What to do on a Rainy Saturday in Q8

A drawing on the wall of the SADU HOUSE illustrating the many uses for textiles in the nomadic culture.

Today it was raining in Kuwait. So what? You may say. Well, it RARELY happens here that we get overcast skies and wet stuff falls from the sky in actual, visible drops. It's happened a couple times this month already. What does rain have to do with pictures of rugs and camels you ask? Well, we were looking for something to do that was educational yet fun but also indoors because it was "too cold"to do something outdoors. (Okay you have my full permission to read that phrase in a nasal whiny voice and then slap me up side the head for thinking that 50 degrees in January is cold!)

The answer to the dilemn was to visit the AL SADU house ,which is an original Kuwaiti home that has been renovated to be a cultural textile center, to see an Iranian Rug exhibition and to sharpen textile knowledge. Learning about the craft of rug making is a new hobby for me. I'm always in awe of the time and expertise that goes into the making of these functional works of art.

It's also ironic to me that many areas in the Middle East (examples: Iran and Kurdistan)that in the US are only thought of as a "war torn area" are also places of cultural heritage and treasures for us here in the Middle East.