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LoYACY Magazine is composed of a group of young writers with the goal of publishing abstract viewpoints and relatable information to the masses. We seek to capture the essence of the Kuwaiti youth in an array of posts ranging from intellectual topics to current news and local events. By advertising with us, you will be reaching a niche demographic in a dynamic growth period. Seeing that all our staff involved in the project are of that demographic, we know how to adapt to the times and provide your company with maximum exposure through an array of different media. By advertising with us, you will be engaging your audience through a multimedia publicity effort underlined through the guiding principles of honesty, vigor and exceptional journalism.

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LoYACYMay 2012 6th Issue[Lo - yak - e]

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Happy 1st Birthday!

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Contents Tree of Life pg 7

Mustafa Said pg 16

SLS AMG Roadster pg 18

Skin and Bones pg 24

Progre

ss: An MS Monologue pg 12

Forza Milan pg 28

Twen

ty F

ive Going on 15 pg 32

How t

o C

ensor a Kony Article pg 38

Art Profile pg 46

La Dolce Vita pg 48

How to Assasinate the Arab in You pg 52

Runw

ay Bride: Photoshoot pg 54

May Day pg 58

M & N Take on Qatar pg 34

Rose in the Desert pg 14

Help “The Help” pg 8

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Changing a Career pg 60 من انا؟ ص 68

البرنامج الصيفي ص70جريدة االكاديميه ص 62

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LoYACY StaffNadia Al Saqqaf Editor in ChiefNora Al Ruwaished Staff WriterAbdulMohsen Al Mayyas Staff Writer PhotographerAbrar Al Shammari Staff WriterAhmed Nassar Staff WriterRana AbdulRahim DesignerF160 Cover Artist

Contributing Writers

Mrs.Fareah Al Saqqaf

Bandar Al Saeed

Bibi Al Falah

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Letter from the EditorDear Readers,

Sixty days since I have last written to you and yes, I have missed secluding myself with my ancient MacBook to pour my heart out to you

all on a bimonthly basis, but this time I have an infinite amount of good news to share with you!

LOYAC has officially turned 10! Celebrating this monumental moment in our history was quite the emotional rollercoaster for the entire

LOYAC family, old and new members alike. From the preparations for the big day, to the delicately thought out campaign, to the year long

production of our documentary film, annual report, archives, and photo book, every member of the LOYAC family pulled together to pro-

duce an unforgettable night for everyone; a true example of synergy at work. Congratulations LOYAC!

Hold up, I’m not done with Birthday announcements; this is LOYACY’s 6th issue which means we have successfully survived the year! On

this occasion, I would like to dedicate this issue to the two young women who took on the daunting task of committing to this magazine

from day 1 and became integral contributors to making LOYACY the unique publication it is today: Rana AbdulRahim and Nora Ruwaished.

Happy Birthday LOYACY!

Now that I’m done with the birthdays; this issue will be taking on health, fitness and labor rights in honor of MS Awareness month and

Labor Day coming up in May. We have delved into eating disorders, inhumane working atmospheres, relapsing MS, the May Day General

Strike, and much more.

We have reported all the exciting news of the LOYAC Academy of Performing Arts as well as the AC Milan Soccer School. We’ve brought

you a little sneak peek of the gorgeous new Mercedes SLS Roadster, and the art of a pretty special inter-racial princess. We’ve uncovered

the glories of Qatar and chronicled one young woman’s experiences with growing pains.

My sincerest apologies go out to Abrar Al Shammari, our talented little spit-fire of a writer, whom we mistakenly robbed of a by-line in the

Americani Culture Center article from last issue. Sorry my darling, you know we love you!

Wave goodbye to your school year and say hello to a productive summer with LOYAC’s brilliant Summer Program. But whatever you end

up doing this summer, have a spectacular May and June, and I’ll be counting the days till I get to write to you again for our July issue.

Sincerely yours,

Nadia Al Saqqaf

LoYACY is composed of a group of young writers with the goal of publishing abstract viewpoints and relatable information to the

masses. We seek to capture the essence of the Kuwaiti youth in an array of articles ranging from intellectual topics to current news and lo-

cal events. We attempt to reach our audience through a multimedia publicity effort underlined through the guiding principles of honesty,

vigor and exceptional journalism. As always, we are looking for new voices to contribute to our growing relationship with the youth. We

encourage independent freelancers to contribute, so please share your voices and help us become a true embodiment of our generation.

You can get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” section on blogyac.com or twitter.com/blogyacy. If you opt for a more old school

approach, you are more than welcome to drop by our offices in Sharg, At Al Qibliya School, Ali Al Salem Street.

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Tree f LifeIt’s always so inspiring to see young men and women being ac-

tive members of society which is why I would like to applaud an initiative taken by a high school student, Tamara Ghuneim.

Tamara is a junior at an American school, and with the help of her peers, organized a cancer awareness week, where a variety of fundraising activities were held for money to be raised for can-cer research. My personal favorite, which was actually non-profit and simply for the sake of emotional support, was the Tree of Life.

The Tree of Life, Tamara says, is a symbol of growing, pros-pering hope; an impressive number of students and teachers at her school took part in this activity, where they would write the names of any cancer survivors or victims they know of and hang it up on the tree. As I watched, I saw that most people would write more than two names. ‘For Daddy’, ‘for my brother Scott’, ‘for Tata’, ‘for my dog’.

Students and teachers would choose between two cards: ‘In Honor Of’ and ‘In Memory Of’. The ‘In Honor Of’ card was designated for cancer survivors, and ‘In Mem-ory Of’ was for victims of cancer who had not survived.

Thank you Tamara for making a difference.

Written By: Abrar Al Shammari

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Social

Help ‘The Help’Airport personnel might as well have

two lines—one for ‘Muslims’ and one for “Everyone Else,’ because after

9/11, being an Arab means you are going to be discriminated against. You accept that you are going to go into the room of shame where a stranger will violate you and pat you down for ten minutes until every fleck of metal and each button has been discovered to ensure there are no bombs. You will surely arrive to your destination with your suitcase looking like you packed a wild animal inside of it after multiple customs officers have dug it apart and searched for shady busi-ness. Likely all they found was underwear and dress shoes, but they are on a mission as they eyeball your beard or your hijab and scan their eyes over your belongings. The people behind you are huffing and puffing

because you are now the reason they are running late, and they hope that you aren’t on their plane. You feel like an ant, and there is nothing you can do, and this is probably the closest reality you will ever have about the way the domestic workers and laborers of Kuwait feel. Dehumanized. To understand the emotions that come with this disgust-ing act due to first hand experience should prevent the victim from doing it to others, but sadly this is not the case. Take a jour-ney through a laborer working in Kuwait. The phone rang in my mother’s purse, persistently and equally as silent. We had just finished having lunch and reflecting over the conversation we had just with an expat who has been living in Kuwait for a six years and who has faced some ma-jor difficulties from her employers. The

Thai restaurant was quiet, with the four women who worked in it playing a game of Uno and it pleased us to see that at least some of these laborers in Kuwait were hav-ing a nice time at work for the time being. “Four missed calls and a text message! No one ever calls me that much,” exclaimed my mother. The story that unfolded pre-ceding the lunch was enough to prove my point in this article, but the text mes-sage was about to turn a common story into a very harsh reality. A reality my fam-ily then got to experience first hand. The names of the people in these articles have been changed for their own protection.

The message read, “Hello, this is Sara. I was just arrested and I am at the po-lice station. I just wanted to tell you goodbye,

Written By: Nora Al Ruwaished

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as they are going to deport me, and thank you for listening to my story.” We were the last people to have a conversation with this woman before she was swept away, making me even more compelled to write this article.

Sara wasn’t frail, she was tall and strong and she held her head high when she walked. She used words like “absolutely” and made comments like “oh please do tell my story, I’d love for someone to care for once.” Al-though she was a victim of previous sexual abuse from her old employer, and after fil-ing complaints against her abuser ended up terminated from the company, she fought for her rights regardless. “He used to make sexual references to me and then became touchy, to the point that I could not stay

silent anymore. I assumed by speaking up, someone would care enough to protect me and help me, but instead I was fired from my job. Imagine if this was a Kuwaiti wom-an, what an outrage this would be and what punishments he would face. All I ask for is the same respect. It isn’t too much, is it?”

This termination forced her to seek a job in a company who made empty promises, at times withheld her underpaid wages from her, and who refused to write her contract so she could stay in Kuwait to work legally. Having no choice but to wait and hope, she anticipated her court hearing on April 15 to make her stay legal. This woman wasn’t able to make it through the last few days. She was stopped in a taxi, and without her pa-perwork she knew what was in store for her.

My mother and father rushed to the police station to try to help, but it was no use. All they could do was give her a blanket, some snacks, a toothbrush and their best wishes. The jail cells were min-iscule and cold, jam-packed and unlivable. My mother came home in tears going to the cupboard for four more toothbrushes for the other women she met there. One of the women was a maid who was in jail because she had ran away from her employer’s home after she had been severely burned on pur-pose because she broke a glass by accident. She looked frightened and her eyes begged for just an ounce of kindness. They called my mother ‘aka’ which means sister, after

a few days of her visiting them and bring-ing them a few supplies to make their stay a little more pleasant. This woman said that her owner used to be so aggressive that she felt fear walking through the hallways from her bathroom to the kitchen. She felt her whole life was lived in hiding and fear and she was actually thankful to be in her jail cell where she was safe, but was worried about not being able to send money to her family.Every now and then I read a book that hits so close to home it’s as if the author took the thoughts that I had always had but never said aloud, and wrote them down in a logical and genius manner. The last time I felt this deep

rac·ism [rey-siz-uhm] nouna belief or doctrine that inherent dif-ferences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achieve-ment, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others.

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Social

connection to a book was to ‘The Help’ writ-ten by Kathryn Stockett, with which I felt in-creased uneasiness in my stomach with the turn of every page. I realized the parallels I was drawing between the handling of the slaves during 1962 in Mississippi were far too similar to the treatment of the domestic laborers and service workers here in mod-ern day Kuwait. What really got to me was that in actuality, the slaves in this novel were treated better than some of the individuals who endured the horror stories I have col-lected from expats in Kuwait, and for all you know may be living amongst you presently. In the novel, the housekeepers raised the children, cooked the food, cleaned the homes and made the lives of the southern woman simple so they could tend to the sa-lon, their ladies’ gatherings, and go to the country club. Though the slaves were al-lowed to engage in all these activities that are normally the jobs for the women of the household, they were not allowed to use the same restrooms or the same eating utensils. They couldn’t wear clothing that they themselves chose, and definitely were not allowed to talk back to their employ-ers or stick-up for themselves. They were less than their employers, they were prop-erty, and this racism was accepted.. They formed a community, with blues songs and a public sphere to let out their frustrations, a luxury our laborers don’t have. Most are here alone, seeing little but the inside of the

home they work in, forced to live in silence in a prison with their own emotions. The la-borers, specifically domestic workers in Ku-wait, have it worse in many cases than the slaves in Mississippi had in 1962. Where is the progression? Why are we advancing in technology, in education and in health, but not in the way we treat the people who do the jobs we ourselves are unwilling to do? Words are just words, but words turn into actions. Prejudice (noun) and racism (noun) turn into discrimination (verb), and when it reaches that point it can either be verbal, physical or mental. Recall those times at the airport when your Kuwaiti nationality means nothing. You are dehumanized and you are ‘just another terrorist’, regardless

dis·crim·i·na·tion [dih-skrim-uh-ney-shuhn]nounTreatment or consid-eration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or catego-ry to which that per-son or thing belongs rather than on indi-vidual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.

prej·u·dice [prej-uh-dis] noun, verb, prej·u·diced, prej·u·dic·ingunreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding a ra-cial, religious, or na-tional group.

of your last name. You only feel this when you travel and you know what to expect, but what if this was the treatment you re-ceived your whole life? What if you were beaten, yelled at and mistreated just for be-ing born into your body? What if your em-ployer held your hard earned pay and you couldn’t support your family who you are not even able to see because you broke one of fifty glasses stacked in the kitchen? Have you ever felt hungry because your owner deprived you of food? When you crave something, you get into your luxury car, pull our your wallet which costs ten times more than you pay your housekeeper, and you stuff yourself. On the drive home, you are not thinking about laundry, a messy house or even the struggle of removing yourself from the couch to get the remote if you don’t want to. There is nothing to be said about this tragedy except that it needs to change and it starts with you. Humble your-self and accept that you have most likely been a culprit of racism, prejudice and dis-crimination and make a conscious effort to rid yourself of this disease and try to con-vince others around you to do the same.

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Health

Progress: An MS MonologueProgress, progress is usually a good

thing— progress in your career, your studies or progress in your everyday

life. The word progress is usually welcomed but what if progress is the one thing you dread most? I have had remitting relapsing multiple sclerosis for 4 years and my one wish is that my condition does not prog-ress. When I woke up on March 18th 2008 I couldn’t feel my left arm, leg even the left side of my face was numb rendering me weak with a speech impediment that made me sound like I had a mental disability. This was very frustrating especially because I

was always quite sharp and eloquent. After sometime and various tests, cat scans and MRI’s at Amiri Hospital it was confirmed that I had remitting relapsing MS. I had no idea what it meant. Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder that affects the cen-tral nervous system. Visible lesions, which show up on your MRI as white blotches on your brain and spinal chord, confirm it.

