Aseel AlYaqoub is a research-based, interdisciplinary artist and writer whose work spans drawing, printmaking, video, sculpture, and installation. Her practice interrogates the complexities of national identity and post-colonial states. Through archival engagement and critical inquiry, AlYaqoub explores how political narratives and cultural memory are shaped, using her work to question inherited state-building methodologies and challenge established historical representations.

In this episode, we are exploring the idea of identity - cultural vs. national and discussing the role of the artist - is it just to visually transform ideas or is it also to seek solutions? How can one understand her or his heritage and history better through art as a tool?

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Host: Ksenia Graovac

Project Coordinator: Farah Omrani

Editing: Mohamed Amin

Design: Mariam Mandani

Produced by: Promenade Culture Centre 2024

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Fatema AlBader is an artist and educator. She is dedicated to introducing innovation in education in schools in Kuwait and the United States where she currently resides. Fatema creates her art with passion and determination, believing that in order to stay consistent with creativity, one must dedicate time to it. She is preparing for her first solo exhibition that will be hosted next year in Kuwait.

In this episode we have explored how Fatema keeps her creative practice relevant, why feedback is important for growth of both educators and artists and how innovation in education is slowly changing our perspectives.

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Credits:

Host: Ksenia Graovac

Project Coordinator: Farah Omrani

Editing: Mohamed Amin

Design: Mariam Mandani

Produced by: Promenade Culture Centre 2024

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Claudia Farkas Al Rashoud is an author, a photojournalist and a cultural consultant. Claudia has been living in Kuwait since 1979 when she joined Arab Times as a first female photojournalist.

Claudia has written a number of books on Kuwait's history and heritage, captivated by the country's changing surroundings. She is also a tireless advocate for animals' rights.

In this episode of Culture Corner we are discussing Kuwait through Claudia's eyes, her efforts to document Kuwait's past and present and why caring for animals means nurturing humans as well.

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Credits:

Host: Ksenia Graovac

Project Coordinator: Farah Omrani

Editing: Mohamed Amin

Design: Mariam Mandani

Produced by: Promenade Culture Centre 2024

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED