverick (8.7)

Classic Movies Showing:
Casino – 1995 (8.2)

The films below are also showing at the Scientific Center IMAX theater:

IMAX Movies Showing:
Antarctica
Ocean Odyssey
Turtle Odyssey

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.

Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the 1990 Kuwait Invasion. Every year on the anniversary I like to share some links related to the war, here they are:

Free Kuwait
This is a website that focuses on the campaign that was led by Kuwaitis in exile and is loaded with photos and information.

Kuwait Invasion – The Evidence
This is a website that contains over 1,200 pictures taken right after the 1990 invasion as photographic evidence to all the destruction caused by Iraq.

Short movie: Hearts of Palm
Hearts of Palm is a short movie set on August 2nd 1990 and deals with Kuwaiti students living in Miami Florida during the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait.

The Class of 1990
This is a short documentary about reuniting classmates years after the 1990 Iraqi invasion.

Homemade video from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
Video clips taken by a Kuwaiti family during the Iraqi invasion

Desert Storm Photos
Photos taken by soldiers during Desert Storm.

Short Animation: Sandarah
A captivating story based on true events that took place during the 1990 Iraqi invasion.

First Account of Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait
Interviews with various Kuwaitis that were in Kuwait during the 1990 invasion.

Iraqi Invasion Pictures
Photos of the Gulf War aftermath.

BBC Documentary: The Last Flight to Kuwait
A series of documentaries on Iraq begins with a look at the fate of British Airways flight BA149 to the Far East in 1990. As the plane landed in Kuwait, Saddam Hussein invaded, capturing its crew and passengers.

Lessons Of Darkness
This film surveys the disaster of the Kuwaiti oil fields in flames, with little narration and scarcely any interviews. Hell on Earth is presented in such transcendent visions and music that one can only be fascinated by it.

Top photo by Steve McCurry, the rest by Bruno Barbey

Alo Yoga, the Los Angeles-based premium lifestyle/yoga brand is coming to Kuwait soon. Alshaya got the franchise and based on their jobs posting, they are setting up their head office in the UAE and then opening their first store in Kuwait.

Once open, Alo will compete directly with Lululemon so I’d imagine they will be getting a very premium location in The Avenues for their first store.

Below is the list of things you can do this weekend. As usual, if I missed anything please let me know in the comments:

Thursday
The Avenues Carnival
Dino World at The Gate Mall
Scientific Center Summer Festival
The Beach Canteen
Jeudis du cinéma à l’IFK: Z
Nursery Rhyme Time

Friday
The Avenues Carnival
Dino World at The Gate Mall
Scientific Center Summer Festival
The Beach Canteen
Nursery Rhyme Time

Saturday
The Avenues Carnival
Dino World at The Gate Mall
Scientific Center Summer Festival
The Beach Canteen
Nursery Rhyme Time
Interactive Children Book Reading: We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen
Trash Hero: Abu-Alhasaniya Beach Cleanup
Come Play with Us! (Chess, Backgammon and/or Scrabble)
Ceramics Workshop: Qahwa Cups

Activities:
Ascend Rock Climbing
Ice Skating at the Winter Games Club
Indoor Karting
Movement Classes at Omni Studio
Roller Blade at Roller Hub
Yoga at Darātma

Museums to Visit:
Abdullah Salem Cultural Center (ASCC)
Amricani Cultural Center Museum
Bait Al Othman Museum
Tareq Rajab Museum

Exhibitions:
Exhibition: I Am Here – Manuella Guiragossian
Exhibition: My Name Is Woman – Maha AlAsaker
Exhibition: Deconstructed Phyche – Sheikha Al Habishi

The movies below are now showing at Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and VOX:

New This Weekend:
A Day to Die (3.6)
DC League of Super-Pets (7.9)
Paradise Highway (N/A)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (5.6)
Shark Tale (6.0)

Other Movies Showing:
Corrective Measures (4.2)
Elvis (7.7)
Jurassic World Dominion (6.2)
Minions: The Rise of Gru (7.4)
The Black Phone (7.4)
The Deep House (5.4)
The Reef: Stalked (3.7)
Top Gun: Maverick (8.7)

Classic Movies Showing:
Casino – 1995 (8.2)
Seven – 1995 (8.6)

The films below are also showing at the Scientific Center IMAX theater:

IMAX Movies Showing:
Antarctica
Asteroid Hunters 3D
Minions: The Rise of Gru (7.4)
Ocean Odyssey
Turtle Odyssey

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.

For those of you who were looking forward to watching the latest installment of the movie Thor at the cinemas here, you’re going to have to find another place.

According to Alqabas, the Ministry of Information has banned the screening of ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ in Kuwait due to scenes that include gay characters. This shouldn’t come as a surprise anymore, and similar to previous movies that included gay characters, it’s mostly likely going to get banned in other neighboring countries as well.