I thought that I was safe after it was ex-plained to me that remitting relapsing MS is no where near as harmful as progres-sive MS. Progressive MS sufferers have a

fast decline in motor skills and are usually in a wheelchair within a couple months.

After my initial attack and diagnoses I enjoyed 3 years of remission. When meet-ing me you could not tell I had a serious condition. I lived my life the way anyone would (except for a weekly Avonex injec-tion I gave myself) other than that I almost forgot I had MS. I traveled, enjoyed life with friends and family and was happily married. After a painful divorce my life-style changed. I didn’t eat well, didn’t drink enough water, smoked too much and didn’t

Written By: Mohammed Ayyad

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sleep enough. As a result I went blind.A black spot in my vision grew until I was completely blind. I spent a week in terror be-ing told that this was not permanent. After a week of cortisone treatment I did regain my vision but there was a problem, double vision. The way it was explained to me was that my eyes did not “work together” so I had to cover one at all times with an eye patch. When I removed the eye patch what I saw was double or triple and very blurry. My motor skills also suffered, my hands shook violently my legs as well, I lost my bal-ance and found it hard to walk in a straight

line. Mentally I was crushed, I was only 28 but felt like an old man, this was a relapse!

I went abroad to undergo the contro-versial CCSVI surgery. People have named it the “Liberation Surgery” the veins in your neck and chest are widened to al-low more oxygenated blood to reach your brain. It was performed under local an-esthesia so I was awake throughout the surgery. I heard and felt every widening. I don’t know if it was the drugs they had me under but I laughed out load as I heard the bubbling sound you hear when fin-

ishing a juice carton right behind my ear.It’s been a year now since my liberation sur-gery and I am thankfully in remission at the moment. I take a monthly Tysabri infusion instead of the weekly Avonex this apparent-ly lessens the chance of relapse. I begin each day with a cocktail of vitamins and drink at least 2 liters of water a day. My vision is al-most back to normal and my motor skills are fine except for occasional numbness. I con-tinue living my life with a few precautions, I live day by day and hope for no progress.

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Political

A Rose In the Desert

Asmaa Al-Asaad

“Marie Antoinette. Imelda Marcos. Asma al-Assad.”

These are not the names of the women we all owe our puberty to. Nor are they household names in most Kuwaiti

homes. These three names, however, do share something in common – and it’s not just that they are likely the source of almost all of Christian Louboutin’s sticky underwear. Like her iconic predecessors, the Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad has provided the world with a cult of personality unparalleled by most women in history. It’s no surprise jour-nalists have moved to label her as a “rose in the desert”; her Western outlook became

a breath of fresh air in a pre-Arab Spring political arena where the best we could do for presidential wives were a money-laundering Leila Ben Ali and ‘stay-at-home-I’ll-cook-for-you-habibi’ Suzanne Mubarak.

Indeed, Asma’s timing was impeccable. The Arabs of the turn of the century had become fed up with the growing political stability and economic growth that char-acterized the pre-9/11 era. Back then, our dictators preferred long walks on the beach to Kalashnikovs. Instead, we began to look to the West for a dictatorship, not of hu-man rights, but of inspiration, creativity, and beauty – someone to lead the Arab

pursuit of these Western ideals. Enter our Lawrence of Arabia: elegant, composed, well rounded; championing a suave British accent and a suppressed sadomasochism with the poise and imperialism that the in-famous British army liaison became notori-ous for. After marrying a publically awkward and often monotone Bashar in 2000, Asma proceeded to revitalize the Syrian presi-dent’s image, Evita Peron style – minus the Andy Lloyd Weber soundtrack, of course.

Born Asma al-Akhras, she was raised in the U.K. to Syrian-born parents and from the very start, it became clear that her childhood would never have a working

Written By: Bandar Al Saeed

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class aura about it. Numerous character-istics of Asma’s childhood had reinforced her ‘privileged’ status; namely, her father’s fruitful profession as a prominent London-based cardiologist, her European com-plexion, that is reported to have been so strong that it compelled her elementary school friends to attribute a more appropri-ate Western name for her in ‘Emma’, and, of course, a diplomatic passport courtesy of her mother’s foray into Syrian politics. Her post-adolescent years saw her attend-ing King’s College in London to study com-puter science and French literature. Always the Francophile, she had given many inter-views in her beloved French throughout her career. These interviews, given entirely at the discretion of the Syrian president, were consistently praised for being con-ducted with the panache and linguistic pro-ficiency of a true dame, even prompting one French newspaper to label her an “element of light in a country full of shadow zones”.

After taking a relatively time-consuming and wholesomely purifying Ba’ath upon her settling in Damascus in the early 2000s, Asma began to focus her political efforts to-wards being a leading Syrian advocate for women’s rights and educational reform. In-evitably, the allure of undertaking the ‘MILF’ responsibilities (Queen Rania had eerily ex-pressed a desire to be relieved of such du-ties) on behalf of all Arab First Ladies over-whelmed her, and she quickly found herself acquiescing to this cornerstone of Arabian heritage. Ostentatiously glamorous apparel became her trademark as Asma thrust her-self into the global fashion eye. As the end of the first decade of the 21st century ap-proached, Asma had already rooted herself as the legitimate voice of the Syrian govern-ment. By then, she had propelled Bashar’s popularity to a pinnacle previously thought unreachable by the Syrian commander-in-chief. She, quite literally, provided the “Vagina Monologues” to her husband’s iron-fisted regime. Up until the ramifica-tions of the Syrian revolt were felt around the world, she, almost exclusively, provided the delicacy needed to combat the acidity of the Ba’ath party, particularly as Shi’ia ten-sions escalated in neighboring countries.

The regime’s response to the attempted

revolt, however, altered the dynamic of the couple’s image entirely. Bashar, although not surprisingly, had asserted autocratic authority in certain regions of the nation, prompting mass UN unrest. To make mat-ters worse, public access to the leaked e-mails of the President and his wife yielded a surprising discovery: Asma al-Assad was not everything she made herself out to be. Her previously radiant humanitarianism myste-riously dissipated when it came to address-ing the often brutal interactions between her Syrian state and its populace. Instead, she appeared at pro-regime rallies orga-nized by the Party, cementing her support for her husband’s oppressive regime. And thus Lady Macbeth arose from the ashes…

As she would later come to discover, loy-alty came at a price. The peacekeeping world, disheartened by the unfortunate moral ambiguity of their prime sponsor-ship icon, reacted violently to her actions. Recent EU sanctions on Asma effectively froze her assets and placed a travel ban on her and several of her family members. The sole shimmer of hope in Bashar’s otherwise dark regime disappeared, and along with it, the potential to solidify a truly contem-porary iconic symbol of Arab womanhood.

The image of the Arab First Lady has suf-fered immensely from Asma’s downfall, the second disappointment we have expe-

rienced in recent years, after Queen Rania’s stubborn refusal to trudge moral and ethical lines was met with dissatisfaction by Arabs and admirers of her beauty alike. As Mr. Louboutin weeps for his fallen muse Syria crisis threatens to deteriorate exponentially, most of us are already growing wary of the lack of an appropriate substitute. Jehan Sa-dat may as well have taken the legacy of the Arab First Lady altogether (and why did Um Kalthoum never marry a diplomat, dammit?!)

At any rate, the search is on. If all else fails, it isn’t entirely out of the question to re-accept Asma al-Assad as our per-petual epitome of the Arabian example. After all, every rose does have its thorns.

“She, quite literally, provided

the “Vagina Monologues” to

her husband’s iron-fisted regime”

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Political

Mustafa SAIDVoice of the Revolution

Throughout the turmoil of the explo-sive ups and disappointing downs of the Arab Spring, every single form of

resistance has risen to the surface. Passive, aggressive, literal, journalistic, theatrical, artistic, musical, strategic, humanitarian, anarchist, political - active, persistent, un-ceasing/unrelenting. Revolutionary men

and women made history as they went out to the streets and took their freedom into their own hands, no longer waiting for someone to give it to them. Calling for political reform and democratic states, Ar-abs all over the world created a domino effect that soon encouraged non-Arab spectators to stand up for their own rights

as well. Starting with a simple cart-owner in Libya setting himself on fire, spread-ing to the Occupy Wall Street Movement, and even South Africa with their SlutWalk; it opened people’s eyes to the truth be-hind the power structure of the world.I discussed all of this with a young Egyptian man who was one of the many heroes who

Written By: Abrar Al Shammari

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revolted and overthrew a dictator. I was given the privilege of meeting Mustafa Said, a blind Egyptian composer who wants to revive his country’s rich culture using mu-sic. Developing an intimate friendship with music early on in his life, Mustafa Said be-gan teaching music to others at the young age of sixteen in Mutariya, Cairo. Through that job, his eyes were opened to a num-ber of talented people whom he felt lacked motivation. Yet, being a witness to that was the precise reason that revolutionary ideas soon began to flourish in his mind.An intimidatingly large military tank was no match for thousands of weaponless ci-vilians since January 2011 onwards. “No airplane will kill one million,” Said boasts.The Egyptian musician grew restless with the military regime’s dictatorship, and op-posed the government’s views. He un-derwent numerous investigations and de-tention throughout his life as a result of the oppressive regime, which detained an endless number of political prisoners for the most minor of infractions - infrac-tions that, in an anarchist state, would have been natural rights to freedom.On January 25th, 2011, Mustafa Said stood in Tahrir Square with rebels, ex-arrestees, revolutionaries, freedom fighters, and sang with them. His passion for music and the new victory against the Mubarak regime overwhelmed his heart and soul. During the first few days of the revolution, it had been too chaotic to be able to carry the musical instrument he has known and loved since the young age of 11 in 1994, the Oud. It was not until January 31st that he had been able to carry his Oud in Tahrir, and played the Sufi Inshad tradition there amongst his fellow Egyptian brothers and sisters.A year later, as many of the protesters have expressed disappointment over the outcome of the revolution, Said’s faith re-mains strong. The resistance is still on-going, and has not been shaken. Said doesn’t mind allowing freedom to take its sweet time, for it would allow the fu-ture ruler to properly comprehend the now very-real alternation of positions.“The ruler now works for the citizen. Who-ever wins presidency must remember that it was the people who chose him.”Mustafa expressed his grief over his nation, how it’s been almost a century since Egypt

has worked on its own inner development; everything has been imported, and that destroys the element of authenticity. Said dreams of Egypt re-opening the gate of de-velopment of civilization, through preserva-tion of heritage, respecting others’ cultures and differences, using other people’s expe-riences as opportunities to learn and grow.Today, Mustafa travels between Beirut, Mo-rocco, Egypt, and Vienna, though he perma-nently resides in Beirut, as his studio is locat-ed there. His studio is an audio archive studio, and the main task there is to take music from the past and bring it back to life, build-ing on his nation’s historical, original tunes.

“He firmly believes that national re-

sistance is not dying, despite

the fact that the people who went to the streets at

first are now get-ting nothing”

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Cars

SLS AMG Roadster: The Mercedes Sizzle

Many would agree with me if I were to say the Mercedes SLS is just about the hottest car on the road,

not to mention the sexiest modern inter-pretation on a retro design I’ve seen yet, the only disappointment is that Mercedes didn’t come up with it sooner. Not only that, dare I say it most probably ranks as one of the world’s best cars at the moment? You have to understand that saying that is ex-tremely difficult since personally I think that nothing out does the Aston Martin DBS, but truth be told by creating the new SLS AMG Mercedes Benz have outdone themselves.

It’s more powerful than a Ferrari 458, it’s just a little bit louder than a Lambo and according to the test drives and reviews a lot more fun than a Porsche 911, Audi R8, or anything I may have mentioned before. It is in every sense a true supercar. While it can manage huge distances in great luxury and comfort, what it is at heart is a loud, snarly, tail-happy, gull-winged lu-natic, and that’s why I fell in love with it.

The SLS is Mercedes Benz AMG’s first complete car. Each drivetrain built by a single engineer by hand, each copy ca-

pable of the kind of heroic acceleration and grip that vaults the SLS into the same rarified air as the Nissan GT-R, Porsche 911 Turbo, Chevy Corvette ZR1 and Lexus LFA. The engine is Mercedes’ own 6.3-liter (yes, that’s really a 6.208-liter) V8, linked to a flappy paddle double clutch gearbox that sits at the back for perfect weight distribu-tion so that it feels like the entire car piv-ots around you. In design, it’s a stunner.

The most obvious feature to the iconic SLS are the trademark Gull-winged doors dat-ing back to the 50’s, but riding the nostal-

Written By: AbdulMohsen Saad al Mayyas

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gic wave with its heritage-tinged SLS AMG was not quite enough of a ride for Mer-cedes Benz. This successor of the legend-ary 1950 300 SL Gullwing needed a sibling, and the roadster was born. They altered it slightly, to the better, if that’s even possible.

The roadster is veritably the coupe, tweaked. The engine remains the 6.3-liter V8 with 571 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque at 4,750 rpm. And through the twin pipes out back; it continues to emit a subterranean bellow that’s a mat-ing call for Godzilla. But no matter your state of relaxation or anxiety, you will look very, very good behind the wheel.

The car is unconscionably low – so low you have to look up to make eye contact with the ladies. The removal of the roof eliminates the aesthetic issues arising from the stubby cap of the gullwing, so that the portion of the car behind the engine ap-pears more stretched out and relaxed.

