Kenaneya Farms: Connecting Community to the Source
Run by a young, second-generation farmer, Kenaneya Farm is located in Abdali, in northern Kuwait.
Mai Al-Farhan
Former Research Associate
Mai Y. Al-Farhan is a former research associate at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and a regular contributor to Millennial Gulf. She is a master’s student at the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. Her thesis concerns reforms to the kafala sponsorship system and migrant labor in Bahrain and Qatar. She previously held research assistant positions at the United Nations Development Programme in Kuwait and Middle East Institute.
Her research interests are in the cyber applications of international relations, particularly the role nonstate actors play in exerting influence over nation states through cyber means. Beyond cyberpolitics, Al-Farhan is interested in the political economy of the Gulf Arab states.
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Ahaad al-Amoudi: Imagining Saudi Past and Future through Art
Ahaad’s recent work is ethnographic in nature, using traditions and culture to inform and map the rapid changes taking place in Saudi Arabia.
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Boutiqaat: Creating a Social Commerce Market in the Gulf
AGSIW spoke with Boutiqaat's co-founder, Abdulwahab Al-Essa, about social commerce in the GCC states.
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Ulafa’a: Reconciliation through the Arts in Bahrain
Ulafa’a is a Bahraini art collective that flourished in response to the 2011 Bahraini uprising.
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Ghaliah Tech: Running the Influencer Economy in the Gulf
Today, one of the most effective ways of selling virtually any product in the Gulf is by having a social media influencer promote it.
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Bisklayta: Pedaling through Hurdles in Saudi Arabia
While Bisklayta has been celebrated for encouraging women’s cycling in public, it still faces hurdles, both institutional and personal.
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Dar Al Aseel: Abaya Design for the Gulf Power Woman
One of Oman’s most acclaimed fashion designers, Amal Al Raisi, stumbled upon design after shopping for a wedding dress.
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WEORITU: Positive Social Change through Example
Where to? This is the question Taibah al-Qatami, a Kuwaiti millennial, was pondering as she thought of initiating WEORITU.
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U.N.-Saudi Youth Forum: A Calculated Message
The MiSK-UNDP forum was not only addressed to the Saudi youth who are MiSK’s primary audience, but to the international community.
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The Bahrain Foundation for Dialogue: Promoting Social Reconciliation
Suhail Algosaibi established the BFD to create civil dialogue and social reconciliation between Bahrainis of different sects, ideologies, and backgrounds.
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Online Writing Platforms: Tackling Taboos
Manshoor and Raseef22 are part of a broader trend of online publishing in the Gulf established to address the “cultural revolution” that emerged in the wake of the Arab Spring.
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“Meet The Al Ameri’s”: The Everyday Life of a Young Emirati Family
After gaining wide popularity on Instagram for sharing inspirational and humorous posts about his everyday life with his wife and children, Khalid Al Ameri started “Meet The Al Ameri’s.”
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Gulf Curators: Expanding the Visibility of Gulf Artists
The career of curating is new to the Gulf, though the role of a curator is not.
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The Other Story: Highlighting Our Shared Humanity
Fatima Al-Banawi is known for her role as the protagonist in Saudi Arabia’s first ever rom-com movie “Barakah Meets Barakah.”
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Never Never Land: Saudi Women Screaming for Entertainment
Arwa Al Neaimi's work “Never Never Land” was exhibited in an Edge of Arabia group exhibition featuring Gulf artists in 2014.
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twofour54’s creative lab: Nurturing Arab Media Talent
To learn more about creative lab, AGSIW spoke with Fatima Al-Yousef, creative lab’s acting head of outreach, and Omar Al-Dhaheri, a creative lab intern turned filmmaker.
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Raqib50: Keeping Tabs on the Kuwaiti Parliament
Raqib50 is the first online parliamentary watch tool in Kuwait.
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Gulf Women with Altitude: Climbing Mount Everest
Altitude sickness, frostbite, and severe weather conditions are just a few of the obstacles climbers have to overcome en route to the summit of Mount Everest. Women from the Gulf have endured all of that, in addition to challenging conservative norms at home.
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Madeenah: Exploring Urban Development in Kuwait City
Madeenah was established to capture the fast-paced urban development in Kuwait that has flourished since the discovery of oil.
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Animation in Saudi Arabia: Shifting the Entertainment Agenda
Malik Nejer is one of Saudi Arabia’s top cartoonists and force behind the hit animated YouTube series, “Masameer.”