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The Kuwait Motor Show starts today and will be taking place at The Avenues. There is also the Gulf Marathon taking place on Saturday and if you’re looking for a new place to ride your bicycle, the Kuwait Motor Town race track will be open to cyclists this Saturday as well. Check out the full list of events below and as usual if I missed anything, let me know in the comments:

Thursday
Exhibition: Art from the Islamic Civilization
Exhibition: Face to Face II
Exhibition: Beyond the Abyss
Motor Show
KMT: Drag Open Day – Roll Race

Friday
Sailing: Friday Morning Race
Motor Show
KMT: Race Car Open Track Day
IAMSERIES Kuwait Karting Championship

Saturday
Exhibition: Art from the Islamic Civilization
Exhibition: Face to Face II
Exhibition: Beyond the Abyss
Gulf Bank 642 Marathon 2021
Trashtag: Doha Beach Cleanup
Sailing: Saturday Cruising
Miseen Scene Club – Mary and Max (2009)
Motor Show
KMT: Cycling Open Day
IAMSERIES Kuwait Karting Championship

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

New This Weekend:
Benjamin the Elephant (3.8)
Clifford the Big Red Dog (6.1)
Coming Home in the Dark (5.7)
Counter Attack (4.9)
Dangerous (5.0)
Fast Vengeance (4.0)
King Richard (6.8)
The Accursed (3.3)
To Olivia (6.4)

Other Movies Showing Now:
13 Minutes (4.7)
A Quiet Place Part II (7.3)
Dune (8.5)
F9: The Fast Saga (5.2)
Halloween Kills (7.4)
Monster Family 2 (4.5)
No Time to Die (7.9)
Norm of the North: Family Vacation (2.8)
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (6.2)
Seal Team (7.2)
Spencer (6.9)
The Addams Family 2 (5.3)
The Marksman (5.6)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (6.5)
Wrath of Man (7.1)

Classic Movies Showing Now:
The Terminator (8.0)

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

IMAX Movies Showing Now:
Antarctica (N/A)
Backyard Wilderness 3D (7.7)
Turtle Odyssey (7.2)

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

Dream Factory who have different escape room experiences now have a Squid Game event that takes place after you and your friends are done completing one of their escape rooms.

Once you’re done with any of their rooms, you get to play the Red Light, Green Light game from the popular tv series and the winner gets a prize. They have a video up on their instagram showing the setup and looks kinda fun. For more photos, check out their instagram @dreamfactorykwt

Yesterday the Kuwait Olympic Committee announced that the 3rd GCC games will be held in Kuwait this coming January 2022. No other information was provided but here is some I managed to dig out:

• The GCC Games include Sailing, basketball, swimming, tennis, gymnastics, weightlifting, futsal, snooker and table tennis.

• The first GCC Games was held in Bahrain back in 2011.

• The second GCC Games was held in Saudi Arabia in 2015.

• The games are held every 4 years and were meant to be held last year but due to Covid got postponed.

• At the first GCC Games Kuwait came first with 14 gold medals, 8 silver and 7 bronze

If you want to stay posted on the 3rd GCC Games you can follow the official Kuwait Olympics account @kuwaitolympic

A couple of days ago the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) updated the Kuwait Mobile ID app with the option to add a digital copy of your driving license. The instruction to do it are only in Arabic so here is a quick how-to:

1) I’m assuming you already have the app and are registered. You need to make sure you have the latest version of the app since the previous versions didn’t have this new feature. The new version was updated 2 days ago and is version 1.9.0.

2) Once logged into the app click on credentials. If your verification level is “Medium” you will now be presented with the option to scan your face similar to how you set up Face ID on the iPhone.

3) Once you are done with the verification process you will then have the option to add your driving license. I have two, a motorcycle license as well as a driving one so I have both showing in the app now.

The reason you want to add your driving license to Kuwait Mobile ID is that in case you forgot or lost your driving license, this digital version will now be accepted by the police.

On a side note, why is the new Sahel app only in Arabic???

