Comments on: Event: ZAY http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/event-zay/ Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Both are designers, Mark works in advertising while Nat runs her own design studio called Push+Pull. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:25:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nyx http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/event-zay/#comment-457696 nyx Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:16:48 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6366#comment-457696 I likey culture! ~ I likey culture! ~

]]> By: mun http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/event-zay/#comment-457449 mun Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:10:24 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6366#comment-457449 yes i was talking about women toni. thank you blue q8 and why the hell is a dishdasha a sign of backwardness. it looks professional if wore nicely and it doesnt make the wearer and less professional or less of a business man if he was wearing one. the other countries you mentioned are not automatically better then us because they wear suits to work they are still connected to their culture and they dont forget it and that the important part. what i am saying is that even though they wear the dishdasha to work doesnt really mean that they are connected to their culture. kuwaitis were hard working people surviving on pearl diving and fishing, alot of really really hard work and physical labor. i am not saying that all kuwaitis dont work but many dont and take our blessing for granted. just sitting on their butts collecting money from oil and stealing from each other. we used to be a really tight knit culture everyone looking for the other persons back respecting everyone from every where, and now this generation has no idea of that time and are not grateful for all they have. but now finally people are starting to make something out of them selves by working hard and trying to get somewhere with that hard work and not just wasta. so yes i do agree with you about it not being proud of the culture but atleast that is one thing they didnt leave behind ... even though art was not a big thing back then it wasnt shameful to be an artist or anything else, work was work and people today are starting slowly to accept that fact. not matter what job you have people are starting to realize its the amount of work you put in it that makes a better person not the position they have. im just excited about local artist getting a chance to be successful and the good reactions they are getting from the community. hopefully it will get even better in a couple of years so by the time i get back it wont be as hard as it was a couple of years ago. sorry long post i know but just had to get that off my chest :/ yes i was talking about women toni. thank you blue q8
and why the hell is a dishdasha a sign of backwardness. it looks professional if wore nicely and it doesnt make the wearer and less professional or less of a business man if he was wearing one. the other countries you mentioned are not automatically better then us because they wear suits to work they are still connected to their culture and they dont forget it and that the important part.
what i am saying is that even though they wear the dishdasha to work doesnt really mean that they are connected to their culture. kuwaitis were hard working people surviving on pearl diving and fishing, alot of really really hard work and physical labor. i am not saying that all kuwaitis dont work but many dont and take our blessing for granted. just sitting on their butts collecting money from oil and stealing from each other. we used to be a really tight knit culture everyone looking for the other persons back respecting everyone from every where, and now this generation has no idea of that time and are not grateful for all they have. but now finally people are starting to make something out of them selves by working hard and trying to get somewhere with that hard work and not just wasta.
so yes i do agree with you about it not being proud of the culture but atleast that is one thing they didnt leave behind …
even though art was not a big thing back then it wasnt shameful to be an artist or anything else, work was work and people today are starting slowly to accept that fact. not matter what job you have people are starting to realize its the amount of work you put in it that makes a better person not the position they have. im just excited about local artist getting a chance to be successful and the good reactions they are getting from the community. hopefully it will get even better in a couple of years so by the time i get back it wont be as hard as it was a couple of years ago.
sorry long post i know but just had to get that off my chest :/

]]> By: 746pm http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/event-zay/#comment-457421 746pm Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:07:26 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6366#comment-457421 Is Zaydoun involved in any shape or form with this event? Each one go get yourself a khadi or raw silk spun Nafnouf and Zeboun. And this is by order! Is Zaydoun involved in any shape or form with this event?
Each one go get yourself a khadi or raw silk spun Nafnouf and Zeboun.
And this is by order!

]]> By: blue*q8 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/event-zay/#comment-457367 blue*q8 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:15:02 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6366#comment-457367 zay in arabic means Costume :) zay in arabic means Costume
:)

]]> By: Zay Hartigan http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/event-zay/#comment-457282 Zay Hartigan Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:06:21 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6366#comment-457282 Hi, I am curious of the meaning of the word ZAY in your language/culture. I have heard that in arabic it is close to the words for uncommon or unusual. Any help would be apprecited, and I will share the story behing my name with you. Thanks, Zay H. Hi,

I am curious of the meaning of the word ZAY in your language/culture. I have heard that in arabic it is close to the words for uncommon or unusual.
Any help would be apprecited, and I will share the story behing my name with you.

Thanks,

Zay H.

]]> By: blue*q8 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/event-zay/#comment-457260 blue*q8 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:23:28 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6366#comment-457260 toni first of all she was talking about women not men . because men already wear the traditional dishdasha . 2nd : its normal in kuwait that ppl who serve coffee wear dishdasha , we dont have to wear shirts and pants to show that we r modern !!! even if its a bank !!! its like a nurse wearing that weird white dress or a fire man wearing his red garment etc .. coffee servants in q8 also wear dishdasha its like a uniform . toni first of all she was talking about women not men . because men already wear the traditional dishdasha .

2nd : its normal in kuwait that ppl who serve coffee wear dishdasha , we dont have to wear shirts and pants to show that we r modern !!! even if its a bank !!! its like a nurse wearing that weird white dress or a fire man wearing his red garment etc .. coffee servants in q8 also wear dishdasha its like a uniform .

]]> By: mun http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/event-zay/#comment-457241 mun Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:41:05 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6366#comment-457241 this is really great! i am very proud of our culture and i am happy more and more people these years are being more interested in bringing it back. i always wanted to be able to wear our traditional clothing and jewelry like how indians wear their saries everyday with pride. you dont see kuwaitis walking around in malls in dara'as and if you did the kuwaitis them self would find it weird. even though we do update the outfits at least they have to do with our culture. on an other note even if the government isn't really supporting the arts in kuwait now thank god that kuwaitis are being more open towards it and are actually supporting artists there. :) this is really great! i am very proud of our culture and i am happy more and more people these years are being more interested in bringing it back. i always wanted to be able to wear our traditional clothing and jewelry like how indians wear their saries everyday with pride. you dont see kuwaitis walking around in malls in dara’as and if you did the kuwaitis them self would find it weird. even though we do update the outfits at least they have to do with our culture.
on an other note even if the government isn’t really supporting the arts in kuwait now thank god that kuwaitis are being more open towards it and are actually supporting artists there. :)

]]> By: Intlxpatr http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/event-zay/#comment-457115 Intlxpatr Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:50:59 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6366#comment-457115 This is the kind of event that makes my blood race! :-) Thanks, Mark. This is the kind of event that makes my blood race! :-) Thanks, Mark.

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