Additionally, with the roof now gone it positively soaks the cabin in exhaust mu-sic, so that any other noise – your passen-ger speaking, for instance, or actual music through the 1,000-watt, 11-speaker Bang & Olufsen sound system – has to work its way through that low-level-earthquake medium. Even with the slot-in wind de-flector, the cabin isn’t quiet. Don’t be sur-

prised if you become a man, or woman, of few words when behind the wheel. But really, why would you be talking, anyway?

With most of the SLS’ silhouette occu-pied by the engine and transaxle, there’s not much space left behind for passengers. The cabin’s short on leg and headroom. The three-layer cloth soft-top surrounds bones of aluminum, magnesium and steel, but one of the roadster’s most welcome features is its AMG Ride Control suspension, with adaptive damping. The basis for this is the innovative body design: the chassis and body are made

of aluminum, a design combining intelligent lightweight construction with high strength. With a curb weight of 1,660 kilograms, the result is a remarkable power-to-weight ratio of 3 kilos per hp. The SLS Roadster weighs about 272 kilos more than a Porsche 911 and about 36 kilos less than an As-ton Martin DBS, nonetheless it’s still awe-some. Wrapped around its heart is the aluminum space frame and lightly adorned body. The space frame itself is seven kilo-grams lighter than the engine, and road-ster’s body is but two kilograms heavier than the coupe. All up, the roadster is 40 kilos heavier than its gull-winged brother.

Now onto the important stuff, speed! From the first moment you lay your eyes on the SLS there’s no escaping the improb-ably long nose. At speed, those awkward proportions cease to negatively impact its performance. The convertible SLS AMG ac-celerates from 0-100 km/h in 3.8 s (0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds), and the top speed is 317 km/h (197 mph), electronically limited - which means that the Roadster has al-most identical performance to the gullwing.

Response time? Mated with the seven-speed dual clutch gearbox, it is fast to rev and shift thanks to the “instant shift.” What it does is it more or less sets up the next gear, before shifting, so when you shift

“And through the twin pipes

out back; it continues to emit a subter-ranean bellow

that’s a mat-ing call for

Godzilla”

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it’s literally already engaged and shifts far quicker than humanly possible. It’s one of the most exciting features in the car, besides all the horsepower of course, but there’s no way you can possible shift faster in a manual car. This sharpens the throttle and transmis-sion responses, which just makes pushing the limits of what’s possible way too easy.

Now we know it’s incredibly fast, but is it safe? According to test drives it’s rock steady. Fifty percent of the intelligently de-signed, weight-optimized aluminum space-frame is made of aluminum sections. The entire vehicle has been designed to achieve the lowest possible center of gravity. This applies both to the low connection points of the powertrain and axles, as well as to the arrangement of the rigid body shell struc-ture, which has been kept as low as possible.

The extensive safety features include the fixed roll-over protection system, electronic stability control with traction control, three-point seat belts with belt tensioners and belt force limiters, and eight airbags: adap-tive front airbags and knee-bags for driver and passenger, two seat-integrated side-bags and two window-bags deploying from the door beltlines and Blind Spot Assist. The standard Blind Spot Assist helps the driver with a visual warning symbol and acoustic alert if the danger of a collision with anoth-er vehicle is detected when changing lanes.

Standard features include a sport-tuned suspension, 19-inch front/20-inch rear wheels, Bi-Xenon high-intensity headlights,

sport seats with leather trim, dual-zone automatic climate control, Sirius satellite radio, Bluetooth wireless connectivity and aluminum interior trim. Options also include carbon fiber interior trim, AMG carbon ce-ramic brakes, AMG performance suspen-sion and AMG carbon fiber exterior mirrors.

For further thrills, you can turn on the AMG Performance Media, introduced with the new SLS, and replace the navigator screen with a series of digitally reproduced ana-log dials that monitor everything from fluid temperatures to power and torque output and throttle and brake position, to accel-eration and quarter-mile times, to G-forces. You can even teach the system a racetrack and keep track of lap and programmable sector times. Since you won’t have time to watch the screen while you pilot – well, not if you’re doing it right – you can download the information to a USB stick in the glove compartment and bask in your own motor-ing afterglow on a PowerPoint-worthy pre-sentation. It’s one of the hooks that give this supercar its light layer of modernity.

There’s nothing dated about its per-formance, or its appeal. For about KD 60,000 ($214,500), the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG connects the dots in time between the original gullwing and to-day’s hyper performers—and it does it with more than the customary panache. The SLS AMG gullwing might be the most badass SLS, but make no mistake about it, this, the roadster, is the perfect SLS.

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Dr. Al Barrak Book SigningDr. Saad Al Barrak, former CEO of Zain, and the author of his new autobiographical book A Passion for Adventure

honored LOYAC with his presence at the Al Qibliya school for a lecture and book signing. He spoke of his experiences with Zain and his plans for the future. Each of the attendees walked away with a personalized autographed copy of his spectacular

book.

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LOYAC held a dinner in honor of MC Group, the advertising and PR company which had decided to spend an entire year sponsoring LOYAC in regards to designing a complete advertising and branding campaign. Mr. Ahmed Ajouz and Mr. Ali Ajouz as well as the entire MC Group family of employees graced LOYAC with their presence at the Qibliya school for a lovely eve-

ning of appreciation and celebration.

MC Group Dinner

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Skin and Bones, Needles and GroansShe had the feeling of lethargy and the

inability to stand up or focus at school after the first month. Her hair was fall-

ing out in clumps and was clogging up in the drain of her shower, her skin was dry and flaking, her cheekbones were sunk in and her ribs were protruding for the world to see. She was shrinking by the day and her teachers were the first to notice, followed

by her family. Her father whom she lives with here in Kuwait doesn’t know much about eating disorders. He did all he could to try to make her eat, but when she said she was full, he accepted it and let her be.For Meryem Hanna it wasn’t so much a re-luctance to eat but a disgust of food that made her anorexic in High School. She explained that after her boyfriend broke

up with her in the 11th grade her appe-tite disappeared and just a few bites of food would make her full. “I guess the roughest part of the journey was trying to overcome it, after being hospitalized and being able to see my ribs, which always kinda’ freaked me out, but not enough to stop my dangerous habit,” said Meryem. The excerpt above was from an interview I had with an acquaintance at university who reached out to me after noticing I con-sumed salad on a daily basis. It was an awk-ward question to be faced with, I must ad-mit, when Hanna said, “You aren’t doing the salad only diet are you? I always notice what you are eating in the diner and its because I am a recovering anorexic and don’t want anyone to go through what I went through.” I can admit that I, along with many other girls, have a constant fear of calories because we want to look like the girls in the media. My human instinct was to defend myself, and explain that no, I just really love salads. My journalistic instinct allowed me to open up to her more, and when I asked Hanna, said she’d willingly share her war against an-orexia with Kuwait. I admire her for being so brave and so passionate about preventing others from her experience that she allowed me to interview her and include her name to turn just another fictitious story into reality. Why is a stick-thin figure something sought out for by so many girls? Marketing a prod-uct through images in media is the most effective and common strategy that adver-tisers use to sell their merchandise. They do so by displaying whatever they are selling on or near the model that has the characteristics of what they deem reflec-tive of the ideal body type, and what they think is aesthetically pleasing to society. What today’s mediums portray as the ac-cepted sexy body type for a woman is one with long legs, flawless skin, pouty lips, cleavage and a body fat percentage of 17 percent and below, which are the specifica-tions of an anorexic female. They are nor-mally dressed in skimpy clothes or bikinis, even when targeting a female audience. The male’s ideal body type is depicted with rippling muscles, broad shoulders, and a six-pack. Often times we see them half-naked in athletic gear or in a business suit, with one of the women described above

Written By: Nora Al Ruwaished

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pulling off their tie. So how do these stars and models look this ‘perfect’? Photo-shop is advertisers and plastic surgeon’s best friend, and society’s worst enemy. Photoshop does much more than remove wrinkles and dark spots, shrink figures and create six-pack abs. Photoshop opens up a world of delusional images for obsessive media consumers to indulge in and feel the need to strive after nonexistent waistlines and bulging biceps. Photoshop is the gate-way to creating false perceptions of what the body should look like, which can lead to a world of eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia, the consumption of unhealthy diet pills or for some the injection of human growth hormone, and other types of ste-roids. It is causing people to go to extremes, and dangerous ones at, that to achieve an un-realistic body image, as opposed to leading healthy lives using proper diet and exercise. Meryem’s road to recovery began with a decision that she wanted to stop after her hospitalization and near death experience. At the time, her family didn’t have an op-erational car, and she had to walk to the hospital in her frail condition seeking treat-ment for her starvation. For most people with an eating disorder, this step is nearly impossible to reach on their own. It nor-mally requires medical interference and liv-ing in a rehabilitation center, but Meryem’s mother traveled from Austria to help the recovery process. Day by day she tried to eat, even if she wasn’t hungry and slowly

but surely she gained her weight back…and then some, and then some more. She regained massive amounts of weight be-cause her body was in shock after starva-tion mode and was storing her food as fat. She was eating unhealthy foods or wasn’t putting thought into the types of food she was consuming to recover. Her goal, and mistake that could easily be corrected by a medical professional, was to simply eat anything and everything she could. Sadly, there are few places victims of eating disorders can turn to in Kuwait. It is not a topic that anyone discusses, and similar to many so-called taboo issues, society as-sumes if it isn’t talked about it doesn’t exist. According to an article in Kuwait Times, Dr Vincenza Tiberia, Psychologist at Kuwait’s Al-Razi Clinic said, “Professional misman-agement, misdiagnosis and malpractice in the treatment of eating disorders are seri-ous problems, as it will often deter people from seeking treatment in the future.” Since there are no awareness campaigns, help lines, or specialists in Kuwait that deal with eating disorders, people like Meryem are left to self-recover. Dr. Tiberia claimed, “In the absence of a psychological mind-set, eating disorders may go unrecognized and be seen as normal or acceptable, fueling their prevalence even further.” According to Tiberia, even when cases are noticed and acted upon, sufferers may face difficulty in receiving proper treatment. What people need to do is recognize that it is not nor-

mal for brides to starve themselves prior to a wedding or run to the bathroom and purge each time they eat. These are seri-ous issues, and should not be taken lightly or remain ignored, accepted or encouraged. “When you recover you have to start a life-style change. No more diets and no more starving. Healthy foods and a good exercise program to shed the unwanted weight, and keeping up with that to maintain a positive self image is key,” said Meryem. Seeing a nutritionist and perhaps a trainer is a good way to start if you or someone you love has an eating disorder because it is the only life-long cure to these types of diseases. Al- Cor-

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niche Club’s trainer, Dutch, bases a majority of his workouts off boot camp-style training that he brought to Kuwait with his experi-ence in the British Army for over 27 years. Dutch said, “The best thing you can do if you want to gain weight is eat, and the best thing you can do if you want to lose weight is eat. In both cases, eat mindfully. Food is fuel for the body. It is just an equation of calories and ensuring you make healthy choices based off the results you strive for. You need to be even more mindful if you are working out, and everyone, even the skinny people out there should exercise. If noth-ing else you need to at least exercise your heart and your lungs through cardiovascu-lar training.” Think of it this way: If you have the willpower to starve yourself, you have

the willpower to control what you eat as far as healthy choices and to break a sweat. I was moved by Hanna’s story and reflected on my job as a media producer and my field of study at university, which is Mass Commu-

nication. Would I one day feel responsible for having to construct these harmful imag-es if I continued with my career path? While I am taking a requirement class, “Images in Media” revolving around images that injure, my “Graphic Design” requirement class is teaching me the skills on Photoshop to cre-ate these exact images that harm society. I cannot change the business, but I can clarify the facts. Ethics are the key to good jour-nalism, and while we as media producers cannot stop these misconceptions through images, we can spread awareness about the truths behind the perfections, and the dam-age they can cause if consumers perceive this as a truth. They say nothing tastes as good as skinny looks, but who are ‘they’ anyway, and how do ‘they’ know what looks good?!

“I guess the roughest part of the journey was trying to overcome it,

after being hospitalized and being able to see my ribs, which always kin-da’ freaked me out, but not enough to stop my dangerous habit,” said

Meryem.

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Sports

Forza Milan

The fields are wet, just slightly. The smell of grass is apparent as a swift breeze blow on by. Above the green

patchy field all you see are young soldiers in black and red. Between the nurtur-ing shouts of the coach and the intensity of the workout is a story that’s pure gold.

It’s incredible— no scratch that, it’s mirac-ulous how when all the right components come together almost like a Mendelossohn symphony, jolly and progressive. And like those orchestrated tunes the plays on the field are built up with the conductors, Faisal Al-Haroun, Salman Al-Rashood, the Kuwaiti legend Jassem Al-Huwaidi and none other than coach Alessandro Pasquali on the side lines. It just takes the right people and the proper amount of dedication with a twist of young innovation to make it flourish.

By now many of you would have real-

ized from the images surrounding this text that I’m talking about the AC Milan Soccer School— a partnership between LOYAC, a local non-profit organization, and one of the top world-renowned Italian clubs. So why the build up you may ask? Even though the AC Milan Soccer School has been around for 2 years (or 3 seasons), anyone that has seen this year’s team will tell you the same, that there’s something exquisitely exceptional. Those aren’t only my words, but after following them for the brief time that I have, it’s hard to argue otherwise.

The coaches and staff did a brilliant job in training these kids— training ses-sions on tactics, positioning and the roles to enhance their skills and control. This was all in preparation for the Interna-tional Youth Peace Tournament in Ve-rona, Italy. Even though the tournament

is extremely competitive the other teams were shocked at the level of prepara-tion the Kuwaiti team had committed to.