The weather is amazing and so all the events are starting to come back. There is so much going on right now I might have to bring back the Events page so I can keep track of everything. Below are all the events I found taking place this weekend, if I missed any, let me know in the comments:

Thursday
Exhibition: Art from the Islamic Civilization
Exhibition: Face to Face II
Kuwait Street Food Festival
Virgin Mobile Pop-up at Bunka
KMT: Drag Open Day – Roll Race
KMT: Car Open Track
Jetski World Championship at Marina Waves

Friday
Fall Festival – Art & Music in Al-Yarmouk
Kuwait Street Food Festival
Virgin Mobile Pop-up at Bunka
Sailing: Friday Morning Race
KMT: Motorcycle Open Track
KMT: Car Open Track
Jetski World Championship at Marina Waves

Saturday
Exhibition: Art from the Islamic Civilization
Grand Mosque Tour
Exhibition: Face to Face II
Sunset Yin/Yang Yoga
KASA Walks: Uncovering Kuwait City
Kuwait Street Food Festival
Natural Dye Workshop
Virgin Mobile Pop-up at Bunka
Shumaymah Desert Cleanup
Sailing: Saturday Sunset Cruising
KMT: Cycling Open Day
Jetski World Championship at Marina Waves
Kuwait Textile Art Association Fall Bazaar

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

New This Weekend:
A Quiet Place Part II (7.3)
13 Minutes (4.7)
F9: The Fast Saga (5.2)
Norm of the North: Family Vacation (2.8)
Overrun (6.3)
The Marksman (5.6)
Under the Stadium Lights (4.0)
Wrath of Man (7.1)

Other Movies Showing Now:
Antlers (6.3)
Cruella (7.4)
Dune (8.5)
Halloween Kills (7.4)
Luca (7.5)
Masquerade (3.8)
Minamata (7.7)
Monster Family 2 (4.5)
No Time to Die (7.9)
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (6.2)
Seal Team (7.2)
Spencer (6.9)
The Addams Family 2 (5.3)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (6.5)

Classic Movies Showing Now:
Blow Out (7.4)

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

IMAX Movies Showing Now:
Antarctica (N/A)
Backyard Wilderness 3D (7.7)
Turtle Odyssey (7.2)

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

Back in July of last year, Adidas took over the Café Coco location in Avenues Phase 3 and a few days ago, the store finally opened up. The new location is actually a ground floor extension to the pre-existing Adidas store that was located upstairs in the SoKu area of Avenues. A lot of people didn’t know there was an Adidas there because it was tucked away, so this new extension right on the main strip provides a lot more exposure.

The ground floor space with the large upstairs area now makes it the largest Adidas store in Kuwait by far. If you want to pass by, it’s right across from Harvey Nichols.

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

New This Weekend:
Masquerade (3.8)
Seal Team (7.2)
Spencer (6.9)
The Toll (5.3)

Other Movies Showing Now:
Antlers (6.3)
Cruella (7.4)
Dune (8.5)
Halloween Kills (7.4)
Luca (7.5)
Minamata (7.7)
Monster Family 2 (4.5)
No Time to Die (7.9)
PAW Patrol: The Movie (6.2)
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (6.2)
The Addams Family 2 (5.3)
The Survivalist (3.3)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (6.5)

Classic Movies Showing Now:
Blow Out (7.4)

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

IMAX Movies Showing Now:
Antarctica (N/A)
Backyard Wilderness 3D (7.7)
Turtle Odyssey (7.2)

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

The 1976 movie “The Message” is one of the classics currently playing at Cinescape’s 1954 movie theater. What not a lot of people know is that the star of the film, Anthony Quinn came to Kuwait back then because of the movie. Kuwait, Libya and Morocco had originally promised to support the making of the film financially, but when it was rejected by the Muslim World League in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait still kept its financial support which is why I think the press conference was held here.

Above is a short clip from the conference which starts with Anthony Quinn and then is followed by the director Moustapha Akkad. If someone knows where I can find the full video, let me know.

Sitting two seats down to the left of Anthony Quinn is also Farouq Abdul-Aziz, the creator and host of the Kuwait Television cultural show “Cine Club” which aired from 1977 to 1992. According to a recent interview I found with Farouq, turns out he was later hired to document the making of Anthony Quinn’s movie “Lion of the Desert“. You can watch a short clip from that interview above.

