Raha Moharrak: “The best way to proof them wrong? Climbing Everest”
She is the first Saudi woman to conquer Everest, and is therefore one of the spearheads of female emancipation in the Kingdom and the...
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Azeema : “Women from MENA are painted with one stroke”
Based in London with Saudi, Sudanese and Pakistani origins, they are between 23 and 25 years old. Jameela, Sunavah and Noor have launched AZEEMA,...
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Abdullah Aloloait: “The food truck industry is booming in Riyad!”
During Dirab Park festival, KAWA discovered a new face of the Saudi street food industry : the food trucks. Abdullah Aloloait, owner of a...
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Yalla!Vassilis Oikonomopoulos: “Saudi art is in bloom”
21,39 Jeddah Arts exhibition started on the 7th of February. KAWA met its curator Vassilis Oikonomopoulos to talk about the contemporary art scene in...
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Opinion – Jeddah 21,39: Everything started here
Jeddah is called the “bride of the sea”: an important historical landmark of the Hijaz region in terms of trade and commerce. It’s also...
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Riyadh, Capital of Arab Fashion
Last December, the Arab Fashion Council announced the opening of a new regional office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Layla Issa Abuzaid was named Country...
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Yalla!How a Saudi rapper learned English through music
The Saudi rapper Abdulaziz Al Maari initially started listening to rap to learn English. Today you can listen to his music on Soundcloud (aka...
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Women’s cycling freewheeling forward in Jeddah
Countdown: Women in Jeddah are gearing up to drive their cars. However, in the meantime it seems that they’ve been practicing by cycling. This...
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Yalla!Haifaa Al Mansour, female pioneer of Saudi cinema
Haifaa Al Mansour is the first Saudi woman to have directed and shot a feature film in her homeland. The film, Wadjda, has been...