The amount of attention invested showed in the tournament as the AC Milan players proved to be more of a threat this time. With training matches five times a week as well as gym sessions at Inspire Gym with some of the best personal training specialists in the re-gion they were prepared in everything from the physical fitness to even their diet and nu-trition. Their commitment this time reflect-ed, they felt truly as part of a professional team, a family and not just a training camp.

Individually they achieved the fulfillment of acquiring a higher level of gameplay, but coming into the tournament as the underdogs they managed to prove them-selves as a real challenge to the rest. Last

the road to the international peace tournamentWritten By: AbdulMohsen Saad Al Mayyas

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year they participated in the same tourna-ment in Verona, and being the first Arab team to ever participate in this tourna-ment’s history they didn’t realize the mag-nitude of the competition and the skills required. According to them, they were an easy three points to any team in 2011 but returned to be a shocking challenge to the gigantic Germans and the tactical Czechs.

They’re very funny yet seriously com-mitted. I had the honor of watching them train, play, compete on and off the field and one this is common, they’re dedicated to one another. Their love for the game is not the only reason behind what they do, but their realization to how significant each and every member is to the composure of the team as a whole. This is why this is such a critical time for the team, where the 18 and 19 year olds would have to part ways with the younger players and the team next year. This is why their competition in Ve-rona was even more essential than it ever was. To prove to themselves and everyone else there, that the Kuwaiti team have a chance between the gigantic Germans and the tactical Czechs. That the hills of Verona would witness them in a shape and form like never before, and almost like a fairy tale, it all seemed to be coming true. The other teams were frustrated and surprised that the Kuwaiti team was so capable.

It was heartwarming though, to see that even in knowing they will be parting ways with many essential members of the team, it did not shake their faith even a little bit. Gharaballi, one of the young players on the team and the team captian said, “It’s true, we will lose leaders of course, but the young members will be leaders next year,” as passing of the torch already be-gan with the guidance of Coach Alessan-dro. Vouched for by all as a great coach, but what does that even mean? What makes him so significantly special? I mean anyone who loves their team and believes in it would probably say the same, right?

They say you refer to your mother tongue to express truly intimate and emotional feelings and the first thing to come out of Coach Alessandro’s mouth as he walked

up after his they’re training session to sit next to me was “sono felice!” which is “I am happy” in Italian. It’s his third season with AC Milan Soccer School in Kuwait and has been coaching with AC Milan since the year 2000. In his long experience he said that he is truly happy and content here.

“gym sessions at Inspire Gym with some of the best personal train-ing specialists in the region they were pre-pared in everything

from the physical fit-ness to even their diet

and nutrition”

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He’s like a father figure to them. The big-gest advantage to them is he was once a player himself. From his experience as a player for Lazio, he understands how they feel on the field. When they make a mistake he cheers them on. They played against 3rd division teams, a professional rank, and he always believed in his team and as an outcome the players did their best.

“They take what they do very seriously…” coach Alessandro said, as he sat down on the steps in front of me leaning onto the wall behind him. “…They are always on time, but the fun and motivational part is still there, which is really important.” From what I un-derstand, he is a tough coach, only when it comes to values and behavior, and never when there is a mistake on the field. He ex-plained, “I was a player once and I know it’s difficult to play when you know that on the bench there is a coach that’s ready to kill you.”

“LOYAC will help you with your target be-cause they are so involved…” he explained, “…it’s not only business, and this is the key to successful results.” He expressed his honor and pleasure of being involved with AC Milan and LOYAC and beyond the obvi-ous developments they’ve made, the first thing he noticed was the passion these kids had for football and for life in general.

The passion was contagious, so conta-gious I wanted to join them onto the field, but what they needed was the opportunity to use it and the AC Milan School is their outlet. “It wasn’t only about the perfor-mance in the field…” Alessandro says, “…what it shows to others and myself it that we should completely eliminate the preju-dice that Kuwaitis are lazy or spoiled and have no commitment.” It’s proof that if you give trust, opportunity and motivation the achievement in results are fantastic.

They managed to beat some of the tough-est teams in their division, fighting it out until the end and almost like the fall of the great Italian giant AC Milan in the Champi-ons League against Barcelona, they too suf-fered the same fate. Two penalties severed their chances of going through, and despite that they left with elevated spirits knowing they did the best and that unfortunately luck was not on their side. Yet, they showed up with a smile and left with the same knowing that their defeat does not reflect the pride they felt in standing their ground until the end of the end of the qualifying rounds. In the end of this story, and just like any story you’re left with a glimpse of what remains. Leaving you with just enough to hope that it only ends happily and lasts forever after.

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Health

25 going on 15Yes, that’s correct. I am twenty-five, by

rule of legal documentation and ac-cording to my mother. But I do feel,

and my doctor seems to think, that I have regressed. I am aging backwards. How’d that happen? Not before I was diagnosed at the age of sixteen, with Multiple Scle-rosis. Multiple Sclerosis is a neurological, often disabling condition which affects young adults and seniors. Very rarely are children, or teenagers, diagnosed. In my case, it was an early diagnosis which af-fected both my private and my public life.I won’t go into the boring, tedious details

of what it means to have MS, the agonizing symptoms, the unpredictability of the course of the disease and its many manifestations. My reaction to the diagnosis was specifically the following: I shrugged my shoulders. Per-haps it was a lack of knowledge. Perhaps it was denial. Or, maybe I was a heroic figure who believed I could take on the world. What was a little bump along the way going to do to my self-image? A few years later, the bump, the obstacle, the annoying rock in my path, grew, and began to make sure I tripped over it at every corner. Literally. I was eighteen years old when I fell flat on my

face, right in front of the gates of the Ameri-can University of Kuwait, where I had decid-ed to apply. How humiliating, right? It’s bad enough when we do fall down. But it wasn’t as simple as that. A professor saw the inci-dent and harassed me with questions and insisted that she file a report. I responded as politely and as neutrally as I possibly could. Finally, I informed her that I was only an ap-plicant, and I had MS. She looked at me, baf-fled, and asked if she should call an ambu-lance. I replied with a “Please just let it go.”That was my first initiation into the public realm of MS. People hardly ever under-

Written By: Shahad Al Shammari

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stood. I’d walk into pharmacies, for example to grab so and so medication and would ask if it was bad for Misers. Pharmacists would ogle me and say: “You don’t have MS. That’s for old people.” A friend’s par-ent once reprimanded me for claiming I was afflicted by the disease, saying it wasn’t nice to lie about such things. At the age of 18, I understood that sometimes, almost always, people did not understand, and I would have to be the one to “just let it go.”So the years went by, every day was an in-teresting experience, to say the very least. I learned that having all my senses was a real blessing. I learned to check for the function-ality of all my senses the minute I opened my eyes in the morning. I learned to live for today, as cheesy as that sounds, and to shrug my shoulders at the future’s long threatening speech, that very same speech that my neu-rologist and doctors insisted on replaying: I would never have a “normal” life, because MS steals everything normal from you. No more normal days, no more normal lifestyle.At twenty-three, I went for an experimen-tal treatment that involved stem cells. The operation, or as I like to call it, “procedure” was a nightmare. A friend laughs heartedly every time I refer to it as a procedure, for it was anything but a simple procedure. It was agonizing, torturous, and did not pro-ceed without killing me. Literally. And I was

resurrected, brought back to life, after mo-ments of “seeing the light.” That’s the posi-tive way of putting it. I was reborn. But, like every rebirth, I had to die first. My body, my nerves, my eyesight, my limbs, everything stopped functioning. I sound brave as I re-late the events. I was a child, calling out for my mother, begging the doctors to stop. And I am not one to cry, and certainly not one to beg. They did ignore me though, and continued to torture me (of course in my humble view it was torture) until my system reset itself. Or so they claim. I was skepti-cal, and perhaps still am a bit skeptical.Today, two years later, I am not “better” nor am I “cured.” I am a teenager all over again. I am hormonal. I am developing acne again. I am angry, I am happy, and I am most definitely moody. I won’t go into other hor-monal changes as not to offend anyone, but I can tell you, I’m a teenager in every meaning of the word. Now, maybe my sys-

tem did not reset itself, maybe I am not bet-ter, but I am younger. Physically, not men-tally or emotionally- thank the Lord for that -- although my mother and sisters would argue that. I could be regressing mentally and emotionally too – but I should hope not, as I would like to be taken seriously. We never take teenagers too seriously, do we?I can tell you that I am now a changed per-son. I can see past the obsession and preoc-cupation most people have with the future and “getting it all right.” I don’t want to get it all, I would just like for it to be “alright.” Most people I meet are constantly running after something, running away from some-thing, or simply running directionless. It’s the age of running. Rarely do people stop. To take a breath. To reflect. To ask the inevi-table question: What if I can’t run anymore?I was told that no matter how fast I ran, that no matter how hard I tried, I would eventually fall. So how do you cope with that? I take every day as it is, one step at a time (or sometimes two steps at a time, to beat MS) and I have learned to shrug my shoulders, not helplessly, but to sim-plify it all. My mother taught me, that in the face of all troubles, in the face of all adversaries, of all disasters, to “simplify things”. Make them smaller. So I continue to simplify and make smaller. Hopefully I don’t shrink to a pocketsize version of me.

“It was agonizing, torturous, and did not proceed without killing

me. Literally.”

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Nora

&Mi7sen

Take

on

Qatar

Qatar airways was actually a pleasant flight consider-ing all the staff were some of the most friendly I have come across. The round-trip ticket

ended up costing about KWD63 and the flight was just under an hour which was even less than the flight to Dubai. The is-sue wasn’t in the airlines itself, but the long transit from the plane to the bus to the extremely crowded line for anyone who wasn’t a GCC or Qatari citizen. The friends I was with held American passports and this line was the dead giveaway that the major-ity of people living in Qatar were expats.

I never flew on Qatar air-ways before to be honest, and as my first flight it actu-ally wasn’t so bad. The ser-vice was great and the flight

was short, but be careful not to upset the flight attendant with something ever so miniscule like having an electronic device in hand while the safety announcement is on, she might get a little worked up. Even if the plane is still on the ground. Other than that it wasn’t too shabby and for a short flight you got everything you may need.

AccommodationWe spent two nights in The W hotel, which was very nicely set up in the heart of the city. I loved the dark ambiance and the low seating area when

you arrive. They offer you refreshments and chocolates at the reception as you wait, and the only issue we had was that they didn’t provide us with the two beds like we had booked. When we arrived to our room they said that they did not have any rooms available with two beds, but with a bit of persistence they arranged the room. Overall, it was clean and had a nice view.

The hotels in Doha are amaz-ing. I got a change to stay at the Ramada, but I also took a miniature tour of the city and visited some of the more ex-

travagant hotels like the W Hotel and the La Cigale Hotel. Even the smaller and less

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extravagant hotels looked pretty good, and the only reason that was the case is be-cause everything there has been built re-cently, like in the past six years. So all the buildings and towers look ever so fresh and so clean. Unfortunately I was only there on a work related trip and didn’t get to see as much of it as I wish I could. Despite that the city itself and the surrounding hotels looks a lot like an up and coming Dubai.

FoodI have to hand it to The W with their complementary buffet that they serve in the morn-ing up until 11am. It was filled with fresh fruits, cold cuts, ce-

reals, different salads and eggs with endless coffee and fruit juice choices. The better buffet though was the Friday buffet which isn’t inclusive but which is totally worth it for the wide array of sushi, seafood, sliced meats, steaks, salads desserts and the most delicious assortments of cuisines you can fathom. This was definitely my favorite meal of the trip and is definitely worth go-ing for even if you are not staying at The W.

Personally I don’t like to stick to the food at hotels. So I went out to explore and the first and closest place to go to was the City Center Mall. The mall is

pretty big and has the usual mall attributes, the abundance of Starbucks-es and the fast food court. Then something caught my eye. It was a steak house, well to be com-pletely honest all I saw at first was the word “steak” and I was already walking towards the door. The Hippopotamus Steak House,

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is a French steak house chain that only opened there recently. With a great selec-tion of different cuts but I just went all out and got the porterhouse, medium of course. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this picture of my plate should tell enough.

Shopping We went walking around The Pearl, the beautiful shopping area and eatery near the Ma-rina overlooking the skyline of Qatar, which seems to be

expanding immensely. Some of the most well known designer stores are there, as well as a Maserati dealership and several coffee shops and restaurants. It is nice to see people walking around in a more re-laxed dress code that ours here in Kuwait, as well as seeing people in traditional conservative dress. It shows that both worlds are capable of coexisting peace-fully while enjoying a stroll outdoors.

I didn’t do that much shopping, a flip-flop here, a t-shirt there. Other than the obvious fact that they have a wider collec-

tion of stores and brands, one thing I noticed is that they had a lot of non-commercial and local stores and resellers. This means only one thing that it must be a lot easier to start up your own business or store. They had them everywhere, in the mall, outside and in the market places. It was amazing to see that to be honest— More power to them.

