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Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah (DAI) is a cultural organisation based around the private art collection owned by Sheikh Nasser Sabah al Ahmed al Sabah, founder of The al Sabah Collection and his wife, DAI director general and co-founder Sheikha Hussa Sabah al Salem al Sabah. Since its inception in 1983, DAI has grown from a single focus organisation created to manage the loan of the prestigious al Sabah Collection of art from the Islamic world to the State of Kuwait to become an internationally recognised cultural organisation.
Growth hasn’t been limited to the role of the organisation, as the owners continue to foster the development of the collection, ensuring that all media and techniques are included. As such, the collection preserves and presents all aspects of art, including extraordinary manuscripts, scientific instruments, carpets, jewellery, ceramic, metalwork, wood and glass. It now includes more than 30,000 pieces from the full geographic and chronological range of the Islamic world, from Spain to China, from the 1st – 13th centuries AH/7th – 19th centuries AD.
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Museums are one of the best places that represent and preserve a country’s heritage and history. Through its galleries and exhibitions, it give people a chance to be connected with their country’s past. One of these museums is Kuwait National Museum on the Arabian Gulf Street next to the Seif Palace and Kuwait’s National Assembly. The Kuwait National Read more...
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At Al Sadu House, Bedouin craftswomen teach sadu (Bedouin-style) and other weaving techniques for both beginners and those with more experience. It’s a terrific venue and they also run one-off family and children’s workshops. Check with the Kuwait Textile Arts Association Read more...
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The National Library of Kuwait is the national library and legal deposit and copyright library for Kuwait. It was founded in 1923 through the efforts of several Kuwaiti writers, and received its collection from the library of the Kuwaiti Charitable Society, which was founded in 1913. The library is currently located on Arabian Gulf Street. In 1994, Emiri Decree #52 officially ordered the creation of Read more...
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It is the symbol of Kuwaiti liberation, the representation of country’s resurgence, second tallest tower in Kuwait, and the fifth tallest telecommunication tower in the world. Officially unveiled by the late Kuwaiti Amir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on 10th March 1996, this 372meter tall tower is 40 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower. The tower is so-named following the Read more...
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Sheikh Mubarak was the first to build a koshk in Kuwait. The one now preserved in Souq Mubarakiya was the seat of Sheikh Mubarak, where he would meet the people of the country and listen to the problems of citizens and provide various kinds of assistance to them and solutions to their problems. The koshk was located in a Read more...
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