And completely random but related, I just found out while researching the info above that Farouq was also responsible for the Kuwait scenes in Ron Fricke’s award-winning movie documentary “Baraka”. He had researched and produced those scenes which you can view above. If you haven’t watched “Baraka” or the follow up film “Samsara“, then you’re missing out.

Claudia Al Rashoud has been documenting Kuwait since 1979 when she became the first professional female photojournalist at the Arab Times newspaper. Tomorrow (Wednesday) she is holding a seminar titled ‘Forty-two Years of Documenting Kuwait’ which is open to the public. Claudia will be talking about how her photographic work and how it began in the chaotic conditions of a newspaper darkroom as well as other subjects like why Kuwait’s desert environment and animal welfare are among her major areas of concern.

Date: Wed, November 3, 2021
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Yarmouk Cultural Centre – Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah

If you want to attend the talk you need to register by clicking here.

A bunch of interesting events happening this weekend. Murouj was meant to also have a market this weekend but they had to postpone. I personally signed up for the classic car open track on Saturday although not sure how much actual racing I’ll be doing in my Alfa. All Kuwait Motor Town events are open for the public to come and watch. Check out all the events below:

Thursday
Exhibition: Art from the Islamic Civilization
Melemele Karaoke Halloween Weekend
Skateboarding: Halloween Huckjam
Kuwait Motor Town: Drag Open Day – Roll Race
Kuwait Motor Town: Car Open Track Day
Live Painting/Sculpting Night
House of Evil Drive In Movie

Friday
Melemele Karaoke Halloween Weekend
Sailing: Friday Morning Race
Trashtag Bneid Al Qar Beach Clean Up
Kuwait Motor Town: Motorcycle Open Track Day
Kuwait Motor Town: Car Open Track Day
Sunrise Ashtanga
House of Evil Drive In Movie
C Club 5K Charity Run
Persian/Arabian Music Night

Saturday
Exhibition: Art from the Islamic Civilization
Grand Mosque Tour
Melemele Karaoke Halloween Weekend
Sailing: Saturday Sunset Cruising
Gulf Bank Breast Cancer Awareness Walkathon
Flying Start Triathlon
Kuwait Motor Town: Race Car Open Track Day
Kuwait Motor Town: Classic Car Open Track Day
Afro Night at Curiocity
House of Evil Drive In Movie
Exhibition: Fajer AlWugayan

As usual, if I’ve missed an event, let me know in the comments below.

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

New This Weekend:
Antlers (6.3)
Awoken (5.2)
Minamata (7.7)
Monster Family 2 (4.5)
The Gateway (4.5)
The Survivalist (3.3)

Other Movies Showing Now:
Cruella (7.4)
Dragon Rider (5.6)
Dune (8.5)
Halloween Kills (7.4)
Flag Day (4.7)
Luca (7.5)
No Time to Die (7.9)
PAW Patrol: The Movie (6.2)
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (6.2)
The Addams Family 2 (5.3)
Tom and Jerry (5.3)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (6.5)

Classic Movies Showing Now:
The Silence of the Lambs (8.6)

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

IMAX Movies Showing Now:
Antarctica (N/A)
Backyard Wilderness 3D (7.7)
Interstellar (8.6)
Turtle Odyssey (7.2)

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

BBC published the video above a few hours ago on life in Kuwait during the summer. Not sure why the music had to be so dramatic, it made the whole video sound like we are suffering and dying because of the heat. One thing that caught my interest is the lady planting trees. I don’t know what her day job is but someone should put her in charge of saving Kuwait’s trees.

In case you can’t watch the video above, here is the Link

It’s been a while since a movie has been banned in Kuwait but according to Al Jarida newspaper, the Marvel Studios’ film ‘Eternals’ has been banned in Kuwait. The newspaper didn’t give any reason for the ban but it’s most likely because of the character ‘Phastos‘ who is the first openly gay hero.

I really wasn’t interested in watching the film but after hearing of the ban I watched the trailer for it and now kinda want to watch it. I guess I’ll have to stream it when it eventually comes out on Disney+.