DifferencesThe major differences I no-ticed were the traffic, which was much more organized and much less crowded than our streets in Kuwait. You are

not stalked as you drive down the street as a girl either, which is a huge plus. The skyline was absolutely gorgeous and was much bigger than ours, and on any of the new construction sites they are forced to cover them with an aesthetically pleasing covering in order to keep the city looking its best during the building stage. When you go out to nicer places, you see more expats than locals, and they aren’t working they are enjoying their time out with family and

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friends. People treat the laborers much bet-ter. Also, there is grass. Real, green, beauti-ful grass with tons of trees and flowers ev-erywhere as opposed to tons of sand and a strange assortment of flowers as you drive to the Kuwait International Airport. Over-all, Qatar is definitely up and coming and it was a nice place to see as well as a good change of scenery from Kuwait or Dubai.

The first difference I immedi-ately noticed was how much cleaner it was. When I walked out of the airport to get some

fresh air and a smoke, I failed to find a single cigarette bud on the floor. The floor was so clean that I actually thought I wasn’t even supposed to smoke there. The same applied to everywhere you went. I was amazed and slightly saddened by the fact that Kuwait couldn’t be the same. People there actually care about how clean their country is and I wish we did the same. I also heard that their laws are actually implemented and not just written and forgotten. In six years Qatar managed to surpass Kuwait in a few differ-ent yet essential ways. The laws, cleanliness, the road systems, the infrastructure and yes they do have a smaller population but there is no reason for us not to have the same. They built their entire country on their mon-ey, why can’t we just use ours in better ways.

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Political

How to Censor a ‘Kony’ Article(Inspired by Shahriar Mandanipour’s “Censoring An Iranian Love Story”)

On a spring day in Kuwait City, the scent of freshly watered grass, carbon mon-

oxide, and the musky arrogance of a Golden Age gone by whisper together. On its lap-top screens, ‘#KONY2012’ hash-tags wedge themselves between words, images, emo-tions; happening upon them is populace in-toxicated by the philanthropy of social me-

dia, a group of bodies so compelled by the cultural phenomenon that is Joseph Kony, that revolt of the highest standard is not only possible, but an obligatory measure.

When the melancholy sound of the athan quiets down, Kuwait hears, it does not lis-ten to, bullets fired by an LRA-employed Ugandan child. Filtered by the ears of a so-

ciety edified by a cause, these decibels re-sound loudly. In a living room not far from a mosque, quivering eyes hurry to smuggle meaning between the tawdry lines of news-paper articles. Jason Russell’s Kony 2012 video plays in the background. An American father and his child take the screen, to be followed shortly by Bin Laden and Hitler…

تاء إن قال: »الربيع في قلبي«؟ جبران خليل جبران“ ق الش ”من يصد

Written By: Bandar Al Saeed

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The emphatic aftermath of this video in Kuwait is plain to see; its citizens rushed to their Twitter/bank accounts to lend their support to Invisible Children. The San Diego-based organization determined to stop Kony’s exploitative and abusive be-havior in Uganda. A la Occupy Wall Street, an invasion of the realm of injustice beck-ons. The verdict? Leader of the Christian-oriented LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) Jo-seph Kony must be stopped. Russell’s video effectively mobilized a planet - but it also spoke to the hearts, and minds, of people in need of a desperate distraction from the tumult of an Arab Spring whose blossom-ing flowers do not seem to be in any dan-ger of wilting. Even with the heavy wave of criticism that ensued, the bright blue and red of ‘STOP KONY’ Facebook profile pic-tures illuminated the path to our hearts.

Then why, you might ask, are the words you read crossed out? I am writing about the notorious Joseph Kony after all, a man whose evil is unique to such an extent that even an atomic bomb-wielding hegemony cannot triumph against it. If talking about a revolution sounds like a whisper, how does one mitigate the revolutionary quali-ties of the written word, if its sinewy con-notations and ever-encouraging ellipses (…) allow room for the expression of individual thought? Somewhere behind the decrepit façade of the Ministry of Information, an elderly mustachioed man in an exquisitely pressed dishdasha is answering that very same question. On a daily basis, this gentle-

man receives piles of novels, articles, com-mentaries, and columns to be approved by his holy pen prior to publication. This individual has a moral and religious respon-sibility to ensure that seditious words and phrases do not appear in front of the eyes of the innocent and simple people that in-habit Kuwait. He comes across a piece en-titled “How to Censor a Kony Article” and a droplet of sweat begins to form on his brow. The name ‘Alsaeed’ triggers a slight memory in his head of a man he used to know. The presence of ‘spring’ in the first sentence pacifies him; the ‘musky arrogance’ of the writer’s Golden Age does not. Nevertheless, Kuwait is a democratic country and free speech is sold by the kilogram. “People are entitled to their own opinions,” he reasons, and allows it to pass. There is absolutely no room, however, to characterize revolu-tion as an “obligatory measure” – the black ink of the gentleman’s exalted pen strikes

through it, ensuring this line never reach-es the pure eyes of his beloved Kuwait.

As he proceeds through the article, he no-tices something strange. Despite the gentle-man’s censorship, the writer’s assertion that revolution is an obligatory measure becomes quite stubborn. It refuses to leave his mind. To make matters worse, the dan-gerous half-sentence has now lent its vulgar and ignoble images to other words on the page; “melancholy,” “decrepit,” and “ex-ploitative” begin to change shape in front of his very eyes. The whiteness between the lines now resembles a secret passageway for the reader to subvert his/her thoughts. The page has become a labyrinth…

There is very little doubt that the Kony 2012 cause is one that advocates revolt, albeit one that does not need to be clas-sified into an Arab Spring. The Kony 2012 revolt is one that has been in a constant state of reconstruction since a time when Arabs didn’t involve seasons in their poli-tics. The location of the battle is within the rounded corners of laptop screens and it is fought with the public’s necessity to analyze this phenomenon in the ‘I agree with Invis-ible Children’ vs. ‘I don’t agree with Invis-ible Children’ binary. There are no rules in revolution; no one asks you to label yourself ‘Islamic’ or ‘liberal’. The Kony 2012 example may have confirmed the collective pathol-ogy of previously acceptable standards of free speech, but above all, it reminds ev-eryone of an Arab Spring-induced affinity to structuralize the word within conceptual dichotomies. There’s no reason springtime can’t smell of carbon monoxide, is there?

“it also spoke to the hearts, and minds, of people in need of a desperate distraction from the tumult of an Arab Spring whose blossoming flowers do not seem to be in any danger of wilting”

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كر والتقديرش

ص الخال

ك ب تتقدم لويا

س الوزراءجل

س مسمو رئي

لصباح

ك الخ / جابر املبار

شي ال

شرةصمنا بالع

ك بحتفالية لويا

ضوره اح

ى رعايته وعل

ب ودفعه ملزيد شبا

جيع الش

ى تسموه له بالغ األثر عل

ضور ح

كد ان ونؤ

ي معال

كر ش

كما نسانيته

وانطنه

وخلدمة

طاء والع

من العمل

ت كوي

ضر من الح

كل من ف و

ضيوكبار ال

سفراء وشيوخ والوزراء وال

ال

ها .ك وأهداف

سالة لويام بأهمية ر

هو لبنان و االردن اميانا من

شكر�..س

سمو الرئي

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كر والتقديرش

ص الخال

ك ب تتقدم لويا

س الوزراءجل

س مسمو رئي

لصباح

ك الخ / جابر املبار

شي ال

شرةصمنا بالع

ك بحتفالية لويا

ضوره اح

ى رعايته وعل

ب ودفعه ملزيد شبا

جيع الش

ى تسموه له بالغ األثر عل

ضور ح

كد ان ونؤ

ي معال

كر ش

كما نسانيته

وانطنه

وخلدمة

طاء والع

من العمل

ت كوي

ضر من الح

كل من ف و

ضيوكبار ال

سفراء وشيوخ والوزراء وال

ال

ها .ك وأهداف

سالة لويام بأهمية ر

هو لبنان و االردن اميانا من

شكر�..س

سمو الرئي

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Press Release

LOYAC Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary

Under the patronage of his Highness the Prime Minister Jaber Al Mubarak Al Sabah, LOYAC celebrated their 10-

year anniversary at the Al-Qiblia School. Several Ministers, members of parliament, members of the royal family, representatives of different government bodies, members of the civil society and the Board members of LOYAC Kuwait, Lebanon and Jordan, attend-ed the celebratory event on March 28, 2012.

The celebration commenced with the national anthem played by a live orchestra

followed by an introduction by media fig-ure, Abdulla Buftain in which he said LOYAC has imprinted not only the 10 fingerprints, they have also contributed to Kuwait with the development of thousands of Kuwait artisans, musicians, artists, athletes, em-ployees and volunteers. Buftain then gave a brief introduction to LOYAC’s new mu-sical anthem composed by Bader Nouri.

Following the musical performance by Nouri’s ensemble of LOYAC’s new anthem, the LOYAC Academy of Performing Arts,

LAPA, presented an interpretive dance encompassing LOYAC’s theatrical history by weaving snippets of past productions in a colorful display of song and dance.

The nostalgic performance chronicled LOYAC’s history from its inception as just a dream through the developments it made to become the organization it is today. After the dazzling performance, LOY-AC premiered its documentary short which briefed all the attendees about LOYAC’s work and contributions to the

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Arab society over the passed 10 years. Afterwards, Abdulla Buftain interviewed Dhari Al Huwail and Fatima Al Awadi who spoke about their successful experiences with LOYAC and how their experiences ben-efited them both in their personal and pro-fessional lives. This was concluded by a set of heart-warming adjectives describing LOYAC.

Then came the time for Chairperson and Founder Fareah Al Saqqaf’s speech in which she thanked all the companies, embas-sies, sponsors, and contributors to LOYAC’s success, in particular the His Highness the Prime Minister’s patronage of the event.

The Prime Minister then congratulated and recognized the LOYAC youth repre-sentatives’ contribution in varying fields.

For Athleticism: Faisal Al Haroun and Salmaan Al RashoudFor Success stories: Mariam Al Khudari and Laith Al MutawaFor Humanitarian efforts: Fahad Al Kandari and Saoud Al KandariFor Dedication: Duaij Al Oun and Aisha BilalFor Creativity: Lulwa Al Shamlaan and Faisal BuhairiFor Career Impact: Aymen Al Saleh and Mu-hammad Al AmeenFor Awareness: Ahmed Al Arbash and Ab-dul Aziz Ashour

For Leadership: Khalid Shabaan and Manay-er Al Qallaf For Artistic Talents: Abdulla Al Hassan and Shareen Haji

And finally his Highness the Prime Min-ster concluded by expressing his gratitude to be part of the LOYAC 10 Year Anniver-sary Ceremony and to be a witness of the unique youth and their powerful impact.

The Ceremony continued even as His Highness the Prime Minister walked to-wards his car, on his way he greeted the LOY-AC AC Milan team, he watched a segment of LOYAC’s break dance team Electric Crew and he autographed the LOYAC handprint wall along with all of LOYAC’s youth volunteers.

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لوياك تهنئ

نجوم البصمات العشر

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Arts

Inke Timm, a half German half Gha-naian 16 year-old AIS student. Her pride in her background is a great influence be-hind her work. She uses her art to con-

nect to her heritage saying, “African art is really deep. The realism in western art is amazing, but African art seeks a more emotional and spiritual response. It

holds a lot of color and emotion where it feels like the artwork is jumping at you.”

She started painting in Kindergarten and as she grew older, her art grew with her— in size that is. She began to paint bigger things and liberating her inner artist on her bedroom walls. “I take my inspiration from various artists,” she said, and like a sponge, absorbing whatever she sees around her portraying it in her own style. One of her favorite artists is Alex Pardee, she loves his style of deforming normal images and his use of a lot of bright colors, which you can see, is relevant to her style as well.

Looking at some of her previous work she enjoys using water paints, which is her favor-ite medium, to create various abstract piec-es incorporated with realistic images. Mix-ing realism with her personal abstract style to exhibit her vivid and flowing paintings with the colors pouring down. “I love when things drip down…” she said, “…it gives this messy affect, and I’m a very messy artist.” She enjoys using what ever she can get her hands on from paint, chalk and even nail pol-ish at times and fueled by her vividly color-fully and slightly cartoonish imagination she persistently exports images and ideas from her mind until she gets the result she wants.

Her description of her art is that it is un-usual, things you would normally visualize in your head put onto a canvas. “Art, I think, is about something unusual that you’ve never seen…” she said, “…Something that maybe multiple people have imagined but have never had a way to portray. It kind of gives people something to open up to.” Her attraction to African art and her love for the use of colors works really well with her style. She went on to explain that, “It makes viewers wonder, and you can stand there for a while thinking of how it was composed. That’s what I try to achieve. I always like to make the viewer wonder.”

For now it’s just a hobby, but she hopes to see this opening other doors in the future. Possibly displaying her work in Kuwait and even Kuwait if she found the right outlet. For now we’re displaying a small collection of her fascinating artwork in Loyacy for all to see.