Below is the list of things you can do this weekend. As usual, if I missed anything please let me know in the comments:

Thursday
The Avenues Carnival
Dino World at The Gate Mall
The Beach Canteen

Friday
The Avenues Carnival
Dino World at The Gate Mall
The Beach Canteen
Workshop: Palestinian Heritage Embroidery

Saturday
Grand Mosque Tour
The Avenues Carnival
Dino World at The Gate Mall
The Beach Canteen
Come Play with Us! (Chess, Backgammon and/or Scrabble)
Trashtag Kuwait – Abu Hassaniya Beach Cleanup
TrashHero – Asherij Beach Cleanup
Ceramics Workshop: Qahwa Cups
Introversion Story Telling with Zahra Al-Mahdi

Activities:
Ascend Rock Climbing
Ice Skating at the Winter Games Club
Indoor Karting
Movement Classes at Omni Studio
Roller Blade at Roller Hub
Yoga at Darātma

Museums to Visit:
Abdullah Salem Cultural Center (ASCC)
Amricani Cultural Center Museum
Bait Al Othman Museum
Tareq Rajab Museum

Exhibitions:
Exhibition: I Am Here – Manuella Guiragossian
Exhibition: My Name Is Woman – Maha AlAsaker
Exhibition: Deconstructed Phyche – Sheikha Al Habishi

The movies below are now showing at Cinescape, Grand Cinemas and VOX:

New This Weekend:
Corrective Measures (4.2)
She Will (5.4)
The Deep House (5.4)

Other Movies Showing:
Around the World in 80 Days (4.7)
Elvis (7.7)
Hot Seat (3.8)
Jurassic World Dominion (6.2)
Minions: The Rise of Gru (7.4)
The Black Phone (7.4)
The Reef: Stalked (N/A)
Top Gun: Maverick (8.7)

Classic Movies Showing:
Ice Age – 2002 (7.5)
Seven – 1995 (8.6)

The films below are also showing at the Scientific Center IMAX theater:

IMAX Movies Showing:
Antarctica
Asteroid Hunters 3D
Minions: The Rise of Gru (7.4)
Ocean Odyssey
Turtle Odyssey

Numbers in brackets refer to the IMDB rating at time of publishing.

This is a very specific post to help anyone ever looking for Loctite products in Kuwait. If there is a specific Loctite product you can’t find at hardware stores like Ace, the Loctite distributor is located in Shuwaikh. A friend for example needed Loctite 660 and he couldn’t find it anywhere except at the dealer. The shop has a generic name and is called Al-Hashemi Const. Materials. They are also dealers for other brands including Devcon, Never-Seez and Moly Slip. If you try to find the place on Google Maps it will take you to the wrong location (their old shop), the actual location is here (inside this plaza).

During the holiday I got a sneak peek tour of the new indoor climbing wall arena opening in Sabah Al Salem (Map). I knew it was pretty big before I got there but in person, it was even bigger than I imagined. The climbing wall covers three sides of a very large space and will be able to handle over 25 climbers at the same time.

There are different climbing difficulty levels and one section is even dedicated to sport climbing. The sport climbing section has timer start buttons at the bottom of the climb and a stop timer button on the top of the wall. That section is certified for competitions and is similar to the one athletes compete in during the Olympics.

While there I also checked out Ozone next door, the indoor skydiving which I posted about a couple of weeks ago. This is going to be the third indoor skydiving center in the region with the other two located in Bahrain and the UAE, but our center will have the most powerful wind tunnel of the three. Both Ozone and the Climbing Wall are expected to open very soon, within 2-4 weeks, they’re just waiting for the electricity to be turned on so they can finish up the remaining work which is minimal.

Right now Ozone is running an early bird promotion where you can get 20% discount on your first flights in the wind tunnel, if you want to take advantage and pre-book, here is the link.

Climbing Wall is on Instagram @climbingkw while Ozone is @o3_kw

Below is the list of things you can do this coming holiday week. As usual if I missed anything please let me know in the comments:

Thursday
The Avenues Summer edition
Kuwait Fitness, Food and Nutrition Expo 2022
Scientific Center Summer Festival
Ice Skating at the Winter Games Club
Indoor Karting

Friday
The Avenues Summer edition
Kuwait Fitness, Food and Nutrition Expo 2022
Workshop: Make Your Own Paper
Scientific Center Summer Festival
Ice Skating at the Winter Games Club
Roller Blade at Roller Hub
Indoor Karting

Saturday
Grand Mosque Tour
The Avenues Summer edition
Kuwait Fitness, Food and Nutrition Expo 2022
Miseen Scene Club: Easter Parade (1948)
Scientific Center Summer Festival
Ice Skating at the Winter Games Club
Roller Blade at Roller Hub
Indoor Karting

Sunday
The Avenues Summer edition
Ice Skating at the Winter Games Club
Roller Blade at Roller Hub
Indoor Karting
Dance Class: Beginners Heels Techniques
Ceramics Workshop: Qahwa Cups

Monday
The Avenues Summer edition
Ice Skating at the Winter Games Club
Roller Blade at Roller Hub
Indoor Karting
Stranger Things Watercolors Experience

Tuesday
Ice Skating at the Winter Games Club
Roller Blade at Roller Hub
Indoor Karting
Stranger Things Watercolors Experience

Wednesday
Ice Skating at the Winter Games Club
Roller Blade at Roller Hub
Indoor Karting
Ceramics Workshop: Mud Mug

Museums to Visit:
Abdullah Salem Cultural Center (ASCC)
Amricani Cultural Center Museum
Bait Al Othman Museum
Tareq Rajab Museum

Exhibitions:
Exhibition: I Am Here – Manuella Guiragossian
Exhibition: My Name Is Woman – Maha AlAsaker
Exhibition: Deconstructed Phyche – Sheikha Al Habishi