TODAY 4pm EST:

Delighted to co-host w/KateSeelye of Middle East Institute a conversation on film in the Gulf.

Scholars Alia Yunis Samhita Sunya unearth through digital media the shared multicultural heritage between SW & SE Asia, India & beyond.

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Next week: join our discussion about elections and current political dynamics in Kuwait

In partnership w/ AGSIW - join KateSeelye, Samhita Sunya, Alia Yunis, & Kristin Diwan discussing the multicultural influences of film in the Gulf.

4/11, at 4pm ET. Register below ⬇️ agsiw.org/programs/the-f…

TONIGHT: 5:15-8:30PM

Join us at the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art for this special Ramadan screening of the Saudi film “Mandoob”

Ramadan bites after the film.

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A break from election coverage

Read this Moh profile of Kuwait’s “first couple” of rap 👊

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Dr Hamad H Albloshi حمد البلوشي has written eloquently about this “individualism” in the absence of mature parties and faltering political societies

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It is apparent in electoral politics (such as they are) across the Gulf.

.@bmsaif providing tremendous Kuwait coverage here & broader media.
Follow his wise counsel ⚖️

The Kuwaiti government has a four year plan to reform the economy, and this will take cooperation from the new parliament. My assessment is that the transparency of the government intentions by trying to get popular buy-in through publishing the plan may lead to MPs cooperating.

I started studying #Kuwait 10 years ago, wrote my PhD📕on it, & examined its politics in my work on #energy & economic policies & #Sustainability . I’m not there for the elections, but I follow Bader Al-Saif بدر السيف & Kristin Diwan+ Kuwaiti sites for updates! I❤️Kuwait!
Al Jazeera English #انتخابات2024

...and he was sympathetic to me as a visiting Amnesty researcher in 2016 or so. And later turned to us (when I was still there) when a member of his own family was arrested. I'm a fan, too.