Young TalentsWritten By: AbdulMohsen Saad Al Mayyas

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Socio - Culture

La Dolce Vita

My coworker and I just burst into song, belting out “Turn Around Bright Eyes” by Bonny Tailor. It

happened directly after he said, “Stop read-ing about what to write about for this article and just think.” Since our 25-year-old brains are both overworked by our mundane thought processes reflecting on our quarter-century crises, turning the office into a ‘Glee’ scene seemed to be the next best option. Around the age of 25, you may start to go over your life goals checklist because it is a point where you have probably graduated university and began the ultimate compari-son of yourself to your peers. You may find

yourself continuously clicking to the year 2008 on your Facebook timeline and scroll-ing through your pictures when life was carefree and fun. You wonder why the stupid timeline exists anyway. “It was way cooler back in my day,” you think to yourself. Then you get the sinking feeling when you real-ize that even Facebook is taunting you with the reality that “your day” might be over. Death is an eerily harsh reality, the idea that it is the time to get married may have wea-seled into your brain, you don’t know what you want to do as a career, and there it is. Smile and wave at it, you have just entered your quarter-life-crisis. Only you aren’t

stopping to snap a picture next to this mile-stone like you did when you saw the ‘Wel-come to Las Vegas” sign back in 2008. In fact your camera may be collecting dust under your bed because you have sworn off taking pictures. You like to live vicariously through the display picture you have had up for the last two years, refusing to have evidence that the most exciting thing you do during your days now is walk to the coffee machine every hour on the hour from your desk. I can recall being 16 and thinking that when I was 25 I would definitely have it all to-gether, whatever ‘it’ was that 25 year olds do. I assumed that much like my obnoxious

Written By: Nora Al Ruwaished

The Quarter Life Crisis

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alarm which goes off in the mornings at ex-actly the time its programmed to, my rights of passage would occur at the precise time I desired, suddenly and effortlessly, allow-ing me to glide gracefully into adulthood. 16 is a faint memory as it came and went long ago, and 25 is just around the corner for me, and most of my friends are now over 25. While we are supposed to have it all go together, the common trait amongst many of us is this unsure and uneasy feeling, with a lack of direction and general confusion of what we want and where we are going next. What is it about this age that is so frighten-ing and confusing? Maybe the consequenc-es for error have become more severe. The people we date could be, or want to be, candidates for marriage as opposed to spring flings and casual relationships, sign-ing contracts may bind us to careers our majors leave us no choice but to fall into. Some may be leaving to do their masters because they are not sure what to do oth-erwise. That’s what this age seems to be. Making choices because we think that we have to, so that we have an explanation as to what we are doing, when truly all we are doing is buying time and and hoping our endeavors lead us to some sort of epiphany that will guide our life with ease and clarity.In these similarities between us, we have some differences, and these are the titles I have noticed society placing on us quarter lifers.

The Wanderer: It is as if you are searching for exactly what to do next, and instead all you are finding is your parents at the lunch table continu-ously asking and commenting, “When are we going to have grandchildren? We aren’t getting any younger you know. Why are you traveling this weekend, you have responsi-bilities at work and you will be too tired if you arrive on the 7am flight from Dubai on a Sunday morning. What do you do in Dubai anyways that you can’t do in Kuwait? When your older sister was your age she was mar-ried and taking care of your nephew Azooz. Please go cut your hair it looks unprofes-sional. You need to lose weight, who is going to want to marry you with this extra weight you gained at university?” Translation in your head: “Blah blah blah, blah blah! Blah? Blah! Dubai. Blah blah and blah, Dubai, Blah.” You wish you could just tape their mouths shut and walk away because they are not help-ing your decision making any further, but instead you do the next best thing and book your flight to Dubai to clear your head after this headache of a conversation. Maybe your future spouse is going to Dubai as well.

The Overachiever:You are doing numerous activities, and though they may be impressive in your eyes, people say you are doing them just to say you are doing something and that this is only to

divert the attention away from the fact that truly, you are not doing anything substantial towards your career life, love life or future goals. This constitutes activities such as tak-ing a year off of school and work to travel the world, climb to the highest peak and dive the deepest seas, which others think translates to, “I am terrified of growing up and I need to stall as long as possible be-fore I am forced into boring adulthood, sans my freedom.” They have no idea how clear your skin is from that mountain air, how healthy your lungs are from all that diving and how many experiences you have went through that have molded your personality.

The Introverted and Confused:Gals: The conversations you and your friends used to have about how you just wanted to be single, travel and dress cute have become hours of obsessing and planning out the next five years of your lives, because natu-rally, women’s lives are over at 30 if they are not married by then, right? Then come the rhetorical questions you ask each other and then nod, “Will his mother like me? Will I like his mother? Will we have to move into her house, or does he plan to move into an apartment. If I ask him about marriage will I seem too demanding and anxious? Do I even love him? What is love anyways? You know what, I should break up with him. Se-riously, he isn’t ‘the one’. Is there just one?

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Oh my god. There isn’t just one, there are two. What do I do?” The 25-year-old female is a pretty subject, but beware of the cra-zy look in her eye. It is there for a reason. Guys: You are at the diwaniya, and are obvi-ously in the exact same traumatized state as the girls, as you are also seriously stressed out about you want from your female con-fidants. You ask similar questions such as, “Dude why is everyone getting married! What is going on? Whatever they are all stu-pid, lets order pizza. I can’t wait for our trip to Eastern Europe. It’s going to be awesome. Blonde girls, oh yeah! Too bad I don’t make any money! Everyone around me is rich.

I need to get rich. While I think of how to do that, guys, should we play FIFA or watch the Manchester United game?” Sorry guys, I know you aren’t cavemen. That low blow was more for comical relief. But usually 25-year-old guys are not on the same page as 25-year-old girls, and that makes it so much fun to date people who are the same age as you during this time. * Eyes Rolling * As put together we may pretend we have it, none of us are entirely confident in our direction and many of us are still on the path to finding what we really want from life. The only difference between 25 year old us and 16 year old us is that we have

seen a lot more and know a lot more, which opened our eyes to the fact that we do not know everything and that we never really will. Find comfort in the simple fact that you are not alone, and keep this quote in mind as you take a little well deserved personal time to find your place in this world for now. You have the rest of your life to settle into it. This is the only time in our life that you are not living for and answering to your parents any longer, and you are not dedicat-ing all your time to a family of your own. Take the time to yourself now while you still have the opportunity, and let go of the guilt.

“You may find yourself contin-uously clicking to the year 2008

on your Face-book timeline and scrolling through your pictures when

life was carefree and fun”

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Culture

How to Assassinate the Arab in You

I hold my flawless essay on Fahrenheit 451 in my young, 15-year-old hands, my head held up in pride at its sheer beauty.

It didn’t have a single grammatical or spell-ing error, it not only met but exceeded the creative language expectations of my then-10th-grade English class, and displayed impressive analysis skills. I was sure that once we began peer-editing in class, none of my peers would be able to find a thing that I should change - and I would take great pleasure in turning their clean papers into a hot mess covered with red ink corrections.But that was not to be.“Okay, so when you’re having any English-

written work edited, one of the most impor-tant parts is to make sure you have a native English speaker editing your work, because they’re the only ones you can trust to truly know the language and be able to point out any mistakes that you may have made.”Sorry, what?“So you can just ask any of your American or Canadian classmates to look over your essays.”Canadian?

You want me to ask the Canadian kid who only five minutes ago had said, “I’m done my work” and butchered the grammar of

that statement? You can’t eliminate the word “with” simply because you feel like it. I wasn’t letting that kid anywhere near my work, not when I had put such care-ful thought and precision into creating it. I admit to have been the odd type of 15-year-old that didn’t let these things slide. I made a mental note to pay attention to any other possibly Arab-discriminatory remarks that she would throw at the direc-tion of myself and my other 15-year-old classmates who just might believe her. I de-cided that the best way of retaliating would be to pick up on all the ‘non-Western’ char-acteristics that she had, and to throw them

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in her face whenever she told us how uncivil we were, how desperately in need of West-ern guidance us lost Arab creatures were.

I had my golden moment of victory when she was discussing the difference be-tween the Western code of ethics and Mid-dle Eastern definitions of morality. Of course, the Western definition was ‘civil’ and ‘en-lightened’ and ‘peaceful’ - the War on ‘Ter-ror’ was meant to protect people and spread democracy, after all. Likewise, the Middle Eastern definition was savage, beast-like, primitive, and monstrous. At some point I zoned out. Eventually one learns to block out the voices that only want to listen to them-selves. But I snapped back to reality with an amused sparkle in my eyes when she picked up a black marker and wrote “conscious” on the white board, her voice thundering:

“You need to develop a conscience!”

I couldn’t control myself. I laughed at the irony of it all. I laughed at how seri-ous her tone was, how she looked like she was desperately trying to get through to a bunch of serial killers with hollow, empty souls and attempting to convince them to be good people. I laughed even harder at the look on her face when I burst out laughing the moment she was telling me to “develop a conscience”. I laughed a lot more when I imagined what must’ve been going through her head: “Oh this Arab girl is long gone, hopeless case. She can’t even show some manners to respect the seriousness of what I am discussing.”

“I’m sorry, is there something you would like to add?”“You want us to develop a conscious.”“No sweety, that’s another word with a dif-ferent meaning. I want you to develop a conscience.”“You wrote the other word with the differ-ent meaning.”She turned her back to the board and cocked her head of smooth, ‘tamed’ brown hair to the side.“How do you spell conscience?”“C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-C-E”“So, con-science?”Con-science?“Yes...” I hesitate, “Con-science.”

Breaking down ‘conscience’ in that man-ner was probably the single most idiotic thing - grammatically speaking, anyway - that had left my mouth, but it was a small price to pay for the sake of prov-ing to my racist teacher that her 15-year-old Arab student was a better speller than her own Western teacher in all her glory.

It’s safe to say that Arabs make up the majority of private, Western-education schools in Kuwait. I think it might also be safe to say that this one incident could be one of many that take place on a daily ba-sis within school premises - the teacher, a figure of authority, demeaning his or her student, someone who will absorb the in-formation given to him by this trustwor-thy figure in his life, simply for the sake of maintaining the global hierarchy of race.

When the Western teacher treats Arab students as the inferior group and glo-rifies his or her Western students regard-less of their level of intellect, it creates a dangerous cycle of orientalism, where the West objectifies the East and depicts them to be savage, primitive, ignorant, illiterate, ever-dependent on the West’s guidance. One of two things can occur as a result of this objectification, both with equally pos-sible chances. The first, frightening possi-bility is that the Arab student may believe the Western teacher and accept his or her words as truth, reality, unquestionable fact - keeping in mind that most students are at a stage of mental development where they consider teachers to be credible, reli-able sources of information. The teacher is a role model, a figure of authority, a river of knowledge and ‘enlightenment’ - so pic-ture the tragic irony of the situation when the teacher does the exact opposite, and instead leads the student into darkness.

The second possibility is for the teacher’s actions to backlash - the student considers the teacher’s air of superiority an incentive to push himself and surpass the Western standard not just for Arabs, but for universal intellect. A negative ac-tion does not necessarily equal a negative reaction; in such cases, it can be an oppor-tunity to prove the other end wrong. This can apply to a variety of different situa-tions and not just ones that involve ethnic-ity, such as the older generation’s negative perception of the younger generation, or even stereotypes based on social standing.

For stereotypes to be broken, lay-ing the blame strictly on the person mak-ing assumptions would be too simplistic. One must defy stereotypes, not only by not living up to its perceptions, but surpassing them and becoming the polar opposite. It is a battle that is not as simple as ‘us’ against ‘them’, but also involves an inner struggle where we must fight our own innate de-mons.The key to surpassing the stereotypi-cal image of an Arab is not by imitating the Westerner and denying your own ethnicity, but by becoming a better human being. Car-ry qualities that will dazzle the world with their brightness so that what background you come from won’t make a difference.

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Runway BridePrague Royal Gardens

Photography By: Nadia Al Saqqaf

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Photography By: Nadia Al Saqqaf

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Wonder WomanPhotography by: Faith Al Fahad

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Socio - Culture

May 1st; spring season. When the flowers bloom, the birds sing, the fluffy clouds float above us, the sun shines down on Earth’s simple inhabitants, the

girls put on their flowing skirts, the guys sport their beige shorts, feminine feet are painted with pleasant, pastel col-ors, and everyone blows winter a good-bye kiss - till next year.

May Day: When Freedom & Flowers Blossom

May 1st, 1886. Labor workers gathered on the streets of Chicago demanding an eight-hour law be implemented; they ar-gued that workers should spend eight hours working, eight hours sleeping, and eight hours for their own recreation - a fair division of their 24-hour day. Chicago police showed up and tried to disperse the peaceful crowd, clashing with the protesters. An unknown

Written By: Abrar Al Shammari

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third party threw a dynamite bomb amidst the commotion, killing seven police officers, four civilians, and wounding several others. Eight anarchists were unjustly convicted of conspiracy; seven of them were given a death sentence, one of them sentenced to 15 years in prison - though investigations clearly showed that it had not been any of the anarchists or the protesters who had thrown the bomb. One of the men sentenced to be executed commit-ted suicide in his cell on the eve of his designated date of death.

The Haywire Martyrs, also known as the Haywire Massa-cre. Their lives are commemorated each year on May 1st - Inter-national Workers’ Day, a cause that seeks to end slavery in all its forms and to celebrate the social and economic achievements of labor workers. Considered an official, national holiday in over 80 countries, it seeks to protect all workers - domestic workers, fac-tory workers, company employees, and anyone else whose job requires more than just to sit back and observe his elves slaving away for his company - of course, this man would be in the top 1% that exclusively does not belong in the labor workers’ category.

Commonly called ‘May Day’, May 1st has grown to be an opportunity for protesters to express their displeasure towards the corruption of the worldwide market place, which has led to mass unemployment, low wages, high taxes, and legal penaliza-tion of all those who do not own the majority of the world’s re-sources. The concept of a ‘General Strike’ arose from May Day, and the General Strike’s principles stand for migrant rights, jobs for all, peace, acceptance, women’s rights, queer rights, aboli-tion of racial discrimination - all in all, a fight against the de-liberate oppression and fostering of divisions by the elite 1%.

This year, the May 1st General Strike is being organized by

the Occupy Wall Street group, and has spread all over the United States and parts of Asia, including Lebanon being the only Arab country taking part in it. Participating cities can officially strike on May 1st. M1GS is encouraging citizens of non-participating cities to strike anyway, by a variety of methods. Call in sick to work. Don’t show up to school. Don’t go shopping. Organize a school walk-out. Disrupt the flow of capital on May Day. Cause financial disruption. Host public art events. Use social media as a tool to raise aware-ness and encourage people to revolt rather than to spread Britney Spears’ latest scandal. Organize left-wing rallies and have a repre-sentative speak to the assemblies on the endless issues of work-ers’ rights. Create agitational literature and propaganda. Offer your medical, legal, cooking, and hair-dressing skills to people for free. The point is to withdraw from capitalism for a day and ex-plore the creative and liberating aspects of a culture of resistance. From that point on, people can do what they love as an act of protest. Block parties, rallies, protests, marches, family BBQ’s – this is a day when the 99% take a stand against the way the sys-tem has enslaved them and pushed them down — by taking a day for themselves, for being human again, spending time with families and friends. Their bosses dictate everything to them — but not on May Day. The holiday of the working class, the 99%.

It’s a day for immigrant rights and migrant, for social justice, for civil liberties & ending a police-led state, for hous-ing, education, and health care as human rights, for women’s rights, LGBT rights and gender equity - for everything that has come as a result of the wealthy elite exploiting the blind sub-mission of the middle and lower class in order to maintain their iron grip on the government and finances of countries. “We will show those who claim power, where the true power lies. We are many. They are few. The time has come to rise - together.”

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Social

How Changing a wcareer

I have never been an advocate of change, shying away from it at every possible opportunity just to remain in a familiar environment. After time, I finally succumbed to the fact that change

is inevitable, therefore you should be in control of it. If you don’t strategically plan certain changes in your life, they will happen anyway and not the way you want them to. In the case

of work, if you are miserable at a job your performance will eventually start to slack. You enthusiasm will fade day after day and you had better believe that management be there watching. How will this force change? It will eventually get so bad that you will either never get recommended for a promotion or, worst-case scenario, you will get fired. If you had just taken the initiative to realize your happiness is worth more, you could have avoided this

entire situation by searching for another job and leaving on good terms.

People are bound by fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of taking a chance, and fear of abandoning routine. I was one of these cowardly souls until I realized that life is worth the risk, and the only thing worse than fear is regret and wondering “what if”. I was at a job that someone else would have loved, but I knew there was something else waiting for me just around the corner. This led me to take initiative and actually see

what else I could get. Now I wake up in the morning with a sense happiness that comes with having a job that fits just right. What makes me most happy is

actually not knowing what will happen at work next week because things keep moving and changing. Coming from a painfully routine past, I never thought I could appreciate that. So this is my advice to all of you that feel you are stuck in the mud. Whether you want to start your own business or change your job (or both), don’t let fear stop you.

If you are a student, this can also apply to university. My greatest advice is to choose wisely before applying to a university. Do your research and evaluate what is important to you the most. Don’t go somewhere easy to get into just because it is in the right location, and don’t go somewhere you would be miserable just because you think you should. Evaluate pros and cons because university should be a well-rounded experience. If you feel you’ve made a mistake, it’s ok to transfer. Always make sure you work hard the first two years of university because the classes are easier and higher grades will give you the ability to

transfer if you feel the need to do so. My brother told me once that applying to university is like a lottery; apply to as many as you can because you can never have too many chances.

Hesitation will be your worst enemy, so don’ t think twice about making a leap in a completely new direction. I never imagined myself saying these words, but all it took was a little nudge from family and friends in the right direction and I feel a change for the

better. I have witnessed close friends doing the same exact thing, and not one of them regrets it. I hope everyone can believe in themselves because that’s what life is about. Good luck!

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جريدةالأ كادمييهرئيس التحرير أحمد نصار100 فلس

المدرسة العالمية األمريكية تحتفل باليوم العالمي برعاية لوياك

إحتفلت المدرسة العالمية األمريكية باليوم العالمى وذلك بتنظيم يوم مفتوح تضمن وكذلك عدة دول لثقافات عروض وجود عروض مسرحية حضرها أكثر من ألف طالب وطالبة وشاركت لوياك من خالل تقديم عدة للطالب البيانو على كالعزف مميزة فقرات فيصل البحيري والذى شارك طلبة المدرسة قصة نجاحه ووصوله إلى الفوز بجائزة شوبان عمره يتخطي ولم بيانو كعازف العالمية العشرون عاما كما قامت الطالبة مريم مراد على العزف فى وصاحبها أغنية بتقديم البيانو الفنان مبارك كرم وقدم كذلك فريق البريك فى إستعراضية فقرة كرو إلكتريك دانس أحبها الطالب والحضور وقدم السيد أى لوياك أكاديمية مدير الهارون فيصل /األكاديمية عن توضيحى عرض ميالن سي الحفل حضر إليها للمنتسبين تقدمه وما مدير السقاف نادية / السيدة لوياك من اإلستعراضية للفنون لوياك أكاديمية والسيدة / سامرة الريس مدير عام المدرسة

العالمية األمريكية.

ممثلين األكاديمية على شاشة التليفزيون

الشبان من األكاديمية ممثلين لعب أمام وثبات بثقة أدوارهم والشابات إعالن أول لتصوير دارت التى الكاميرات داو وبدعم من شركة لوياك تنفذه توعوي للكيماويات واإلعالن هو إعالن توعوي وطني مصلحة أجل من والتعاون للوحدة يدعو

الوطن ومن إخراج األستاذ رسول الصغيرالراي تليفزيون شاشة على اإلعالن يذاع على أيضا ويذاع للوياك اإلعالمي الشريك

شاشات شركة السينما الكويتية

األكاديمية تشارك السفارة األمريكية اإلحتفال بعيد التحرير األمريكي

للفنون لوياك أكاديمية شاركت أقامته الذى الحفل فى اإلستعراضية بمناسبة الكويت بدولة األمريكية السفارة عيد التحرير األمريكي وذلك من خالل تقديم لفريق دانس البريك فى إستعراضية فقرة القت وقد لوياك ترعاه والذى كرو إلكتريك إستحسان الحضور والسفير األمريكي ووزير اهلل عبد محمد / الشيخ الكويتي اإلعالم النشيد لوياك راوية من الفنانه كما قدمت

الوطنى الكويتى .

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إبراهيم مزنر وأولى لوحات الخيزران

اإلستعراضات مصمم مؤخرا الكويت زار الفنان إبراهيم مزنر وذلك للعمل مع طلبة اللوحات أولى على األكاديمية وطالبات )الخيزران( المسرحي للعمل اإلستعراضية متواصلة أيام أربعة لمدة التدريبات وجرت الموسيقى على مزنر إبراهيم فيها عمل كل أن بالذكر والجدير واإلستعراض هم المسرحي العمل هذا إلى المنضمين

طلبة من هواة المسرح .السقاف فارعة / الكاتبة تأليف من العمل وإخراج / رسول الصغير والذى من المنتظر

عرضه حالل العام الحالي.

طلبة األكاديمية أبهرو الحضور بأدائهم فى حفل لوياك

فنى أداء األكاديمية وطالبات طلبة قدم راق أبهر الحضور الذى تقدمه معالي رئيس مجلس الوزراء الشيخ / جابر المبارك الصباح فى إحتفالية لوياك بمرور عشر سنوات على بتقديم األكاديمية قام طالب وقد إنشائها عدة فقرات ولوحات إستعراضية لخصت تاريخ األعمال المسرحية التى قدمتها لوياك على مدى العشر سنوات الماضية مثل »جاالتيا » »أكون أو ال أكون« »خطر« »مايم مينيا« وأخيرا الفنان بتصميمها قام إستعراضية لوحة

إبراهيم مزنر.

األكاديمية تستضيف كوكو يورك ومايك ديل فيرو

السفارة مع المثمر تعاونها إطار فى إستضافت الكويت دولة فى األمريكية يورك كوكو األمريكية المطربة األكاديمية والمعروف فيرو ديل مايك البيانو وعازف أنهم قاموا بعمل عده جوالت عالمية قاموا المغنيين أكبر مع والعزف بالغناء خاللها تيري كالرك مثل العالم مستوى على وليونيل ريتشي وبي بي كينج كما شاركوا لموسيقى كبرى مهرجانات عدة فى أيضا الجاز وقد قاموا بعمل صف تعليمي لمطربي على أعقبه ساعتين لمده البيانو وعازفي غنائي موسيقي حفل ونصف ساعة مدى مختلف من الجمهور من كبير عدد حضره

الجاليات .

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جريدة الأكادمييه

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وزير اإلعالم يزور أكاديمية لوياك للفنون اإلستعراضية

اهلل العبد محمد الشيخ اإلعالم وزير قام للفنون لوياك أكاديمية مقر إلى بزيارة بالسيدة خاللها إجتمع اإلستعراضية لوياك إدارة مجلس رئيس السقاف فارعة السقاف نادية والسيدة المنتدب والعضو اإلستعراضية للفنون لوياك أكاديمية مدير وذلك لبحث أساليب التعاون المشتركة فى

المستقبل .

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إلكتريك كرو يحتل المركز الثالث فى بي بوي باتل ورلد كالسيك

المال وصالح بورسلي حمد الثنائي إحتل فريق عشر سته بين من الثالث المركز ورلد باتل بوي بي بطولة فى مشارك الماضي فى الشهر أقيمت والتى كالسيك أن على البطولة قوانين وتنص قطر دولة البطولة إلى األول المركز صاحب يتأهل فى إقامتها المقرر من والتى العالمية

هولندا فى التصفيات تتم بحيث البطولة وتجري منطقة الشرق األوسط إلختيار أفضل ثنائي للتباري أمام أربع فرق ثنائية من أفضل ثمان

العبين فى العالم

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بعد الدور حددت قد أكن لم ، واإلنسانية لكن تطوعي في الجمعية الثقافية النسائية وزياراتى ، ذاتي إليجاد مساعدا عامال كان واالستماع النفسي الطب لنزيالت االسبوعية كثيرا ساعدتنى وهمومهن لمشاكلهن إليجاد ودفعي اإلنساني حسي تعزيز على

دورى االنساني فيما بعد .كبير دور أقرأها التى للكتب كان وبالبطبع في وخصوصا الرحلة خالل مساعدتى في تجاوز األزمات النفسية التى كانت تظهر بين الحين واآلخر نتيجة مواجهة الذات المستمرة خالل المؤلمة أو الحزينة الصور واستعادة

المشوار.

تساعد أن يمكن التى الكتب أهم أحد The Book of كتاب هو المشوار هذه في Deepak Chopra الدكتور لمؤلفه Secretesوتاريخ الطفولة خبرات على Chopra يطلق الحروب من ذاكرتنا في المتراكم البشرية Shadow بـ يسمى تعريفا المؤلمة واألحداث كل في كامنه سلبية طاقة وهي energyالمالئم المناخ لها يتوافر عندما تظهر منا قد سلبية ألعمال بصاحبها وتدفع للظهور تكون مدمره إذا لم نعرف كيف نتعامل معها.

استخدامها ممكن خطوات Chopra وضع Shadow بالـ أسماه ما تأثير من للتقليل هذه على الضوء تسليط منها energyالخبرات المؤلمه ومواجهتها بدال من الهروب عنها والحديث بكتابتها وينصح بل ، منها مبرر وإيجاد معها والتفاعل آمن جو في المصاحبه السلبيه اإلنفعاالت يزيل عقالنى إيجابية جمل وكتابة القديمة الخبرات لتلك مدعمه للثقه بالنفس ، الرحلة مع هذا الكتاب الخوف من نتخلص كيف باختصار تعلمنا ونحب أنفسنا لنكون قادرين على محبة غيرنا.

الخوف األول هو اإلنسان عدو أن المؤكد من طريق هو الخوف لمجابهة األمثل الطريق و المحبة ، كلما زادت مساحة المحبة في نفوسنا ، وتراجعت الخوف مساحة تقلصت كلما فالمحب ال يخشى أن يفقد شيئا والشخصيات في أمثله لنا ضربت التى الرائدة اإلنسانية المحبة تثبت لنا ذلك فسلوكها يدل على أنها األم مثل كبير بشكل الخوف حاجز تجاوزت المرض وضربت أو الفقر تخش لم التى تريزا نموذجا فريدا في المحبه المطلقه ، والمهاتما أو الجوع أو السجن يخفه لم الذي غاندى الظلم واالحتالل بسلم الرصاص وقاوم حتى ومحبه ، وكذلك نلسون مانديال ، يجتمع هؤالء التى المحبة وهو واحد أمر على العظماء مألت قلوبهم وغمروا اإلنسانية بها ، فتالشى

الخوف تماما من قلوبهم .

تحديد على ساعدنى الحقيقة لهذه الوعي يوم جاء أن إلى لنفسى أردته الذي الطريق من أيام سبتمبر 2001 ليجسد أمام عينى أحدى أكبر جرائم البشريه وهي تفجير مبنى التجارة

العالمي في نيويورك .

تداعيات فيها أتابع كنت شهر من ألكثر تتكرر واحدة جمله سوى أسمع لم الحدث وهي » الحرب على االرهاب » ساعدتنى الكتابه ، العنف اتجاه مشاعرى رصد على اليوميه فهل يعقل أن نقابل العنف بمزيد من العنف وبعض ، الكبرى الدول خيار هذا كان وإذا كأفراد خيارنا هو ما إذا اإلرهابيه المنظمات العنف وهل سنبقى مجرد متفرجين لموجة التى سادت العالم وتمركزت بشكل أكبر في

الشرق األوسط منذ عقود بل قرون مضت .دون بالده حرر الذي غاندى شخصية كانت كلما ذهنى إلى تقفز واحده رصاص طلقه الورق على تساءلت وكلما ، بالقلم أمسكت كيف لنا أن ننشر السالم ؟ وهل لي دور في هذا رغم أننى لست في موقع سلطه يخولنى بإمكان وهل ؟ المجال هذا في شئ لعمل

إنسان عادي مثلي أن يفترض مسئوليته اتجاه بهذه أمر في دور له ليكون ويبادر حدث ما المقدره لدي هل ؟ الحجم وبهذا الخطوره تأثيرى في دائرة رغم محدودية التغيير على

ذلك الوقت؟فكرت كثيرا وكتبت كثيرا ولكنى كنت أمزق كنت ألننى الموضوع هذا في أكتبه ما كل أن إلى ، مكتمله غير ناقصه محاوله أعتبره 2002 فبراير أيام من يوم في نفسى وجدت أكتب برنامجا متكامال للشباب متذكره مقولة غاندى » إذا أردنا أن ننشر السالم ونشن حربا

على الحرب فعلينا أن نبدأ بصغارنا » .

بأن تيقنت البرنامج كتابة من انتهائي بعد والفرح في المحبه والسالم تطبيقه سيخلق المحبة طريق هو فهذا ، الشباب نفوس في والغضب الخوف مساحة سيقلص الذي نفوسهم في السلم وينشر نفوسهم أيضا وحينها ، مجتمعاتهم في والسالم إن ، البرنامج تنفيذ قادره على بأننى تيقنت مع تتفق التى المجموعة حولى جمعت أنا بضرورة والمؤمنه القادرة واهتماماتي رؤيتى دورى بأن علمت اللحظه تلك ومنذ ، التحرك الذي كنت األكبر الهدف بدأ وأن هذا هو قد

أبحث عنه .

اكتشافي للدور الذي كنت أبحث عنه أدخلنى والتطور الوعي مراحل من جديده مرحله ولكن هل أجاب على السؤال األكثر أهمية في

حياتى من أنا ؟ ولماذا أنا هنا ؟ البقية في العدد القادم

رحلة البحث عن الذات رحلة ضرورية ال تتوقف علينا ان

نخوضها ألننا نتطور وننمو عندما نتساءل ونبحث عن إجابات لها

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من انا ؟ السؤال األهم في حياتنا)الحلقة الخامسة(

ان أحد أهدافي الرئيسية في رحلة تطوير كشخصية من التحول هو الشخصية مبادرة شخصية الى « reactive « إنفعالية إيجاد دور لي ، ثم أوال « proactive « ومؤثرة ان أعلم لكنى كنت ، ثانيا الناس في خدمة ذلك قد يتطلب الكثير من الصبر والمثابرة ، وقد يكون أقرب الى الترويض وكأنها عملية إعادة خلق لشخصيتى ، لذا كان البد من أدوات تساعدنى على عملية الخلق الجديدة ، كانت الذاتية لتصرفاتى الرقابة ، إحدى أدواتى هي أفصل كنت إذ ، وانفعاالتى وأحاسيسى

نفسى في كثير من األحيان وأتخيل أننى انظر لنفسي من ارتفاع ، فإن حصلت مواقف مثيرة بداخلى يحدث ما راقبت النفعالي ومستفزة The – جيدا ، وهو ما يسمى » عين العاصفةeye of the storm » ، فإن شعرت بالضيق أو اإلنقباض من تصرف ألحد ممن حولى تتبعت أحاسيسى ومشاعرى ثم غادرت المكان حتى ال أنفعل أو أقول قوال قد أندم عليه الحقا ، في ان المستطاع قدر حاولت بالذات الفترة تلك أبتعد عن الشخصيات السلبية حتى وإن كان

صاحبها أحد أفراد العائله .

في كبيرا دورا لها كان التى الثانية األداة بخارطة واإللتزام رؤيتى على المحافظة الجديدة هي لحياتى اعتمدتها التى الطريق بوصلتى كانت اليومية فالكتابة ، الكتابة التى تذكرنى بطريقى وتكشف لى موقعي .

اخطائى تصحيح على الكتابة ساعدتنى نفسي من أكثر وقربتنى ، باستمرار المشاعر ومحاصرة اكتشاف في وساعدتنى على يصعب التى تلك وخصوصا السلبية

النفس اإلعتراف بها كالغيرة مثال .كتابة هذه المشاعر السلبية وإقرارها بوضوح فالكتابة بإبعادها كفيلة كانت الورق على اليوميه كانت األداة الرقابية التى كنت ومازلت

أمارسها على نفسى .

بوضوح أرى وكنت التغيير على عازمة كنت أين أود أن أكون ، أردت أن أعيش حياة تنطلق من خيالى ، من صورة جديدة لنفسي كمبدعة محبة ذات شخصية مبادرة غير منفعلة قادرة لم لنفسى رسمتها صورة ، العطاء على يرسمها لى أحد ، بهذا الخيال وبهذه الصورة قررت أن أعيش حياتى المقبلة ، وحتى يتحقق الذاتية االلتزام والرقابة لى ذلك كان البد من ، وكان المشوار طويال وليس سهال وال يوجد أحيانا أنسى بالطبع لذلك كنت ، له مختصر ، وكان ذلك السيطرة وأعتذر وأنفعل وأفقد يحزنى ويجعلنى أشعر بأننى أتراجع ، إال أننى كنت أعود مرة اخرى لبوصلتى وأذكر نفسى وأننى سهال وليس قصيرا ليس الطريق أن مشوار في المحاولة وأعيد التزم أن يجب

التغيير .

رحلة البحث عن الذات رحلة ضرورية ال تتوقف عندما وننمو نتطور ألننا نخوضها ان علينا

نتساءل ونبحث عن إجابات لها .مصحوبا التساؤل يكون ان المهم من لكن ممارسات في االنزالق من يحمينا كاف بوعي قد تكون مدمرة لنا ولغيرنا ، فالوعي بأهداف قفزات يحقق والوعي لنا حماية هو الرحلة في والنمو التطور رحلة في ونوعية كبيرة

الشخصية التى ينشدها اإلنسان .للرحلة الكبرى باألهداف إلتزامنا من للتحقق ومن الوعي الكافي لما نريد تحقيقه البد من اليومية كالكتابة رحلتنا في ترافقنا أدوات بالرياضة يومي بشكل بأنفسنا والعناية ،

والراحة الكافيه والموسيقي وغيرها ..

حددت قد كنت 2002 و 2000 األعوام بين ما أهداف الرحله وكانت كتاباتى اليوميه طقس الى باإلضافة بها التزمت التى الطقوس من ذكرت كما أهدافي أهم أحد ، اليوغا رياضة المجتمع خدمة في لي دور عن البحث كان

بقلم: فارعه السقاف

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البرنامج الصيفيواللقاءات األسبوعية صورة جماعية للتوعية والمعرفة

أما األنشطة فتجمع أسري لعائلة لويـــــــاك بكل محبة

2012 »صيفنا أحـــــــــــــــــــلى« انضموا لعائلة لوياك بالتسجيل عبر موقعناwww.loyac.org

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البرنامج الصيفيالعــمــــــــل بالصيف مع لويـــــــاك يزرع فينا المسؤولية وااللتـــــــزام

والتطوع يثرينا بالمشاركة الفعالة والعطاء الصادق

قيم لويــــــــــاك ليست حبر على صفحات من ورققيم لويــــــــــاك واقع زيـــــــن حياتنا بحسن الخلق

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المعـــــــــــــــــــــــــارض HORECA الحدث : معرض هوريكا

الفترة: 22 – 24 / 01 / 2012Leaders Group :الجهة المنظمة

مكان المشاركة: قاعة الراية

لم يكتف المتطوعين بالتعريف بأنشطة وبرامج لويــــــــك المتعددة من خالل بوث في معرض هوريكا، إنما كان لهم الدور األكبر في

تنظيم هذا المعرض بكل احترافية، وتم تكريمهم من السيدة نبيلة العنجري تقديرا وامتنانا لجهودهم.

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المعـــــــــــــــــــــــــارضالحدث : مهرجان القرين الثقافي الثامن عشر

الفترة: 09 – 28/ 01 / 2012الجهة المنظمة: المجلس الوطني للثقافة والفنون واآلداب.

مكان المشاركة: مسرح الدسمة، مكتبة الكويت الوطنية، متحف الكويت الوطني، مركز عبدالعزيز حسين الثقافي.

أثبت طلبة لويــــــاك المتطوعين جدارة غير مسبوقة في حسن التنظيم واتقان بروتوكول استقبال الضيوف والذي نال استحسان

الجميع.

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المعـــــــــــــــــــــــــارضالحدث: ملتقى كويتي وأفتخر الخامس

الفترة: 06 – 10 / 03 / 2012الجهة المنظمة: كويتي وأفتخر

مكان المشاركة: أرض المعارض بمشرف –صالة 8

وسط األجواء الكويتية في معارض كويتي وأفتخر، برز طلبة لويـــــــــــاك المتطوعين بمجهودهم في التعريف بأنشطة وفعاليات وبرامج لويـــــــــــاك وانجازاتهم من خالل تلك البرامج وكيف أنها تنمي شخصياتهم لخلق جيل المواطنة الحقة، فهنيئا لك يا كويت بأبناء

عرفوا كيف يحبوك.

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المعـــــــــــــــــــــــــارضالحدث: مسابقة الكويت للسيارات الفارهة

Kuwait Concours D’elegance 2012الفترة: 15 – 18 / 02 / 2012

الجهة المنظمة: متحف السيارات التاريخية والقديمة والكالسيكيةمكان المشاركة: مارينا كرسنت

اقام متحف السيارات التاريخية والقديمة والتقليدية مسابقة الكويت للسيارات الفارهة لعامها الثالث على التوالي، بحضور سمو الشيخ

ناصر المحمد وتحت رعايته الكريمة والذي قدم فيه شكر خاص لطلبة لويــــــاك المتطوعين من سموه ومن الديوان األميري وإدارة المتحف، لما

بذلوه من جهود جبارة في تنظيم فعاليات هذا الحدث.

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HoroscopesAquarius: Your friendships are tested this month, and you can expect a change in your career. You will attend a lot of parties but may have technological issues such as a computer crash. Keep mind of small details as they will either help you or destroy you this month. Finances are generally good just remember the small details.

Pisces: You are redefining your image and though your family may be resilient to the change, be patient. You may feel nostalgic this month missing something in your past, but all it is, is that you are subconsciously re-solving issues you have had in your past. You may have a psychological breakthrough which will be for the best.

Aries: The pace of life slows down for you. Patience is key. You may be dependent on others and their good graces, so try to adapt to this as best as possible, now it is time to hone in on social skills and cooperate with others. You may be taking important tests and exams and you will do well, and upgraded equipment is coming your way.

Taurus: Changes are occurring, either in regime, prac-tice or attitude. If you have new ideas it is a good time to attract investors. Your health is goo but you can enhance it by paying attention to the respiratory sys-tem. All your carnal desires are being met, but weight may become a problem this month so beware of that.

Gemini: Look for a happy and successful month; you have the power to achieve realistic goals you set for yourself. You are romantically and socially in demand as you are being courted. Getting the body and image in shape is in plausible this month and you will end this month shining.

Cancer: You always have an active dream life but pay attention to it this month. It is the time for you go correct old karmas and mistakes and clear your psychological debris, which is obstructing your clear mind. You will come out of this month with a new look, perhaps hairstyle or wardrobe change.

Leo: Your relationships with your friends and fam-ily will be tested, but try to be as patient as possible with them. Although your career is strong this month it is a good time to take a break when you feel nec-essary. You are creative when it coms to ‘tech’ ori-ented objects. Your love life isn’t your main focus.

Virgo: This is a month for foreign travel and your in-terest in foreign culture increases. Try to rest and re-lax when you can, and prepare for a change in your business if you have one. Dirty laundry in your fam-ily relationship is now being cleaned, and although it may not be comfortable it is generally for the best.

Libra: This is a ‘happy-go-lucky’ and optimistic period for you where you may enter jet-setter style travel. You are realizing that yes, you can have whatever you dreamed and you have developed a can-do attitude, regardless your limitations. If you are entering college rest assured you will end up where you are meant to be.

Scorpio: Your personal power and self-will are not up to their usual standards and it is time to review your per-sonal goals and desires, especially those that relate to your image and body. Now is time to gain mental clar-ity about your relationships and love decisions are better off delayed. Major financial changes are in store for you.

Sagittarius: You will face major changes in love, mean-ing existing relationship issues will be resolved, mar-ried will want to be single, and single will want to be married, but whatever happens you will be very happy. Job seeker need to do research before signing a con-tract, and avoid travel during the end of the month.

Capricorn: Conditions in your work environment change drastically, and you are extremely focused on health this month. Your relationship will end if it’s shaky and prevail if it has been strong lately. You are at a so-cial peak and find yourself enjoying your companions more and taking life a little less serious than usual.

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